Silent Supper

The Silent Supper is a component of Samhain spiritual practice that sets a place at a ritual or real table for the Ancestors. This can be a beer, a cocktail, a dish of food, a dog treat, a catnip mouse, or anything that reminds one of the Ancestors.

While this can easily be done during Samhain, it is Right Practice to honour the Ancestors more frequently. One can put a dog collar, or a dog biscuit, or really any article of remembrance on an Ancestor altar. It does not have to be large – it just has to be.

For those who wish to include a brief prayer during ritual, I offer one here:

You have never really left us,

You are never far away,

A passing thought,

A recollection,

A moment shared,

And you ate there.

I set this plate for you,

So that we may share this meal;

Food from our table to yours,

Drink to share if you are thirsty,

Words and laughter from where

Our worlds blend together.

May you drink from this cup,

Everyday and then;

May you eat from this plate,

Everyday and then;

May you share our love and laughter,

Always.

Copyright 2025 by Jean Pagano

This blessing is also called the Nine-Fold Blessing because it includes the three realms, the three Hallows, and the three Kindreds.

It can be used for any item, snd i feel that it works best if there is a well, a tree, and a fire (or representation thereof) nearby. As each blessing is called, hold the item over the appropriate symbol, and then rotate the item three times to the right over the well, tree, or fire.

Triple Call Blessing

The Nine-Fold Blessing

We call to the realms to bless this <item>

May the Land bless this <item>

May the Sea bless this <item>

May the Sky bless this <item>

We call to the hallows to bless this <item>:

May the Well bless this <item>

May the Tree bless this <item>

May the Fire bless this <item>

We call to the Kindreds to bless this <item>:

May the Ancestors bless this <item>

May the Nature Spirits bless this <item>

May the Shining Ones bless this <item>

May this Nine-Fold Blessing protect this <item> and the one who use it,

Today,

And always.