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Mabon, of course, is next Saturday, and to get in the Sabbat mood I'm still looking for interesting activities to do. Here are some that I've come across on the vast expanse of the world-wide-web:
- If you follow a Druidic tradition, consider cutting willow wands at this time.
- Apples can be left on grave sites and/or burial cairns as a token of honor and blessing.
- Take a walk in the forest to gather dried seed pods and other organic materials for decoration.
- If you grew fruits or vegetables over the summer, pick a piece of high-quality produce and return it to the land with prayers of Thanksgiving.
- In a meditation, offer thanks to each direction - North for finances, the home, and health, East for gifts of knowledge, South for a career and hobbies, West for relationships, and Spirit for spiritual insight.
- Plan a feast using the produce of the season - squash, apples, corn, bread, and cider.
- For a protective charm, string Hazelnuts on a red thread and empower.
- Make a wreath out of grapevine, wrap with gold ribbon to bring in the God's energy, and add any desired herbs and seasonal flowers.
- Visit an apple orchard, pick grapes, or harvest pumpkins.
- Make rattles out of dried gourds.
- Fix up anything in the house that needs to be mended before winter.
- Take a look at family scrapbooks and pictures, and remember loved ones, both living and passed.
- Fill up your bird-feeder, and put some of that dried corn out for the wildlife.
- Consider what you can do to reduce your ecological footprint. Can you use less water or electricity? Recycle more?
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