Third Eye Realm

September 23, 2011 is the Day of Mabon, also known as Autumn Equinox 

Brief History: 

The Autumnal Equinox marks the commencement of thanksgiving and joy as the second harvest begins. This is the time for meditation and introspection. As the days become longer and darker, the Autumnal Equinox offers us the opportunity to explore those facets of our being that we seldom honor, much less acknowledge. The Autumnal Equinox celebrates the sun child known as Mabon, a Welsh god who symbolizes the essence of the male aspect needed for fertility. We pursue the sacred stag as a representation of seeking that spirit of male energy. Once garnered, that male essence, the very spirit of the field, will be used for future crops. The theory is akin to saving seeds from plants and annual flowers and planting those seeds the next year. The idea is that by building on thriving vegetation, the subsequent harvests will be stronger and even more abundant. Some believe Mabon is the counterpart to Persephone, daughter of Demeter, the goddess of all growing things, especially because both Mabon and Persephone were separated from their mothers and lived in a world without light. According to legend, the ground opened, forming a huge chasm when Persephone plucked a solitary flower. The girl ventured into the dark Underworld until she came upon Hades, lord of this dismal place. He offered her a handful of pomegranate seeds, from which she ate six ruby-red seeds. Because she ate the food from the Underworld, she had to live there for one month per seed. Demeter mourned her daughter so intensely that during her absence she would not allow anything to grow; this marks our scarce seasons of all and winter. Together, both Mabon and Persephone provide the bridge between the living and the dead. They remind the living there is death to they will live a full life, and they show the dead the way to rebirth.

-Choose something in orange, dark red, brown, yellow, or gold.

-Decorate your altar with symbols of the season – Acorns, pomegranates, pine corns, basket of fallen leaves, and horn of plenty.

Happy Mabon