Samhain Ritual
Join us in the waning days of Samhaintide, as we move deep into the Underworld side of the year together. With our community of witches, we will come together to celebrate our beloved dead and our ancestors of blood and craft, we will send our hopes and blessings into the future, and we will dance into the Witches’ New Year hand in hand. Join us when the veil is thin between the worlds of the living and the dead, and when potent magic may be worked to change all the worlds.
Ritual intention:
We return to the Isle of Apples to honor witches past, present, and future.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022
7:30 PM: Doors Open & Outdoor Bardic Circle
8 PM: Ritual Begins (doors locked)
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LOCATION
The Green Man Store
5712 Lankershim Blvd,
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 985-2010
ENTRY FEE: $15
~Cash preferred.
~No one turned away for lack of funds.
Your entry fee allows us to support and continue to hold events at The Green Man, a small business that has served a wide community of LA witches for many years.
Reclaiming LA is committed to economic justice, and we recognize that this fee may pose a financial hardship for some of our community members. If you plan to attend the ritual and you are unable to pay the entry fee, we welcome you to email info@reclaimingla.org, and we will add you to a list of those who will receive free entry to the ritual space. No questions will be asked, and there is no need to provide justification for your request.
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WHAT TO KNOW
Wear your witchy best!
You are invited to bring or wear something you may use as a veil during the ritual.
If you are called to do so, please bring an offering for the Bardic circle: a song, a poem, a story of an ancestor, etc.
The ritual will be held outdoors.
PLEASE BRING A MASK. Celebrants may be asked to mask during parts of the ritual that involve close contact.
All genders welcome!
Children welcome with adult supervision.
To support those in recovery, this ritual is drug and alcohol free.
ACCESSIBILITY
The ritual space is on mostly even concrete in the open-air backyard of the store. Access to the ritual space is level and wide enough for wheelchair access. Typically, accessing the ritual space requires going through the store, which does have strong scents, and accommodations can be made in advance to come in through alleyway. The ritual space will have some light after dark, but it is minimal. Chairs are available for those needing to sit for part of or all of the ritual, and the ritual is structured to allow for participation also while seated.
Acoustics in the yard can be difficult with aircraft flying overhead; however, there are no constant loud noises, and the ritual is conducted with awareness of the ambient noise level to help with hearing. Very rarely, due to inclement weather (either heavy rain or wildfire smoke), the ritual is moved to an indoor space which is up a flight of stairs with no wheelchair access.
We have written this accessibility statement to be as inclusive as possible so that people with accessibility concerns do not have to do the labor of asking. If we have overlooked some aspect, please email us at info@reclaimingla.org, and we will do our utmost to answer – your question will help us to improve our accessibility statements on future rituals.
2022 Ritual Calendar
Lughnasadh: Saturday, August 6 at The Green Man
Autumn Equinox: Saturday, September 17 at Griffith Park
Samhain: Saturday, November 5 at The Green Man
Yule: Saturday, December 17 at Nicholas Canyon Beach
Ritual plans may be subject to change based on local health guidelines and the needs of our community. For up-to-date information on upcoming rituals and events, subscribe to the Reclaiming LA mailing list!
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