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Mabon

9/23/2011

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The second of the Harvest Festivals, this is a celebration of Thanksgiving! At this time, the Harvest season is in full swing and there is much to be grateful for. Vegetables are being brought in from the garden by the barrel full, the last of the grains are being harvested, and everywhere you look the Earth yields Her bounty, an offering to the life She created and now sustains in love. Now is the Harvest of fruit: of apples and grapes. As such, this is also a celebration of Wine as last year's wine is cured to perfection and now able to be drunk to celebrate the fresh harvest of grapes and newly vinted supply.

Common Mabon Traditions
Here are a few ideas for ways you can celebrate Mabon.
  • As part of the Eleusian Mysteries, this is the day where Kore, daughter of Demeter, was abducted by Hades and taken to the Underworld to be His bride, and where She returns again each year to be with Him (when in the Underworld She is known as Persephone.) In response to the loss of Her daughter, Demeter allows nothing to grow until She is returned. As part of ritual theater, act out the abduction of Kore and Her descent into the Underworld.
  • As the Autumnal Equinox is a time when Day and Night are equal, reflect upon the balance in this World. Consider areas within your own life where you could use more balance, and, thus, stability. As this is also a Day of Thanksgiving, think of the many blessings you have in your life, no matter how small they may seem, and consider how you can give back in appreciation and to keep the flow of blessings in your life continuous.
  • Make a Mabon pentacle wreath from 5 cobs of multicolored corn. Pull the husks back from the cobs, leaving them attached. Arrange the cobs, points in and husks out, into a star -one cob to each point of the pentagram. Glue the points of the cobs together with a sturdy craft or wood glue. When dry, braid or twists the husks together to form the circle of the pentacle.
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2 Comments
Jessica
9/18/2011 01:00:02 am

Thank you for the idea on building the pentagram. Will save it out for my husband to do with our boys.

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Althaea
9/18/2011 05:00:51 am

Glad you liked it! Depending upon the size of your corn cobs, it may be helpful to glue the points onto a small circle of paperboard as well as to each other: it gives them more support and helps hold everything together better.

Namaste!

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