Preparation for the Wheel of the Year Festival: Winter Nights

Samhain

Prepare your Wheel of the Year festival

The eight Wheel of the Year festivals are like gates in the annual cycle – invitations to consciously experience and actively shape the energies of change. They invite you to immerse yourself in the qualities of the time, to connect with other seekers, and to discover the messages of this time through spiritual journeys, scrying, or with runes, spirits, and ancestors.

🌿 Turn with the Wheel of the Year

Together, we explore how the forces of the year touch and flow through us. It's about feeling these currents and finding our place in the order of things – connected to the land, the spirits, the ancestors, and if they grant it, also to the deities.

✨Our Gatherings

Unlike calendar or lunar festival dates, we gather approximately 14 days before the festivals. This allows us to explore the energies of the current time using various spiritual techniques and discover which themes and entities are connected to this festival for us. In this circle, each participant can develop an idea of what a personal annual festival, deeply resonating with them and their ancestral line, could concretely look like.

Each gathering begins with an introduction from me, covering what we know today, historically, channeled, and newly revived, about the respective Wheel of the Year festival from a Celtic and Germanic perspective. You will get an overview of typical pre-Christian and neo-pagan rituals and customs, and impulses on specific elements with which you can celebrate the Wheel of the Year festival alone or with your loved ones. If interested, we will explore the festival in the Otherworld through a guided meditation or a journey drummed by me.

The preparation circle is suitable for beginners and advanced participants; no prior knowledge is required.

What to expect:

• Introduction to the history, symbolism, and meaning of the Winter Nights (Samhain) from a Celtic and Germanic perspective
• Insights into traditional and neo-pagan rituals, customs, and traditions of the Winter Nights
• Discussion about the special qualities of the Winter Nights
• Spiritual practice with meditation or a shamanic drum journey to explore the Otherworld (if interested)
• Inspiration to consciously and harmoniously create your personal Winter Nights ritual
• Space for questions, exchange, and shared experience in the circle

When? October 9, 2026, from 3 PM to 5 PM

Where? Ritualmanufaktur Dreieinigkeit 0, 24589 Nortorf

Price: €30 (to be paid on-site in cash)

By purchasing this ticket, you are committing to attending the event. Your spot will be firmly reserved for you. Payment will be made on-site in cash.

Please note: As spaces are limited, your registration is binding. Should you be unable to attend, please cancel in good time so we can offer your spot to someone else.

If you have any questions about the course, please contact the course instructor Eric Urs Barth in advance at the email address urs@ahnenwege.de or via WhatsApp at 015773038363.