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🔥 SAMHAIN — THE SACRED DESCENT 🔥An Outdoor Ceremony of Fire, Ancestors & the Turning of the Wheel
Honouring the Ancestors • Releasing the Old • Entering the Sacred Darkness
As the Wheel turns once more and we cross the threshold of Samhain, you are invited to gather with us outdoors around the fire for a very special evening of ceremony, remembrance, release and connection.
Samhain marks our descent into the darker half of the year — a time when nature begins to withdraw, the trees release what they can no longer carry and the Earth turns towards rest and stillness.
Rather than fearing the darkness, we will honour it as a sacred space of reflection, transformation and inner wisdom.
Together, we will journey through The Sacred Descent.
🔥 Opening the Sacred Space & The Turning of the Wheel
We begin gathered around the fire, opening our ceremonial space and exploring the deeper meaning of Samhain.
We will reflect upon this powerful turning of the Wheel and the wisdom held within the natural world — a reminder that there is a season for growth and becoming, but also a season for releasing, surrendering and drawing our energy inward.
As nature begins her descent into winter, we will consider what our own Sacred Descent is asking of us.
🍎 The Sacred Samhain Brew
A specially crafted warming Samhain brew will be shared around the fire.
We will explore the symbolic meaning held within its ingredients before blessing our cups together and drinking with intention as we cross the threshold into our ceremonial journey.
A moment to warm the body, settle into the land and prepare ourselves for the journey ahead.
🌳 Honouring the Ancestors & the Land
Before we journey, we will take time to honour the Earth beneath our feet, the land holding our ceremony and those who walked before us.
We will acknowledge our ancestral lines — the lives, stories, wisdom and experiences that existed long before our own.
This will be a space of remembrance and gratitude, honouring those who came before while recognising that we each carry forward our own part of the story.
🥁 The Ancestral Drum Journey
Guided by the ancient heartbeat of the drum, we will journey beyond the everyday mind and enter a sacred inner landscape connected to our ancestors.
A deeply personal journey of ancestral connection, remembrance and wisdom, allowing whatever needs to be revealed within your own journey to gently unfold.
🔥 The Samhain Fire Ritual — Releasing the Old
Returning from our journey, we gather once more around the fire.
Just as the trees surrender their leaves, we will reflect upon what has reached completion within our own lives.
What are we ready to lay down?
What are we no longer willing to carry?
What has served its purpose but no longer belongs in the season we are entering?
Through our Samhain fire ritual, we will symbolically release the old into the flames, allowing the fire to mark the ending of one cycle and our crossing into another.
🕯️ Entering the Sacred Darkness
With our release complete, we move deeper into The Sacred Descent.
Holding our individual candles, we will explore the darkness not as something to fear, but as a sacred place of rest, stillness, gestation and the unknown.
One by one, our candles will be extinguished.
And for a while, there will be nothing to do.
No drum.
No journey.
No need to know what comes next.
Simply the sound of the fire, the night around us and the Earth beneath us.
A sacred pause between what has been and what is yet to become.
🔥 Returning to the Light
From the darkness, we gently return.
Gathering once more around the flame, we will honour the light we carry within and the wisdom we choose to take with us into the darker season.
Our ceremonial circle will then be brought gently towards its close with gratitude to the land, our ancestors and everyone who has gathered around the fire.
🎃 The Return to the Hearth — A Samhain Harvest Supper
And then we return to warmth, nourishment and community.
Gathered together around the fire, we will share a warming bowl of homemade pumpkin soup with harvest bread.
A simple seasonal feast honouring the gifts of the Earth, the harvest that has sustained us and the importance of coming together in community as the Wheel turns towards winter.
A time to ground after our journey, warm our bodies, share our experiences and simply enjoy being together around the fire.
From darkness, we return to the hearth.
From release, we return to nourishment.
From the individual journey, we return to community.
❤️ Preparing for Your Evening
Come wrapped warmly and ready to gather around the fire as we honour this powerful turning of the Wheel.
As this is an outdoor ceremony, please dress for the season and come prepared to stay warm and comfortable throughout the evening.
Please bring:
• 🪑A camping chair
• 🧣A warm blanket
• 💧A water bottle
• 🧤Warm outdoor clothing- layers, coat, hat, gloves and warm footwear
Everything else you need for the evening will be provided, including your Sacred Samhain Brew, ceremonial materials and home-made pumpkin soup with harvest bread and herbal teas.
🪧Event Details
🗓 Saturday 31 October 2026
🕓 Time: 4:00pm – 9:00pm
🤎 Energy Exchange: £50 per person
Bookings can be made through the link ⬇️
https://oracle-of-realms.com/event/samhain-the-sacred-descent/
📍Juswonmoor Stables
Tideford Cross
PL12 5JY
Approximately 15 minutes from Plymouth
🚗 Parking is availble on site.
The event will be clearly signposted on arrival, and a what3words Location will be provided before the event to help guide you directly to us.
SAMHAIN — THE SACRED DESCENT
Honour what came before.
Release what has reached its ending.
Enter the darkness.
Carry your light within.
Blessed be Jules 🙏✨💜
Oracle of Realms
Where Healing Becomes Awakening
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