MABON
Mabon is the 2nd Harvest
Festival....a time when nature declines, and draws back into bounty, getting
ready for Winter and its time of rest. It is also known as Alban Elfed, Harvest
Home, Winter Finding, Autumnal Equinox, Time of Changing Winds. These are days
of divine balance waiting, hanging and being centered and posed before the
energy shifts and wanes.
Mabon is a Celtic/Welsh god often referred to as the Son of Light (hhmmm, I
believe in Christianity sounds like the equivalent of a man named Jesus). Mabon
is the son of the Mother Goddess Modron and is also considered to be the male
counterpart of Persephone. Mabon is a deity for truth and justice, music and
youth......was separated from his mother when he was young. Persephone was
dearly loved by her mother, Demeter, and when she was taken by her destined,
Hades, Demeter lost it. Demeter caused the land to dye and diminish, taking her
sorrow and grief out on the earth and all who lived. Mother Earth draws back
into herself at this turn of the Wheel.
This is the time of reaping of what had been sown in the fields as well as
in our lives. Mother Earth lays over the land a patchwork quilt of rich and
subtle colors. Bronzes, oranges,, dark dark greens fading ,. Mother is getting
ready for the long rest and opens her arms to draw in her children. All are
getting ready for the winter. This is a time for us to ponder what has grown and
what has diminished in our lives.
This is one of my favorite seasons (along with Yule). I love decorating
with pumpkins, scarecrows, witches, and faerys. Browns and oranges and golds and
greens decorate shelves, tables and shrine. The nights are nippy and the days
are cool...but they are filled with the anticipation of the coming winter.
This is the Witches Thanksgiving....have family over for turkey, corn,
cornbread, sweet potatoes.....speaking of corn, it is the mainstay of the
season; corn chowder, roasted corn, corn meal, and so on.
This is the time I do my reflections, and I seem to gather energy to do my
fall cleaning....maybe because of the cooler temperatures. This is also the time
when I am more attuned to the faerys and otherworldly beings....I was born in
October, so maybe that is why I feel more vibrant, alive and in tune than at any
other season.
Whatever you call this time of the wheel, it is a time for drawing in and
for cozying up to each other, for gathering not only sustenance but friends and
family as well.
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