Hallows Everyday 23

The Veil Is Thinning 

As I went out walking this fall afternoon,

I heard a laugh a' laughing.

I heard a laugh a' laughing,

Upon this fine fall day...

I heard this whisper and I wondered,

I heard this laugh and then I knew.

The time is getting near my friends,

The time that I hold dear my friends,

The veil is getting thin my friends,

And strange things will pass through.

- author unknown -

Hallows Everyday 15

 Dear Ancestor 

Your tombstone stands among the rest; 
neglected and alone 
The name and date are chiseled out 
on polished, marbled stone 
It reaches out to all who care 
It is too late to mourn 
You did not know that I’d exist 
You died and I was born. 
Yet each of us are cells of you 
in flesh, in blood, in bone. 
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse 
entirely not our own. 
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled 
one hundred years ago 
Spreads out among the ones you left 
who would have loved you so. 
I wonder if you lived and loved, 
I wonder if you knew 
That someday I would find this spot, 
and come to visit you.

- unknown author-

Hallows Everyday - 2

I heard this whisper and I wondered,

I heard this laugh and then I knew.

The time is getting near, my friends,

The time that I hold dear, my friends,

The veil is getting thin, my friends,

And strange things will pass through.

The veil is getting thinner.

(author unknown)

Devotional Activity: Once a week in the evening, from now through Hallows, take your tarot or oracle deck and ask for a message from your Ancestors. Light your Ancestor candle, set out a little goblet of Their preferred libation, and recite a blessing invoking your Ancestors' protection. Focus your mind, perhaps taking yourself into a light trance, then ask for a message, shuffling your cards all the while. Draw a card when you feel ready and see what They have to say. Keep a record of your messages and any thoughts and/or experiences during this time in your journal. Extinguish the candle and leave the libation on your Ancestor altar until the following night when you will take it and pour it onto the ground outside your door. 

Blessings dark and deep!