"Dance with the Ancestors"
Samhain is the time of the year when the veil between the world of the living, and the land of the dead, is the thinnest. The spirits of the underworld are able to enter into our world whenever they choose. They cannot only see us, but they sometimes join us in our everyday activities, usually without our knowledge, for we are not always aware of their presence. At Samhain, because the veil is so very thin, we are able to commune with the Ancestral beings who dwell in the underworld.
Has there ever been a time when you felt that you had been somewhere that you know that you really hadn’t – but you know your way around as if you had? Do you have memories of living during other periods in time? Do you have memories of sailing the great fjords of Norway, dancing a hot Tango in Argentina? Or perhaps as a warrior, hunting on the Western plains with your Native American kin, or practicing the healing art of herbal medicine with your Asian Elders? Yet you know that this is not the life you are living now? These memories are so vivid, that we come to realize that we are our Ancestors and they are us.
We will be taking this special time in ritual to commune with our Ancestors, those of the flesh and of the spirit. We together will take a journey into the underworld so that we can meet with those spirits who remind us of our former selves. We will celebrate the bonds that tie us all together in one great human family.
The faces and lives that we now wear are costumes that clothe our spirits. In our spirits we are truly free to be the healers, priests, counselors, dancers and hunters that we have been over many lifetimes. In celebration of the wisdom of our Ancestors and of the hopes of our Progeny, we invite everyone to wear the costumes that show the experiences of our souls and the masks that express the character of our spirits. We ask that you join us in wearing these masks, not to hide our outer selves, but to express the inner truths that are difficult to express on the outside.