Talking of things that smell a bit off @BSintolerant, have you been keeping up to speed with Fierce? If not I'm going to sum it up for you.
Fierce isn’t happy about all the nonsense around Halloween. She points out that it’s not Satanic and no one should be buying plastic skeletons. She tells us that it originates from our ancestors and their ancient festival of Samhain. During this festival people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. The Celts believed that on the night of October 31st, the boundary between the living and long dead scams was blurred, allowing the ghosts of long dead scams to return to earth dressed in pointy hats and claiming to be the path to enlightenment and piles of cash. Sounds pretty Satanic to me.
Anyway as a witch and (self-appointed) witch guide for the rest of us slightly incompetent witches, she reminds us that women have long been held back by patriarchal beliefs that teach us to fear our power. But she is passionate about helping women reclaim that power, break free from these constraints, and rediscover their innate wisdom by handing their power to her along with their wallets. She says Samhain is a perfect time to do just that. Isn’t that nice?
So instead of bobbing apples or hiding from trick or treating children why not take part in a traditional ritual that Fierce has just thought up? For this you will need four candles … no sorry, that’s a Two Ronnies sketch… you will need a black candle, a white candle, a bay leaf, a quiet space (any secure unit will do) and your journal.
Light the black candle which represents the past and the things you want to let go - your job, your savings, negative people who read the small print, family and friends who drain your energy by muttering about cults and scams, that kind of thing. As you feel all this releasing write that release down on the bay leaf (obviously do your bestest small writing). Now use the black candle to set fire to the bay leaf. Be careful if you got your witch costume from a Chinese factory as those wafty bits of black nylon are highly flammable and no one wants to singe their wand or find they can’t sit down on their broomstick without yelping in pain.
Now light the white candle and focus on the positive things in your life to achieve abundance. If you can’t get enough abundance Yawn has a free offer of abundance - just ask (but not if you’ve paid £22, you need to keep paying for your gullibility).
Now close the ritual. As you finish, imagine yourself surrounded by light and positive energy. Sit in gratitude (or ice water - see above), knowing you’ve made space for fresh magic, abundance and perhaps a couple of plane tickets for Fierce and that gormless wizard she’s married to so they can fly somewhere until the new tax year.
Won’t that be a good use of your time?