How to Use Halloween to Communicate With the Dead

Halloween. A time of glowing jack-o-lanterns, black cats, witches, ghosts and merry trick-or-treaters, filling their bags with sinful, gluttonous treats. This is how many people celebrate Halloween, as a fun fright night, but not as a holiday to be taken seriously. For pagans, however, Halloween is one of their most important holidays. Samhain, or All Hallows Eve as it is more popularly called, is a night when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest. Therefore, communion with loved ones who have passed on is easier on the evening of Halloween than it is at any other time of the year. If you have yearned to talk to a dead loved one, just one more time, Halloween is the easiest night of the year for you to do so.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Candles (2)
• Comfortable chair
• Black mirror

1. Go to a quiet room where you will not be disturbed. Put two candles on a table behind the chair where you intend to sit. Light the candles.

2. Turn out all the lights. It should be completely dark in the room, save for the glow of candlelight.

3. Sit in the chair, holding the black mirror in your lap. Look into the mirror. If you see your reflection, tilt the mirror at an angle until you can look into the mirror without seeing your reflection. You should feel like you are looking into a black void.

4. Stare into the mirror. Let your eyes go out of focus. Begin breathing slowly and deeply.

5. Clear your mind. Continue breathing and staring into the mirror in a daze-like state, with your eyes out of focus. Keep staring into the mirror like this, with a clear mind and steady gaze, for about 10 minutes.

6. Think of the person on the other side that you would like to see again. Think of her walk and her talk. Have an imaginary conversation with him in your mind. Now project her image onto the black mirror. See him move and talk. Ask her questions, either silently or aloud, and listen to her answers. You are communicating with the dead on Halloween, the biggest spirit night of the year.

Tips & Warnings

• For best results, do this ritual as close to midnight as possible.