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Halloween By Silver Ravenwolf
Price: $12.95 Celtic Connection Price $11.95 Halloween is a book you're going to love! Written by famous Witch and author Silver RavenWolf, this book is filled with information about the second most popular holiday in the U.S. and ideas about how you can have fun while honoring the past. The book begins by tracing the celebration of Halloween (originally called Samhain) back to its ancient roots. It explores how this harvest holiday has become an important part of our culture. For example, the modern popularity of Halloween really only began fewer than 100 years ago. Next you will learn the history of some of the more well-known customs and traditions of Halloween. For example, the jack-o'-lantern began as a vegetable candle holder. Trick-or-treating began as the ancient Celtic practice of leaving out food for the dead. Silver reveals that experts are split on the origin of wearing costumes and masks; some say it was to scare away things that screech in the night while others say it was to connect the wearer with the spirit realms. Today, of course, it's just fun and fantasy. You'll also learn where some of the symbols and superstitions of the day came from, with tales of black cats, pitchforks, skeletons, vampires and more. The really fun part comes next! You'll learn all sorts of stuff you can do for this Wiccan holiday. It begins with learning to do divinations (or foreseeing the future) in a variety of wayswith water, apples, nuts, pumpkins, and even a magick mirror. Silver includes several recipes for Halloween treats and fun in the kitchen. You'll find out how to make pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread and candied love apples (yum!). There are also recipes for "prosperity popcorn balls," "tuna ghouls," "magickal mice" and even "sugar snakes in graveyard dust" (cinnamon tube cookies with powdered sugar on them). Now it's time for the magick to begin! Halloween is filled with spells for protection, pleasant dreams, house blessing, prosperity, reversing negativity, and more. The spells are easy-to-do, fun and powerful. And then, as the clock hits the Witching hour, it is time to get serious. For Halloween is also about honoring the dead. Included are rituals so you can remember those who have gone before you. This is a book you can plan your holiday around and use every year. You'll be able to share the fun with friends, but also you'll know the truth about Halloween, its rituals and lore.
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