Years ago I learned a ritual from a dear friend and fellow priestess that became a Samhain tradition.
What to do:
- Light a fire in a cauldron, or in any hearth.
- Gather the seeds from your jack-o-lantern, or buy pumpkin seeds.
- Charge them with the power to help you release the past, and as you toss each one into the flames, name it-- an event, an attribute that no longer serves you, a loss, a victory, etc. Yield up the whole of the last 365 days, and all of its accompanying triumphs and tragedies, so that you may walk into the coming year free and unburdened.
- As an alternative, release the seeds into a running stream, so that the cleansing power of water may carry it away.
The Crone Goddess may wear a terrible face, but she is not to be feared. Hers is the darkness of sleep and dreams, of one life yielding to the next as autumn turns to winter turns to spring. Give her your sorrow, and she will transform it into promise; give her your tears, and with them she will water the coming year. Life, she teaches, is meant to be lived--it is beautiful and terrible, temporary yet everlasting. Walk from one year to the next with hard-earned knowledge, and without regret.
--by Dianne Sylvan
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