Incense: Autumn Blend-benzoin, myrrh, and sage
Traditional Foods: Breads, nuts, apples, pomegranates, and vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and onions Herbs: Acorn, benzoin, ferns, grains, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, myrrh, passionflower, rose, sage, solomon's seal, tobacco, thistle, and vegetables Symbols: wine, gourds, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, vines such as ivy, dried seeds, and horns of plentyĬolors: Red, orange, russet, maroon, brown, and gold Symbolism: Second Harvest, the Mysteries, Equality and Balance Gods - Mabon, Thoth, Thor, Hermes, and The Green Man May your Mabon be memorable, and your hearts and spirits be filled to overflowing!ĭeities: Goddesses - Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona and the Muses. Considered a time of balance, it is when we stop and relax and enjoy the fruits of our personal harvests, whether they be from toiling in our gardens, working at our jobs, raising our families, or just coping with the hussle-bussle of everyday life. It is a time to honor Aging Deities and the Spirit World. Mabon is considered a time of the Mysteries. It is a time to finish old business as we ready for a period of rest, relaxation, and reflection. It is the drawing to and of family as we prepare for the winding down of the year at Samhain.
15th, Winter's Night, which is the Norse New Year.Īt this festival it is appropriate to wear all of your finery and dine and celebrate in a lavish setting. The Teutonic name, Winter Finding, spans a period of time from the Sabbat to Oct. Various other names for this Lesser Wiccan Sabbat are The Second Harvest Festival, Wine Harvest, Feast of Avalon, Equinozio di Autunno (Strega), Alben Elfed (Caledonii), or Cornucopia. Wiccans celebrate the aging Goddess as she passes from Mother to Crone,Īnd her consort the God as he prepares for death and re-birth. Offerings of ciders, wines, herbs and fertilizer are appropriate at this time. The Druids call this celebration, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to trees. We also give thanks to the waning sunlight, as we store our harvest of this year's crops. The Autumn Equinox divides the day and night equally, and we all take a moment to pay our respects to the impending dark. Pronunciations: MAY-bun, MAY-bon, MAH-boon, MAH-bawn *A major Heathen celebration (aka blot) called Yule would be held at this time for three days and nights or until the festivities food and drinks ran out.Date: September 20th - 23rd, depending on the year This marks the coming of light, which happens in or around January.
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The full moon after the new moon (of the winter solstice) is Yule. The new moon symbolizes the longest and coldest time of the year and the start of the countdown to the next full moon in which the Yule blot will be held (December-ish). The full moon following 'Slaughter-Moon, was the new Yule Moon. The next full moon after the harvest moon symbolized the 'Slaughter Moon.' Animals that were not expected to survive the winters would be slaughtered and turned into preserves to feed the family during the winter months. *A major Heathen celebration (aka blot) called 'Winternights' or 'Vetraenatr' would be held at this time to thank the gods for the bounty and hope for their favour during the coming darkness. On the full moon in or around October, the crops would need to be harvested to prepare for the cold and harsh winter months.
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