How r u going to celebrate Mabon (autumn equinox)... and are you celbrating it alone ( solitary ) or with a group ( covenant)....???
2006-09-16 03:00:25 · 18 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
THe atumnal equinox, Alban Efed, Mabon, or Winterfinding, is a harvest celebaration marked by feasting! And that is what we shall be
doing. We will not have a formal wiccan circle, but we will be doing something along the lines of blot & sumble incorperating a meal blessing in honor of the disir (female ancestor spirits) and Frey. Remember everyone bring a dish that is "thanksgiving like" I will be supplying the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, canberry sauce, & three
sisters soup(corn, beans & squash) we could use some stuffing or rolls, dessert, a salad or other green vegetable. here is a tidbit of info about the heathen celebration of "winterfinding"
Winterfinding is often celebrated as the harvest festival of the year (or the second one if the kindred likes to celebrate Freyfaxi in August). Fertility Gods (Vanir) are usually invoked for their blessing upon the fields and the on-going harvest. Many honor Frey & Freya as well as Nerthus & Njord. As it is a harvest festival, a
large feast of local fall crops is appropriate. It is a good time to
reflect upon the labors of the past year and brace oneself for the coming of Winter. Count your blessings and harness your strength and confidence for the lean times ahead.
Keeping that in mind, be prepared with a reflection on your labors over the past year, and what you are thankful for (counting your blessings) Close friends & family are invited to attend, and will be required to participate in the meal blessing. Keeping with the family focus on this ritual, there will be juice in horn, as opposed to mead.
this is the email i sent to my coven... i am officiating this sabbat-celebration...It was always a "thanks- given" feast, in every coven or group i was ever in involved with. It was always a family friendly celebration, with tons of food & stories... ( I might even read from the Mabonogian for my celtic friends) But being the heathen that i am... we are going with a heathen type ritual...toasting & passing of the horn & offerings to the ancestors & the Norse/Germanic gods.
2006-09-16 11:24:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
My friends and I celebrate each holiday by learning each others tradition. Since many of us are solitary or in a coven of different origin, we enjoy learning more about other traditions. It allows us to understand more of where other pagans are coming from be it Celtic or Roman or Norse. Of course, we respect the limits of coven oriented traditions and do not use rituals that are oath bound.
Each "pair" (chosen by lots) is assigned something different with regards to that tradition, for Mabon it will be Celtic, and they write either the actual ritual, guided meditation, quarter calls, holiday history for that tradition, and so forth. It makes it a lot more fun and educational! Will we have to repeat traditions eventually, but that just gives us a chance to research a different Deity or Deities' story! We figured in all the years we had been practicing, once we found "the" tradition of choice, we didn't really look into any others much further. Some did, but not to the extent we have to here. Learning is a never ending experience!
Happy Mabon everyone!
2006-09-16 09:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by wolfstar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Solitary
2006-09-16 09:10:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I acknowledge Autumn Equinox usually with my coven. We visit cemeteries in the afternoon and spend time in silent reflection. We have a family style thanksgiving dinner, featuring things harvested from our garden, sing Turn, Turn, Turn by the Byrds and call it lovely.
We honor the Solstices and Equinoxes as natural happenings. Our next religious observance will be Samhain which falls in the beginning of November.
Blessings )O(
2006-09-16 08:14:45 · answer #4 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We observe the first day of autumn (23 September 2006 12:03 am EST) as a day to mark the passing of the season. I will be observing it with my husband. We'll visit farm markets and cook a large meal, do yard work to ready the plants for winter and decorate our home for autumn. We will observe the balance between light and dark and look forward to a slower pace of life over the winter months. Perhaps we will light the first fire of the season in our fireplace.
In our tradition, our next religious holiday won't be until Samhain (first week of November).
2006-09-16 07:47:21 · answer #5 · answered by Witchy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A small autumn feast with friends. Enjoy the day with a walk in the woods. Then basking in the warmth of the sun and the sun falls slowly into the horizon. Lighting the corners after dark and giving gifts of fall.
2006-09-16 06:50:11 · answer #6 · answered by Wicked Wytch 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Solitary. =)
Do you mean coven? A covenant is kind of like a set of rules.
-Wiccan Teen )O(
2006-09-16 12:03:32 · answer #7 · answered by Seeker 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
solitary,,going for a walk through a beautiful woods enjoying the changes of the season
2006-09-16 07:27:37 · answer #8 · answered by too shy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Finally! I serious question about Wicca! Probably alone, haven't done circle work for years, although I'd love to. Almost a new moon then as well. What will you be doing?
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2006-09-16 03:42:32 · answer #9 · answered by Seph7 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I celebrate with an offering of the year's harvest to the setting sun.
2006-09-16 03:16:58 · answer #10 · answered by Jeff L 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋