{"id":23755,"date":"2015-10-07T19:06:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T19:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23755"},"modified":"2015-11-01T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T09:38:27","slug":"samhain-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/samhain-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Samhain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The death of the old year<br \/>\nAnd the birth of the new<br \/>\nThe beginning of<br \/>\nWinter<br \/>\nAnd bubbling stew<\/p>\n<p>Stock up the squashes<br \/>\nAnd the pumpkins for they<br \/>\nMake a most wholesome dish<br \/>\nAt the end of the day<\/p>\n<p>Ghosties and roamers<br \/>\nThat will be about<br \/>\nThey may knock on your door<br \/>\nBe in no doubt<\/p>\n<p>Some may come home<br \/>\nThose who recently<br \/>\nLeft<br \/>\nMagical moments<br \/>\nTo not be bereft<\/p>\n<p>The hoot of an owl<br \/>\nThe hearth we  all share<br \/>\nA big hearty log<br \/>\nAnd lots of yule fair<\/p>\n<p>The hearth is a portal<br \/>\nTo the other world where<br \/>\nThe friendly spirits<br \/>\nMay come and may share<\/p>\n<p>Cold frosty winds<br \/>\nPromising snow<br \/>\nWarming one&#8217;s legs<br \/>\nBy the fire as we know<\/p>\n<p>A mug of  warm mead<br \/>\nOr toddy will charm<br \/>\nThe nerves and allow us<br \/>\nAll to stay calm<\/p>\n<p>Come join us old friends<br \/>\nCome sit by our grate<br \/>\nAnd lets share a spell<br \/>\nBefore its too late<\/p>\n<p>Lets all hold hands<br \/>\nLets reminisce here<br \/>\nLets sit in the light of the fire<br \/>\nMy sweet dear<\/p>\n<p>Lets burn a candle<br \/>\nAnd share a good thought<br \/>\nAnd remember the wise words<br \/>\nWhich we have been taught<\/p>\n<p>In the past week the moon<br \/>\nEntered Taurus<br \/>\nRaising our global concerns<br \/>\nA time to be careful<br \/>\nTo not rush decisions<br \/>\nA consensus for spiritual returns<\/p>\n<p>Global insanity at an all time high<br \/>\nAnd warfare breaks out this<br \/>\nThe reason why<br \/>\nVenus opposing Chiron brings grief<br \/>\nBut thankfully feelings<br \/>\nOf potent relief<\/p>\n<p>For on Friday the sun entered Scorpio<br \/>\nTrine!Neptune in Pisces<br \/>\nAnd that was a sign<br \/>\nA desire to let go<br \/>\nEuphoria surfaces<br \/>\nBut something to know<br \/>\nOf course  inevitably<br \/>\nThe hazards of coming back down<br \/>\nCould be key<\/p>\n<p>The air all around us<br \/>\nIs charged<br \/>\nCan you feel?<br \/>\nThat energy and presence<br \/>\nIt is there, for real<\/p>\n<p>Its not imagination<br \/>\nThe great veil has thinned<br \/>\nThe spirits are there with you<br \/>\nThe sacred wind<br \/>\nTouches you<br \/>\nLet it  come through you<br \/>\nAnd play<br \/>\nFor they need an expression<br \/>\nAnd a driver today<\/p>\n<p>Blessed be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of the old year And the birth of the new The beginning of Winter And bubbling stew Stock up the squashes And the pumpkins for they Make a most wholesome dish At the end of the day Ghosties &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/samhain-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23755"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24291,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23755\/revisions\/24291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}