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Sanctuary of the Winds offers public workshops (when time allows), open rituals, and clergy services to those in the earth religious community. Open rituals, as with all rituals within the Sanctuary of the Winds, are family appropriate. This is to ensure that all members, young and old, can enjoy the rituals and gatherings we offer. Sanctuary of the Winds also provides public education and education to those of other faiths to change misconceptions about the earth based religions.
Sanctuary of the Winds is a nonprofit organization - and that means we need your help! Monetary, material (books, paper, ritual supplies) can be dropped or picked up, from within the area. Contact us for details.
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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.
That first harvest has passed and the second approaches. Time for the leaves to change the days to cool and we transend into the next phase of the wheel.
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