Mabon
Here’s a wonderful Mabon ritual we did last night, written by two friends of mine that I do circle with.
TO YOU, O LORD OF THE WANING SUN, WE OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF OUR STRENGTH AND OUR VITALITY.
TO YOU, HARVEST QUEEN, WE OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF OUR LOVE AND OUR SORROW.
LET US NOW REJOICE IN THE BOUNTY OF THE LAND AS WE PREPARE FOR THE TIME OF ICE AND DARKNESS AHEAD.
Take the broom and beginning in the East sweep the perimeter of your circle clockwise, visualizing that you are sweeping the area of all unwanted energies.
Return to the altar and draw a pentagram over all your elements saying, “BE CLEANSED OF ALL IMPURITIES AND BLESSED IN THE NAME OF THE GODDESS AND THE GOD.”
Stir a little salt into the water, saying, “INTO THIS WATER I BLEND THE SALT OF THE EARTH THAT TOGETHER THEY FORM THE ELIXIR OF LIFE, WOMB OF THE MOTHER, FROM WHENCE WE HAVE ALL COME AND UNTO WHICH WE MUST RETURN.” Walk around and consecrate the circle.
Light the sage smudge saying, “FIRE AND AIR BE NOW COMBINED, AS ESSENCE OF THE MIGHTY GOD.” Walk around and consecrate your scared space.
Return to the altar and point to the East while turning slowly, visualize an unbroken circle while saying, “I CONJURE THEE, OH CIRCLE OF POWER, TO THE INNER TRUTHS I SEEK AT THIS TURN OF THE WHEEL. BE THIS A PROTECTED PLACE, OUT OF TIME AND SPACE, A BARRIER AGAINST ALL HARM, A LUMINOUS SPHERE THAT WILL PERSERVE AND CONTAIN THE ENERGY I RAISE WITHIN. BY THE GRACE OF OUR MOTHER EARTH AND BRIGHT LORD SUN, I DO BLESS AND CONSECRATE THIS CIRCLE.
EAST
HAIL TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE EAST, THE POWERS OF AIR. AUTUMN WINDS OF WARM GALES AND CHILLY NIGHTS. CLEARING AWAY OLD THOUGHTS AND HABITS. HELP US TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE WITHIN AND HEED IT’S WISDOM.
SOUTH
HAIL TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE SOUTH, THE POWERS OF FIRE. AUTUMN FIRES OF FALLEN LEAVES. BURNING AWAY THE OLD DEBRIS. SPARK THE FLAME WITHIN US AND SHOW THE WAY TO INNER KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM.
WEST
HAIL TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE WEST, THE POWERS OF WATER. AUTUMN BROOK WITH CRISP WAVES FLOWING. FLOW WITHIN TO CLEANSE AWAY WHAT IS NO LONGER NEEDED. HELP US TO FIND THE RIGHT COURSE TO INNER STRENGTH AND WISDOM.
NORTH
HAIL TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE NORTH, THE POWERS OF EARTH. AUTUMN LEAVES WITH RED AND GOLDEN HUES. BRINGING FORTH THE TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE. GUIDE US TOWARDS THE INNER TRANSFORMATION OF THE MYSTERIES AND WISDOM.
GOD
IN THIS SACRED SPACE WE CALL OUT TO THE LORD OF TEN THOUSAND NAMES AND INFINITE FACES, THOU WHO ART THE SACRIFICE, THE SAVIOR, THE SACRED KING. GREAT LORD OF HARVEST WEALTH, BE WITH US NOW. JOIN OUR SACRED RITE AND FILL US WITH YOUR RADIANCE. ILLUMINATE OUR MINDS TO THE MYSTERIES OF HARVEST AND SACRIFICE. HAIL AND WELCOME, O LORD OF THE HARVEST SUN.
GODDESS
IN THIS SACRED SPACE WE CALL OUT TO THE LADY OF TEN THOUSAND NAMES AND INFINITE FACES, THOU WHO ART THE FERTILE EARTH IN WHICH IS EMBEDDED THE SEED OF HOPE, THE REAPER OF THE GRAIN, THE GREAT WOMB OF THE UNDERWORLD. MOTHER OF ABUNDANCE, BE WITH US NOW. JOIN OUR SACRED RITE AND FILL US WITH YOUR PATIENT RESOLVE. ILLUMINATE OUR MINDS TO THE MYSTERIES OF DEATH AND REBIRTH. HAIL AND WELCOME, O LADY OF THE FERTILE FIELDS.
MEDIATION
Spend a moment to ground and center and feel our connection with the Earth and each other.
Now, find your center point, about three inches below your belly button. Focus on this point; feel yourself balance there. Now find the same center point of the Earth around you, and feel the power held there, the power of earthquakes and volcanoes. Feel the connection between your center and that power like the roots of a tree, taking the power, pulling it higher, bringing it up your spine and through your body, flowing like a river, like a sap rising in a tree. When the power reaches your brow, feel it burst forth like willow branches, out and down. Feel those branches intermingling with the branches of the person next to you; feel our energies flow and ebb together. Feel the power flowing through you like a circuit, returning to the earth beneath your feet, making a circle, making a circuit, returning, always returning, through and through.
(when the circle seems to flow naturally, take a moment to think of what you are thankful for and where you have been given abundance. Then everyone begins to chant)
“HOOF AND HORN,
HOOF AND HORN,
ALL THAT DIE SHALL BE REBORN.
CORN AND GRAIN,
CORN AND GRAIN,
ALL THAT FALL SHALL RAISE AGAIN.”
We will raise a cone of power and release this into the universe.
RELEASE CIRCLE
GOD
GREAT LORD OF HARVEST BLESSINGS, AS THE SUN MUST DESCEND FROM THE SKY INTO THE WOMB OF THE MOTHER, SO TOO MUST WE DEPART NOW FROM THIS SACRED CIRCLE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE AND ASK THAT YOU ALWAYS GUIDE AND PROTECT US.
GODDESS
BOUNTIFUL MOTHER OF THE EARTH, AS THAT WHICH RISES MUST FALL, SO TOO MUST WE DEPART NOW FROM THIS SACRED CIRCLE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE AND ASK THAT YOU ALWAYS GUIDE AND PROTECT US.
EAST
HAIL TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE EAST, POWERS OF AIR. THE INNER VOICE INSIDE US ALL CALLS US TO PARTAKE OF OUR INNER WISDOM. LET US HEED THE CALL. AS YE DEPART TO YOUR MIGHTY REALMS, WE BID THEE HAIL AND FAREWELL AND HARM YE NONE ON THE WAY.
SOUTH
HAIL TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE SOUTH, POWERS OF FIRE. THE ETERNAL FLAME OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM THAT BURNS WITHIN US, SHOWS US THE WAY. AS YE DEPART TO YOUR MIGHTY REALMS, WE BID THEE HAIL AND FAREWELL AND HARM YE NONE ALONG THE WAY.
WEST
HAIL TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE WEST, POWER OF WATER. THE EVER-PRESENT FLOW OF WATER WITHIN US, GUIDES US TO OUR INNER BEING. AS YE DEPART TO YOUR MIGHTY REALMS, WE BID THEE HAIL AND FAREWELL AND HARM YE NONE ALONG THE WAY.
NORTH
HAIL TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE WATCHTOWERS OF THE NORTH, POWER OF EARTH. THE EVALUATIONS OF LIFE GUIDES US TO THE CAVERNS OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM WITHIN. AS YE DEPART TO YOUR MIGHTY REALMS, WE BID THEE HAIL AND FAREWELL AND HARM YE NONE ALONG THE WAY.
THE CIRCLE IS OPEN, BUT UNBROKEN. MAY THE PEACE OF THE GODDESS AND LOVE OF THE GOD GO IN OUR HEARTS. MERRY MEET, MERRY PART AND MERRY MEET AGAIN.