A Feng Shui Treat + a Few Tricks

A Few Treats…A Few Tricks

Preforming rituals is an important part of my Feng Shui practice. So today, a day of many rituals, I am launching my redesigned website.

Yes, a ritual can even be performed to launch a website. The important part of any ritual is intention, so I have offered my good intentions for both myself and my clients – past and future – and I’ve expressed gratitude for the website that has represented me for the past (dare I say) 2 decades.

It certainly took more than a trick to redesign the site, but I now have the treat of sharing it with you. And if you know me for a while you’ll notice that I have brought back my Sacred Currents ‘swirl’ logo.

I enjoy knowing where traditions come from, and why they are relevant. In my Feng Shui practice, I never recommend anything I haven’t experienced or know to be true.

So for fun, I decided to look a bit deeper into what I didn’t know about the meaning of ‘Trick or Treat’. I found out (and perhaps you already know) that this popular Halloween custom has its origins in the ancient practices of “souling” and “guising.” In the Middle Ages, poor people in Ireland and Britain would go “souling” on Hallowmas (November 1). “Souling” consisted of going door to door asking for food in return for saying prayers for the dead on All Souls Day (November 2).

“Guising” — the custom of wearing costumes, masks, or other forms of disguise — began in Scotland in the late 19th century. Scottish children hoped to prevent evil spirits from doing harm by dressing like them. They carried lanterns made out of hollow turnips (sounds like a jack-o-lantern to me) and at various homes asked for treats, such as cakes, fruit, and money. In the United States and Canada, trick-or-treating has been a popular Halloween activity since the late 1950s (yup I was there). I’ve written about other Halloween traditions in a previous newsletter if you’d like to know more.

• seasonal wreath
• mezuzah
• cross
• OM sign
• bell or wind chime

However You Celebrate…Whatever We Celebrate,
May Peace Prevail on Earth

Judith / Sacred Currents