the witches' new year
Samhain
October 31
samhain doesn't ask if you're ready to remember them. she just opens the door.
she marks
the veil between the living and the dead at its thinnest
her colors
blackorangedeep red
her correspondences
mugwortapplepomegranateobsidianthe dumb supper
Samhain is the witches' new year — the night the veil between the living and the dead thins enough to walk through. It's the root Halloween grew from: the turn out of harvest and into dark, the one night a year grief is not just permitted but expected. Set a plate for the dead. Say their names out loud.