THE FORSAKEN - All Hallow's Eve
POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
UPDATED: Friday, November 3, 2006 07:08
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PaganPaul, the service you described sounds great, and though I do not believe in any of it, I still would have liked to be there to see it, and I am sure that it was moving nonetheless.
~Jimi
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Self-Proclaimed Grand Vizier of Georgia
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"Marijuana not only should be legal, it should be manditory." - Bill Hicks
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Excerps from the Samhain service...
Today we are here to honor our beloved dead. Samhain is when the veil between the worlds is thinnest, and we can call to those who have gone on before us, and they will hear us. Death is merely a door which opens to another life, and today that doorway will be opened, the threshold will be bridged.
To facilitate this, we will dedicate this doorway to the dead, so that they may come through and find us more easily, here on this side of the veil. This portal will be only temporary, for the duration of our service, and nothing may pass through that intends us any harm.
I open this doorway in the name of the Lord and Lady, so that those who wish us no harm may pass through the veil, and once again be with the loved ones that they have left behind. Join us for just a short time longer. We invite loved ones who have passed away, particularly those who have crossed over recently, to return to us today. Join us now, and be remembered.
I stand in this doorway, in a place that is not a place, and a time that is not in time. In this doorway, we are neither in the past nor the future, nor are we in our accustomed world, but are in the eternal present in the Summer Lands, the Lands of the Dead, the Realm of our Ancestors.
This time of year, the New Year, is a time for reflection. We should look behind us at the past year, and begin to assess what we have done with our year... and what we have failed to do. We should look at what we must leave behind in order to move ahead. We should look back on friends and loved ones who have gone beyond the veil and remember them.
Let us now prepare to journey to their realm.
First, relax your body. Close your eyes, and concentrate on your breath, and feel a wave of relaxation as it moves through your body from your toes until it washes over the top of your head. Breathe in, and feel the current pull up. Breathe out, and feel it running over. Breathe in, and out, until you are completely relaxed.
In this meditation, you will journey to meet an ancestor. Remember that an ancestor is a person from your past, who is no longer living, who has helped shape the person you are today. This ancestor may be a predecessor from your bloodline or a person who has given you a meaningful tradition or philosophical basis, such as an adopted relative, a teacher, or a mentor.
Now picture yourself in your mind, as your spirit, your essence, stands up and approaches the door we have dedicated to the departed. In your mind, walk through that doorway now.
You stand on a sea shore facing the setting sun. Watch the waves as they come to the shore. You notice a boat pulled up on the sand. Board the vessel now, and you will be carried over the sea to the Island of the Ancestors.
The sun has now set, and the night is clear. The waxing moon is rising over your shoulder, and you hear the gentle rolling of water past your boat.
You see an island emerging before you. The boat stops at the shore and you see a grove of apple trees. There is a moonlit path between the trees. Follow it.
Ahead is a mound. In the front of the mound is a doorway made of two immense upright stones. The door swings open. There are two torches burning that light a narrow passageway slanting down into the earth. At the far end of the passage is a faint red glow. Proceed through a corridor as it inclines downward.
You emerge into a shadowy great hall. In the center is a hearth with the glowing embers of a large fire. Seated before the fire, facing away from you, is a hooded figure. On the other side of the fire is a bench. You circle halfway around the hearth and sit facing the figure. This is your ancestor. Greet this person warmly.
You may now ask your ancestor one question. It may be about his or her contributions to your life or your family; it may be to clarify something about yourself, or about your future. Ask your question now, and your ancestor will answer.
When you have finished, your ancestor gives you a gift, a token of help and guidanc
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Originally posted by msg:
Magda- oh good now I'm drooling at school
Ok had to put this up for our Forsaken Mommy FMF
I choose to rise instead of fall- U2
That is so cool!
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Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
FORSAKEN original
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I'm lovin' all the kitty pics. It's even more fun tryin' to find 'em.
So tomorrow night PsychoBilly, BabySis, GND, and yours truly are goin' to git some candy. I never came up with a costume so I need suggestions.
Help me Forsaken. You're my only hope.
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Put on some devil horns and go as a Forsaken!
King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa
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PP that was truly beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
NVG, Forsaken sounds about right. You could carry an unheated s'more on a stick, ask every house if they have a pyre. You could also go nekkid, but you might get arrested for that!
Deb
http://serendipityagain.com/
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Thanks Penguin and SS. I'm so out of it I didn't even think of those ones. But are they really costumes? And the nekkid might incite more pointing and laughing than police involvement. 
So I'm makin' a FORSAKEN sighn to hang around my neck, gettin' some horns, and of course the smore accessory will rock!
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nvghostrider, you could wear a black jacket, black pants, and a white shirt with a crown. You can tell everyone that you are "King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa." Of course you would need someone from FFF.net to know that you were Penguin. 
I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc
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Seein' as he is on my list of Heroes, that would be awesome! But any crown would not compare to the one Penguin wears.
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