31/10/2025
Halloween and the tradition of the Dumb Supper 🕯️
One of the many ways of marking the occasion is to host a Dumb Supper. You set your table to eat and add a spare seat at the table so that spirit can join you for the evening whilst the veil is at its thinnest. You provide a plate, cutlery and drink for them and leave their seat empty as though you’re expecting someone to sit there.
Before the dinner you can write a note to your loved ones, and light a candle for each person missing at your table. You then present your note at the table for spirit to read - later burning it to ashes using their candle 🕯️
Throughout the dinner you eat in silence. The reason being so that spirit can enjoy your company and so that your thoughts are with those no longer with us 🦇 this is why it is a Dumb Supper.