Pagans and Witches, What does Mabon symbolize to YOU?

Question

Share your beliefs about the day and your traditions for celebrating it.

Corrosion, Did the heading Pagans and Witches give you a clue? This is NOT a question about MUSIC *smacks Corrosion off the side of the head*, LOL

Answer 1

Second harvest, usually the beginning of the thinning of the veil (This year it began much earlier).

A time of reflection of the past year and looking forward to the next. Decided what I want to keep of the wisdom learned this year and what can be discarded. TO show thankfullness to the Goddess and God for thier bounty. Be come one in the balance that is evident at this time of the wheel.

I pick my pumpkin crop and clean the garden for next year. Make notes about what I want to do in the garden for the next season. Clean closets and rest of the house in days building up to Mabon and give excess clothes, items to those who can use them. Sew on quilts being prepared for winter use and make new ones when needed. On Mabon itself, I have 3 sisters stew and cornbread. I hold a ritual thanking the GOds and Goddess. I read tarot cards as is my custom for all turnings of the wheel.

Answer 2

For me, Mabon is full of smells that I always associate with this time of year, like pine trees and bread baking, and the smell of the Earth after the first rain. I take the time when the moment is right to go out into the local redwoods, and walk until I find a place that says stop. I stop there, sit and just listen to the Earth speak. I hear the birds and squirrels first, but as I listen deeper, I hear the trees and the tiny animals, then I put my head to the dirt and listen to Her, and I hear a sound that I can't really describe, but it is like the rush of water. Out in the woods, the smells are strong, the sky is crystal blue, and as I am there, I feel the sensation of free falling off the turning wheel, as it turns a notch toward winter, then it stops and I hold on.

When I get home, I cast my circle in my backyard, near my painting of the Triple Goddess, and I have incense and a fire in my fire pit, and I bless our Lady Mother Earth for all Her bounty. I cut an apple side ways to reveal the 5 points, I eat half and bury the other half, to return to Her.

I feel a special kinship to autumn, because my birthday is in November, and I am reminded, at Mabon, that another year in my life on planet Earth is coming to an end. I feel the Wheel of my own life turn and when that scares me, as it does sometimes, I look at the Earth, and She reminds me that another year in Her life has also passed.

Happy Mabon Raji!
Blessings,
Lady Morgana )0(

Answer 3

Mabon has three underlying themes. The first is change. We notice that the sun is really starting to wane and the air is colder. This change brings about a need for Balance.

Balance like the balance of the seasons is a realigning of ones goals on Mabon. Like the Night and Day being balanced, so must we balance the spiritual with the mental, physical and social aspects of our life.

Lastly, Thanksgiving. We thank the Gods for a bountiful Harvest season.

We can incorporate all three things into ritual. We first start out by Invoking the Goddess as a Goddess of change like Hecate. We ask the Gods and focus on positive change in our lives. Then we focus on ridding of the negative.

Then we focus on balance and the elements of balance in our lives, one for each directional point.

Then for the after ritual feast with cakes and ale and lots of goodies.

Answer 4

This is a time of change for me and balancing out my life. I think about the past year, what wonderful things that have happened to me & my family, and I'm thankful for those blessings. I also think about the mistakes I've made this year so I can learn from them, gain wisdom and grow from them. I give thanks for my family & friends, for my health, and for my life - the good and the bad days.

This is an extra-special Mabon for me as I'm celebrating with my husband and our two young boys for the first time (I've always been solo). So I've gone all out this year, been baking & cooking all weekend. The boys have been painting their own little pumpkins and collecting cool looking rocks, leaves & sticks that they found outside so we can decorate our mantle with them. They are just a little too young at this point, but I thought we could all do the apple rite outside as soon as their dad gets home. I love the smell of Autumn - inside the house and outside. This is the start of a great time of year! Don't you agree?

Answer 5

I guess you could say it's like my Thanksgiving. Since I solitary I will find a nice spot to enjoy the peace and quiet. I will just have a talk with Spirit about how much I appreciate all the things I have in my life.

Though it's not the new year it has that feels that changes are coming. I look forward to this time of year, always. It's amazing how good I feel this time of year. There is so much hope and excitement for the future.

Answer 6

To me Mabon is a time to center and balance myself, being the equinox it's a great time to allign your chakra and get priorites set. Also being a harvest festival, It's my time to reflect on the year and to think about the seeds I have sown in life and what I can do to improve my "harvest" for next year. It's a time I set goals for myself and set up protection for the winter ahead. It's a time to play around outside and spend time in nature. Over all Mabon for me is prepareing myself for the comeing newyear (Samhain) and a time for reflection. Hope that answers your question!

Blessed Be and have a great Mabon!
Kayla )o(

Answer 7

Also called Harvest Home, the Feast of the Ingathering, Thanksgiving, or simply Autumn Equinox, this holiday is a ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and God during the winter months.

Answer 8

The end of summer, the starting of the coming of winter, the middle harvest. The nights getting cooler, the days shorter, the turning of the wheel once's more, heading toward Samhain and our New Year celebration!

Answer 9

For me, it's a day for being gratedul for what I have, stocking up on items for the comming winter and reassessing the balance in my life.

Answer 10

Willie Mabon, the great bluesman who wrote "I Don't Know"!