Samhain Is Coming: How to Prepare for the Season of Descent
There’s a moment in autumn when the air sharpens.
The leaves begin to wither with grace.
The light folds in on itself just a little more each day.
You know it without needing a calendar: Samhain is coming.
Not a holiday.
Not a costume.
Not just the veil thinning.
Samhain is a descent.
It asks you to leave the surface behind and walk into the shadows—not for drama, but for depth.
Descent Is Not Darkness. It’s Devotion.
In modern spiritual spaces, “shadow work” is often over-sold and under-embodied.
But true descent isn’t trendy. It’s not aesthetic.
It’s devotional.
To descend in the season of Samhain is to say:
I am willing to be with what hurts.
I am willing to listen to what’s quiet.
I am willing to walk with what’s unfinished.
It is not a quick fix.
It is a sacred pace.
And it begins before Samhain ever arrives.
Three Ways to Prepare Your Spirit for Samhain
1. Stop Reaching for the Light
This isn’t summer. You don’t need to bloom or shine.
Samhain asks you to turn inward, even if the inward feels uncomfortable.
Let your spiritual practice shift with the season:
Reduce stimulation. Turn off the noise.
Light a single candle at dusk and ask nothing of it.
Notice where you feel hollow—and don’t rush to fill it.
Stillness is not emptiness. It’s preparation.
2. Begin Your Grieving Early
Grief is not reserved for death.
It shows up when we let go of anything we once held tightly.
Samhain carries a current of loss—but also of acknowledgement.
Now is the time to start asking:
What have I lost this year that I haven’t yet mourned?
What versions of myself have died, quietly, without witness?
What am I ready to lay to rest—not with regret, but with reverence?
Let your grief come slowly. Let it walk beside you.
There is no urgency in sacred endings.
3. Choose What Will Travel With You
Descent isn’t only about letting go.
It’s about deciding what you will carry into the deeper months ahead.
Samhain is a gate.
Ask yourself:
What wisdom have I gathered this year that I want to keep close?
What part of myself is finally ready to come forward?
What flame will I tend through the cold and quiet?
You cannot carry everything into the underworld.
Choose wisely. Choose soulfully.
This Is a Sacred Invitation
The veil isn’t just thinning between the living and the dead.
It’s thinning between who you were and who you’re becoming.
Samhain doesn’t require ritual perfection.
It requires presence.
And the willingness to let something end with grace.
Prepare yourself—not with fear, but with devotion.
Samhain is coming.
And you already know the way.
