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Mabon

Source Pagan Poet

Mabon ap Modron – “Divine Son son of Divine Mother”

Welsh mythology tells the story of the son of Modron. His name was Mabon,

which means “divine son”, and he was a hunter god that later served with

Arthur after being stolen from his mother, Modron, three days after birth. He

grew up in Annwn, the Welsh Otherworld, until he was rescued by Arthur’s

cousin, Culhwch. Because of his time spent in Annwn, Mabon remained a

young adult forever. As time went by he became know as the world’s best

huntsman. At some point, he was put in a prison in Gloucester.

Culhwch ac Olwen

Legend says that Mabon ap Modron was sought by Arthur and his knights,

who didn’t know if he was even still alive, so that he could hunt and capture

Twrch Trwyth, an evil man enchanted into a wild boar, and then present the

murderous beast to Yspaddaden Penkawr, the father of Olwen, who refused

to allow Culhwch to marry her until the boar is caught.

Previously arranged to marry his stepsister, Culhwch refused. Upon his

refusal, his angry step mother cursed him to marry no one but Olwen.

Olwen’s father, Ysbaddaden, was himself a vicious monster that would perish

if separated from his daughter.Mabon’s prison in Gloucester, Caer Loyw also

means “City of Light”, lowy from gloyw. After consulting the oldest living

animal in the world, the Salmon of Llyn Llyw, Arthur’s band ride the old fish

to the prison where they hear Mabon lamenting through the prison walls.

Once set free, Cei carries Mabon on his back to King Arthur’s court. From

there, they hunt the wild boar, along with Arthur’s favorite hound, Cavall,

with Mabon claiming the comb and shears behind its ear, where he runs it

off the cliffs and into the sea around Cornwall.Later, Mabon helped Culhwch

find his beloved Olwen whereby Culwch finally succeeds Ysbaddaden’s

powers and gains his life.

Celtic lore and legend reveals many variations and details of the life and

adventures of Mabon.

Autumnal Equinox

Mabon is one of the eight solar holidays or sabbats of Neopaganism. It is

celebrated on the autumn equinox, in the northern hemisphere circa

September 21 and in the southern hemisphere circa March 21. The

Equinox’s are when the time of light and dark are in generally equal

proportion in both the northern and southern hemispheres.

Also called Harvest Home, Mabon 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.

Among the sabbats, Mabon is the second of the three harvest festivals,

preceded by Lammas and followed by Samhain,,

Divination

From the Enchanted Oracle

Awake your inner dragon.

Time to bring Order to your Chaos

As a card Shadow Weaver reveals the need to maintain organization amidst

chaos, which in reflection of my life is almost always applicable. The visualization

for Shadow Weaver suggests that to help achieve organization and the energy

to do so that you picture yourself as a Shadow Weaver, and summon the

energy of your inner dragon. I particularly like the idea of summoning energy

from my inner dragon, Transformation of your life begins within, and manifests

without. As within so without. Circumstances will not change till we do. Lady Shadow

Member of the Month- Auguest

Marcie

Our Members Section

1. The Poet’s Corner 2.

Poets Corner

Author Oriel Wiilowroot

Oriel Wiilowroot August 21, 2015 at 1:20am

Pic from Fairy Tangles

FOUR FAIRY TREASURES

Given the Keys to Our Magick-

The Hallows of Order,Rhythm,Harmony,and Balance

Access to Our Consciousness and the Otherworlds.

Shown as the Stone of Destiny

The Sword of Light

The Cauldron

The Spear

And the Celtic Cross

Are The Four Gifts of The Fairies

Held in Balance are The Portals to The Otherworlds

Elements of Air,Earth, Fire, and Water

DANCE AROUND THE ROWAN TREE

Dance around the Fairy Tree

Oh where thy sweet berries be

Fairies come to eat from thy Tree

And is protected magick by He

Keep thy restless Spirits from Me

As we dance around our Rowan Tree.

2. Arts/Graphics

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3. Mabon Floor Wash Luna

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Mabon Floor Wash

Fill up a bucket with sage,rosemary,marigolds,bay leaves,and sea salt.

Take your power finger or wand and stir in a Deosil manner saying: Modron,Morgan, and Bona Dea too I call upon you now to bless this

spell in washing my home, In the names of the Old Ones.

Modron,Morgan,and Bona Dea, bless this sacred space of mine an bless it well by all the powers that are good. So mote it be!

Now, working in a deosil manner wash your floors an doors and

cabinets,toilets etc, so all good positivity and good luck may come to you.

Goddess and God of Mabon

Persephone and Hades

The Story, Myth, and Celebration

© 2015 Greek Myths & Greek Mythology. All Rights Reserved.

Hades fell in love with Persephone and decided to kidnap her. The myth says that in one of the rare times he left the Underworld, he traveled above ground to pursue her, while she was gathering flowers in a field.

One day Hades, God of the Underworld, sawPersephone and instantly fell in love with her.

Ades (Hades) confided his secret in his brother Zeus, asking for help, so the two of them concocted a plan to trap her. As the girl (Persephone) played with her companions, they caused the ground to split underneath her.

Persephone slipped beneath the Earth and Hades stole her to the Underworld where he made her his wife.

The myth says that Persephone was very unhappy, but after much time, she came to love the cold-blooded Hades and lived happily with him.

A different version of the myth of Hades and Persephone

The myth of Hades and Persephone also has a different version; in this one Demeter was present when Persephone was kidnapped by God Hades but was tricked by Zeus and Hades.

That morning when Demeter descended on Earth with her daughter Persephone , she left her to play with the sea nymphs called Nereids and the Naiads who were the freshwater nymphs of the lakes, springs and rivers.

Persephone and flower Narcissus

Demeter went to supervise her bountiful crops. As Persephone engaged in play and with the rest of the group, her attention fell upon the potently fragrant valley nearby and she couldn’t take her eyes of the yellow flower narcissus. She called upon her playmates to accompany her, but they couldn’t possibly go with her as leaving the side of their water bodies would result in their death.

The flower Narcissus was planted there by Gaia, who was following the orders of Zeus. The goal was to enchant Persephone and attract her, away from her guides.

So, Persephone danced her way to the garden alone and tried to pluck the narcissus from the bosom of Gaia. It drained her energies as the narcissus only came out after a lot of pulling. But suddenly, to her utter fright, she saw the tiny hole from which she had drawn out the flower shaft, began to rapid grow in size until it started to resemble a mighty enormous chasm.

Hades Kidnapping Persephone

From this came the vigorous galloping sounds of multiple horses and such sudden happenings only froze the frail beauty to her feet. Out of all her friends only the naiad Cyane tried to rescue the crying Persephone but she was no match for the powerful Hades. Bereaving her friend’s kidnap, Cyane melted into a pool of tears and formed the river Cyane at the spot.

Goddess Demeter trying to find Persephone

Demeter rushed back to where she had left her daughter and found only the Cyane river there with the other nymphs weeping. Worried as she was, she asked all as to the whereabouts of her beloved daughter.

Nobody could tell her anything at all and furious that they couldn’t protect her child, she cursed all the nymphs into becoming heinous women with plumed bodies and scaly feet, called the sirens. It was only the river Cyane who helped her by washing over the belt of Persephone, indicating that something gravely wrong had happened.

Demeter went mad and hunted for her daughter everywhere. The myth says that she even disguised herself as an aged lady and with lighted torched in her hands roamed the Earth for nine long days and nine long nights.

Finally, she met Hekate, the deity of magic, witchcraft, spirits and crossroads, at the dawn of the 10th day who had pity at her dismal condition and asked her to seek help from the all seeing Helios, the sun god. Helios told Demeter all about how Hades had dragged Persephone into the underworld.

Persephone in the Underworld

Persephone’s mother, Demeter, begged her brother Hades to allow Persephone to come back to the livings, denoting that the young Persephone was not supposed to live in the underworld. Hades consulted with Zeus and they both decided to allow Persephone to live on earth for six months each year, while the rest of the time she would be on his side in the Underworld.

Before leaving the underworld, Persephone had been persuaded to eat four seeds of a pomegranate. In ancient mythology, to eat the fruit of one’s captor meant that one would have to return to that captor or country, so

Persephone was doomed to return to the underworld for four months of the year. But she was allowed to spend the remaining two-thirds of the year with her Earth Mother, Demeter.

The myth of Hades and Persephone is associated with the coming of Spring and Winter: When Persephone comes to the Earth, it’s springtime. When she descends to Hades, it is winter.

Celebrating the myth of Persephone

The disappearance and the return of Persephone were the occasions of great festivals in ancient Greece, among them the Elefsinian rites, whose secrets were so closely guarded that little is known about them today.

Some experts believe the rites or mysteries fostered the idea of a more perfect life after death, and thus helped to lay the groundwork for the coming of Christianity, which upholds the idea of everlasting life.

Eleusinian Mysteries. The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece. They are the "most famous of the

secret religious rites of ancient Greece

To read more about the rites

http://www.ancient.eu/article/32/

Mabon Correspondences

Mabon

Autumn Equinox, 2nd Harvest, September 21st

Mabon, (pronounced MAY-bun, MAY-bone, MAH-boon, or MAH-bawn) is the Autumn Equinox. The Autumn Equinox divides the day and night equally, and we all take a moment to pay our respects to the impending dark. We also give thanks to the waning sunlight, as we store our harvest of this

year's crops. The Druids call this celebration, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to trees.

Offerings of ciders, wines, herbs and fertilizer are appropriate at this time. Wiccans celebrate the aging Goddess as she passes from Mother to Crone,

and her consort the God as he prepares for death and re-birth.

Various other names for this Lesser Wiccan Sabbat are The Second Harvest Festival, Wine Harvest, Feast of Avalon, Equinozio di Autunno (Strega), Alben Elfed (Caledonii), or Cornucopia. The Teutonic name, Winter Finding, spans a period of time from the Sabbat to Oct. 15th, Winter's Night, which is the

Norse New Year.

At this festival it is appropriate to wear all of your finery and dine and celebrate in a lavish setting. It is the drawing to and of family as we prepare

for the winding down of the year at Samhain. It is a time to finish old business as we ready for a period of rest, relaxation, and reflection.

Symbolism of Mabon:

Second Harvest, the Mysteries, Equality and Balance.

Symbols of Mabon:

wine, gourds, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, vines such as ivy, dried seeds, and horns of plenty.

Herbs of Maybon:

Acorn, benzoin, ferns, grains, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, myrrh, passionflower, rose, sage, solomon's seal, tobacco, thistle, and vegetables.

Foods of Mabon:

Breads, nuts, apples, pomegranates, and vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and onions.

Incense of Mabon:

Autumn Blend-benzoin, myrrh, and sage.

Colors of Mabon:

Red, orange, russet, maroon, brown, and gold.

Stones of Mabon:

Sapphire, lapis lazuli, and yellow agates.

Activities of Mabon:

Making wine, gathering dried herbs, plants, seeds and seed pods, walking in the woods, scattering offerings in harvested fields, offering libations to trees, adorning burial sites with leaves, acorns, and pine cones to honor those who

have passed over.

Spellworkings of Mabon:

Protection, prosperity, security, and self-confidence. Also those of harmony and balance.

Deities of Mabon:

Goddesses-Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona and the Muses. Gods-Mabon, Thoth, Thor, Hermes, and The Green Man.

Mabon is considered a time of the Mysteries. It is a time to honor Aging Deities and the Spirit World. Considered a time of balance, it is when we

stop and relax and enjoy the fruits of our personal harvests, whether they be from toiling in our gardens, working at our jobs, raising our families, or just

coping with the hussle-bussle of everyday life. May your Mabon be memorable, and your hearts and spirits be filled to overflowing!

--Adapted by Akasha Ap Emrys to share with all her friends and those of a like mind.--

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