| It is quickly upon us, the night when the veil is the | | | | in form. Lights some candles, burn some incense and |
| thinnest. The messengers from the other side and the | | | | have some nice music on. Spirits delight in the niceties |
| messages they long to relate can, on this Hallowed | | | | of the senses. We are setting the tone to honor |
| Eve, pass between the world of spirit and the world of | | | | & remember them and to tune in and receive |
| flesh with greater ease and if we try, we can open | | | | messages. We also seek their continued guidance and |
| our hearts and minds to receive them. We will be | | | | blessings in our daily lives. |
| looking at ways to welcome, honor and receive | | | | Set aside a little time to be alone on Halloween. In less |
| messages from the dead and how to have their good | | | | than an hour you can bridge the worlds in a few easy |
| graces around us all the time. | | | | steps. We will begin by finding a comfortable place to |
| Halloween comes from the pagan celebration of | | | | sit, preferably near a place you can write. Get totally |
| Samhain, which meant the end of summer and | | | | situated and begin with a short meditation. I suggest |
| welcomed in the Celtic New Year. It was also a time | | | | that you bring to mind the image of each loved one in |
| for honoring the dead as the pagan Celts and Druids | | | | your life who has crossed over. Hold each vision in a |
| believed that they were able to walk in our world | | | | white light and imagine that they are near. Take as |
| during this holiday. We continue this tradition in our own | | | | long as you need to connect with them in your heart |
| spooky manifestations by dressing in paranormal types | | | | and mind. Once you are open and in touch, I would like |
| of garb and honoring the other worldly. We follow | | | | you to get the list of names that you wrote earlier and |
| through too, as the ancients did, with the next day in | | | | ask each departed loved one on that list what it is |
| complete honor of those who have passed, the Day | | | | they want you to know. Write down what ever |
| of the Dead, All Souls or all Saints Day. | | | | comes into your mind. Try your best no to edit |
| When I was young Halloween was the perfect night | | | | yourself. Just take what pops into your mind and jot it |
| for the seance. A seance is a circle of those with | | | | down. You should take as much time as you need |
| intention of communicating with the dead. There are | | | | now too. In closing the session, we will now have a |
| times, however, that we may want to connect with | | | | chance to say farewell and give thanks to them for all |
| the other side in solitude. | | | | of the help and guidance that they provide. Thank |
| I will be focusing more on how you personally can | | | | them also, in advance, for their continued support and |
| honor and connect with the spirit realm. | | | | connection. |
| The first way to prepare for other worldly connection | | | | You may want to take a few moments to reflect |
| is to sit and write a list of everyone that you have | | | | upon your experience or you may want to set it aside |
| loved who has passed. You will want to leave some | | | | for awhile and revisit. Either way you have just had a |
| space between the names because we will be jotting | | | | paranormal experience. Even if you feel that you got |
| down notes later. Next step is to do exactly what you | | | | only little connection, you have an open door now |
| would do if company was coming over, clean up your | | | | through which future communications can flow. While |
| environment to make it inviting, add some flowers, a | | | | Halloween night and the following day are the times |
| nice beverage and treat to welcome them. Spirits like | | | | that they say the veil is the thinnest between the |
| to feel welcomed just as we do. As I always say, | | | | worlds, you can always commune with the spirits if |
| they are just like us except they are no longer with us | | | | you are of open heart and mind. |