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Items
needed:
One tall Gold God
candle
One tall Silver
Goddess candle
Sage
incense
cauldron
4 corner
candles
Cup of
water
Bowl of
salt
Chalice of red wine
or juice
athame and/or
wand
Basket of
apples
dark red, orange
and brown colored decorative votive candles
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(Cast the circle
and call the corners in you usual manner and then light the incense. Invoke the
God and Goddess) -
INVOCATION OF
THE GOD: (light the tall GOLD candle)
"I now do call upon
the eternal God in the ancient way, as Lord of Day and bright, fiery Sun whose
energy brings warmth and light to His consort our Earth Mother. Cone join me!
Bring me Thy warmth and light as I celebrate the Autumn Equinox. Send Thy spirit
forth so that I, your child, may feel your light within me
-
As it is willed, so
mote it be."
INVOCATION OF
THE GODDESS: (light the tall SILVER candle)
"I now do call upon
the eternal Goddess in the ancient way, as Earth Mother and Lady Crone who
reigns as light declines. Come join me! Bring me your love and protection as I
celebrate the Autumn Equinox. Send Thy spirit forth so that I, your child, may
feel your life within me -
As it is willed, so
mote it be."
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(Pick up the
chalice of wine or juice and hold it upward toward the sky and say)
-
"Blessed be this
season of Mabon,
Time of the Second
Harvest -
The harvest of
fruit and wine,
Blessed be the
Lady!"
(Place the chalice
back on the altar and now pick up your athame or wand and say)
-
"Today all things
are in balance,
Both night and day
and Goddess and God are equal
as are life and
death -
Blessed be the
Lord!"
(Place athame back
on the altar and say)-
"But tonight
darkness conquers the light,
taking us into the
dark of the year,
It is a time to
reflect upon those who have passed
and those who are
yet to come."
(In honor of those
who you wish to remember, you may recite the following poem)
-
Mabon
Lament
Do not stand at my
grave and weep,
I am not there, I
do not sleep
I am a thousand
winds that blow,
I am the diamond's
glint on snow
I am the sunlight
on ripened grain,
I am the gentle
autumn's rain
When you wake up in
the morning's hush,
I am the swift,
uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in
circled flight,
I am the soft star
that shines at night
*I am the ocean's
calming waters,
Which carries Earth
Mother's sons and daughters
Do not stand at my
grave and cry,
I am not there, I
did not die
*And do not stand
at my grave and mourn,
I am not there, I
have been reborn
*Original author
unknown; however, I have added some of my own verses for the purpose of this
ritual.
(Pick up an apple,
symbol of the Goddess, from the basket and hold it close to your heart,
reflecting on the events passed and people whom you wish to remember at this
time. When you are ready, say) -
"Tonight I mourn
the loss of life and light,
But just as the
apple which I hold in my hand gives both life and
death,
So do our beloved
deities -
Those who have
passed shall return as surely as shall the light."
(Place the apple
back into the basket to give back to the Earth later. Pick up the chalice once
again and say)-
"Just as we have
sorrow,
We also have joy
-
For this is the
time of the wine harvest!"
(Now, bless the
chalice of wine by placing your athame inside it while saying)
-
"I bless this wine
of the harvest in the name of our Mother Earth and Father
God."
(Take a drink from
the chalice in toast of the Goddess and God. When finished, set aside a portion
to give back to the Earth later)
"I am a child of
deity,
I am part of the
creative life force which moves the Universe;
I am part of all
that is -
Though we are
apart, we are ever together
For we are one in
the spirit of the Goddess and God,
Merry meet, merry
part and merry meet again -
Blessed
be!"
(Close ritual thank
the deities and open the circle - remembering to give back to the
Earth)
