Mabon Sabbat
According to Welsh Folklore, Mabon- meaning “Great Son” was the Son of the Earth Mother Goddess Modron and a member of King Arthur’s war party. Legends indicate that Mabon was kidnapped a few days after his birth ; then he was held captive in a dungeon until he was rescued by King Arthur and his men, forming a life-long bond between the Monarch and the Deity. Mabon is said to be a great hunter and was honored by the Welsh as The Sun God, representing vitality, love, sex, and youth.
Mabon is the Second Harvest Festival of the Pagan Wheel of the Year, falling between The Festival of Grain, Lammas (also called Lughnasadh), which celebrates the beginning of the harvest; between Samhain, celebrated by many as (Halloween) which marks the harvest’s end. Falling in the middle of the season and landing on an Equinox, Mabon means balance for us.
Mabon is when Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, leaves her mother to depart towards her husband Hades in the Underworld. Demeter was grief stricken and ordered the Nature to grow cold & lifeless, thus giving us Winter.
To celebrate:
Reflect upon your year thus far, be proud of all you have harvested in your life
Create a Sabbat Altar
Incorporate the associated correspondences of Mabon into your cooking and decorating this month prior to the actual date of September 22 (Northern Hemisphere)
Make a large meal to celebrate with your family; after all it’s the Witches Thanksgiving
Meditate to find your balance within (It’s the Fall Equinox), then journal in a Tome
Show gratitude to your grocers, farmers by telling them, or sending a thank you note for your food
Go to wherever you want to “pick” apples with your family
Make crafts together or solitarily
Do divination, as when we have Equinoxes the liminal doorway is very thin on the veil
Rest up for the Winter season to approach us soon
Clean & purge items from your life that doesn’t spark joy or you don’t need- Donate it/them
Bake bread for you and your family- make another to share with your neighbor
Give offerings to Mother Nature (Gaia), the Elements, animals, and others- Be sure they are safe- outside at your Altar there, or offering spot
Play music from Welsh traditions throughout your home this month, or sounds of nature
Go for a walk, forage- but don’t be greedy (give offering from which you take- ask permission first)
Visit or speak to your ancestors, dead or living- bring something to them
Plant spring bulbs in pots or in your garden - can do a mini one for your Altar
Honor the Dark Gods & Goddesses now- we have approached the dark half of the year now
Make corn dolls from corn husks; decorate them
Make a Besom from natures gifts outdoors
Correspondences of Mabon
Colors: Brown, Gold, Red, Yellow, Orange, and Green
Fruits: Apples, Pumpkins, Gourds, pears, rose hips, elderberries (use your syrup bottle or vitamins- to keep everyone safe), melons
Vegetables: carrots, red & orange bell peppers
Herbs, Spices, seeds: Acorns, Dill, Rue, Sage, Mistletoe, nuts, garlic, cinnamon
Incense: Pine, Sage, Cinnamon, Frankincense
Stones: Clear Quartz, Amber, Pyrite, Brown topaz
Grains: Corn, Wheat, Straw,
Flowers: Sunflower, Rosemary, Chamomile, Passionflower, Rose
Astrology signs: Libra, and Virgo
Decor: Cornucopia, dried corn bound together, small gourds & pumpkins, candles in the colors of the Sabbat, colorful leaves that have fallen, Grapevine wreath or vine to decorate, pine cones
Animals: Stag (male deer), turkey, chicken,
Trees: Oak, Hawthorne, Pine
Drinks: Cider, Red wines, Mead
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