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Also known as The Second Harvest Festival/Wine Harvest/Feast of Avalon/Equinozio di Autunno (Strega)/Alben Elfed (Caledonii)/Cornucopia.
This festival is almost completely reconstructed. There are virtually no ancient traditions attached to this holiday, it's just there for completion basically.
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.
Source: https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/mabon.htm
This festival is now named after the the God of Welsh mythology, Mabon. He is the Child of Light and the son of the Earth Mother Goddess, Modron. In truth, there is little evidence that Mabon was celebrated in Celtic countries and the term Mabon was applied as recently as the 1970's. All part of our reconstructed Paganism...
Here is another point of perfect balance on the journey through the Wheel of the Year, its counterpart being Ostara or the Spring Equinox. Night and day are again of equal length and in perfect equilibrium - dark and light, masculine and feminine, inner and outer, in balance.
But we are again on the cusp of transition and from now the year now begins to wane and from this moment darkness begins to defeat the light. The cycle of the natural world is moving towards completion, the Sun's power is waning and from now on the nights grow longer and the days are are shorter and cooler. The sap of trees returns back to their roots deep in the earth, changing the green of summer to the fire of autumn, to the flaming reds, oranges and golds. We are returning to the dark from whence we came.
So Mabon is a celebration and also a time of rest after the labour of harvest. In terms of life path it is the moment of reaping what you have sown, time to look at the hopes and aspirations of Imbolc and Ostara and reflect on how they have manifested. It is time to complete projects, to clear out and let go that which is no longer wanted or needed as we prepare for descent, so that the winter can offer a time for reflection and peace. And it is time to plant seeds of new ideas and hopes which will lie dormant but nourished in the dark, until the return of Spring.
Source: http://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/mabon
How to celebrate Mabon
Decorate your altar Use things that are red, orange, russet, maroon, brown, and gold. Use stones like Sapphire, lapis lazuli, and yellow agates.
Have a Great Feast of Thanksgiving Celebrate with a feast for friends and family using as much fruit & veg, locally grown, as you can.
Go for a walk Collect as much of nature's wild abundance as you can, while respecting the need to leave enough for everyone else including the nature spirits. You will find wild damsons, sloes, rosehips, elderberries, blackberries, hawthorn berries and more. Remember the fruit is the carrier of the precious seed.
Clear Out and Complete We think of Spring as the time to clear out but now is the perfect time to complete unfinished projects and clear your home of unwanted stuff. Prepare to hibernate!
Plant Bulbs This is an excellent time to plant tree seeds and shrubs. They have all of winter in the darkness to establish and germinate. Plant bulbs which will hide in the earth until early Spring beckons. Make each one a hope, idea or aspiration for Spring and wait until their little green noses show above ground - to remind you!
Cook with the fruits, vegetables, and herbs of Mabon Acorn, benzoin, ferns, grains, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, myrrh, passionflower, rose, sage, solomon's seal, tobacco, thistle, vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and onions, and fruit such as apples and pomegranates.
Burn incense of Mabon Autumn Blend-benzoin, myrrh, and sage.
Visit a burial site Adorn burial sites with leaves, acorns, and pine cones to honour those who have passed over.
Cast a spell Cast a spell for protection, prosperity, security, or self-confidence. Also those of harmony and balance are appropriate.
Honour Deities of Mabon Goddesses include; Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona and the Muses. Gods include; Mabon, Thoth, Thor, Hermes, and The Green Man.
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