Wiccans: What does your ritual/spell/etc. on Samhain consist of?

Question

SilverRoseWolf: You're correct. But I wasn't asking about private connections/questions/prayers/etc. with the Goddess/God/or someone else. I meant like what you do on the day of Samhain. Do you bake a special food? Have a tradition to walk around the neighborhood in the morning? Do you spend the day in the flower garden in your backyard? I'm sorry if anyone thought this question was an invasion of their privacy; I had no intention of anything like that. Blessed Be, *Tiger-lily Rain* ;]]

Answer 1

Rituals and spells {particularly spells} are often very personal and unique to the Witch or coven performing them.

As such, you are un-likely to get answers to this.

Personally, mine will involve wishes for the coming year, praise to the Gods, and at least one carved pumpkin :)

Edit :~

Well, I'll be working all day on Samhain ~ unfortunately Wiccans don't get religous holidays!

At the moment I'm a solitary Witch, so I don't really have anyone to celebrate with, but...

I have to walk past the local park on my way to the bus, and if it's anything like it was the other morning, I'll make an extra few minutes to marvel at the beauty of Nature in her Autumn aspect.
When I get home, I'll be thinking about the foods of the season and recent harvests as I carve the pumkin I'll be putting in the porch.

Bright Blessings
Silver :)

Answer 2

Our group celebrates Samhain on the most convenient day for the most people between October 31st and the actual cross-quarter day (this year it's November 6th, I believe). Once sacred space has been created and the quarters and the God and Goddess invited to join us, we also invite the spirits of our beloved dead to join us in sacred space, offering them a plate of food (the first "bites" of the feast we'll be having later) and a lit candle to light their way back to the other side of the veil when they choose to depart.

We tell stories about those we are remembering, burning a pinch of incense as an offering after each story is told. We then enact a ritual play based on Starhawk's "The Goddess in the Kingdom of Death", followed by the burning in a cauldron of pieces of paper representing things that we want to get rid of in the coming year. Then, if no one has any other workings, we bid farwell to the dead and open the circle as usual.

Answer 3

My celebrations include dressing up for the benefit of the little kids who come to my door, eating some not-so-traditional candy, an improvised ritual, and spiced cider.