| A Wiccan Circle of Friends The Wheel of The Year Mabon Traditions |
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| Mabon is the point in the Autumn side of the Wheel of The Year when light and darkness are in perfect balance. This causes us to focus on the balance within ourselves and within our lives. Contemplate, as you sit inside on these cooler evenings, what in your life and within yourself needs adjustments in order to be balanced. As you take a long walk on these last few precious warm days, ponder the changes the past warm months have brought and what you plan for the colder months ahead. We stand with one foot in the warm days behind us and one foot in the cold nights ahead. We celebrate and enjoy the fruits of the harvest which will also sustain us through the winter months. We have canned, frozen, and dried the bounty of the fields and orchards to carry us foward into winter. And while we celebrate this bounty, and count our blessings, we also are acutely aware of the fallow times ahead. The time of working in the fields has come to an end. The Goddess-Mother Earth rests from her labor. As Mabon approaches, take down your summer altar set-up and purify the altar. Offer the last of the summer mead to The Goddess by pouring it out onto the ground. Then re-decorate your altar with symbols of Autumn, and fruits of the harvest. Preparation for Mabon traditionally includes a good Fall-cleaning, combined with stocking our shelves and doing all the practical preparations for winter. Bring in wood and kindling for your fireplace or woodstove if you have one. Have the chimney cleaned and serviced. If you have not done so before, Mabon is a traditional time to light the first fires inside on our hearths. You may wish to burn scented woods such as pine or apple. Spells traditionally done at this time include prosperity spells (we give thanks for the bounty we have harvested in the past season and look foward to its continuing throughout the leaner times of winter), and protection spells, in particular for the home. Because Mabon is known as "The Witches' Thanksgiving" many witches do thanksgiving rituals followed by a full-blown thanksgiving feast with family and friends. Include fun in your Celebration of this sabbat by jumping in leaves!! |
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