When we create intimacy with our sustenance, we can examine our place in the cycles of life and death. This is why food is the first key I use to guide folks back to the Ancestral wisdom that resides in each one of us. One day the earth, and some of her other children will also absorb our life force and nutrients for their own nourishment.Įating and receiving nutrition is a fundamental part of the day in the life of every living thing on this planet. When we eat, we absorb the life force of another being and receive their individual nutrients to support our bodies.
No matter what you eat, it is a sacred gift from Mother Earth. The Inherent Magic of Foodįood is inherently magic. This means that anyone can celebrate the equinox no matter what your particular religion or belief system is. We all eat to live, and so celebrating the abundance of the season and the harvest that will keep us through the colder months is certainly something we can all get behind.
The harvest time is also a foundational component to the celebration of Mabon. This happens at every location on Earth therefore, night and day are about the same length. An equinox occurs at the moment when the center of the visible sun is directly above the equator. On the date of an equinox, the center of the sun spends almost equal time above and below the horizon. Mabon is for everyone! It is an astronomical event, the change of seasons. At the end of this post, you’ll find a delicious seasonal recipe to use your apple after the ritual. Join me in some Mabon apple magic! Grab an apple, and let’s get to it. Mabon is time to relish the abundant seasonal produce Mother Earth is offering us, just as our Ancestors did. Apples come readily to mind. Although there is an astronomical time when the equinox occurs, the celebration is of the harvest time, which will vary on location. Before talking more about Mabon and apple magic, I want to mention that Mabon is really a season. Pagan worship centers around the earth, as opposed to a particular space like a church.įor this reason, communities usually gather in forests or at home – but some natural ancient sites such as Stonehenge do hold a particular importance.ĭruids still gather at site to this day to mark the autumn equinox, watching the sun rise above the famous stones.Īnother common ritual is to set up an altar with symbols of the season, as an offering to express gratitude.Tomorrow, September 22, 2021, is Mabon, the first day of Autumn, yet many people start celebrating today. Today, many pagan groups choose to have a huge feast to mark the autumn equinox with their family and friends using seasonal foods such as apples, grapes, root vegetables and other seasonal products. However, some historians are now disputing this narrative and instead arguing that the name “Mabon” was adopted by pagans as recently as the 1970s. Pagans still gather at Stonehenge to mark the autumn equinox (Photo: Getty Images) According to modern pagan tradition, Mabon was named after a character from Welsh mythology, who was considered to be the god of light and the son of the Earth Mother named Modron.
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