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Autumn Equinox
Fun and easy ideas for ways in which Pagan families can celebrate Autumn Equinox, also known as Mabon and Autumn Festival.
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Autumn Equinox, 2nd Harvest, September 22nd
Celebrants offer thanks in this festival also called Wine Harvest, Feast of Avalon, Equinozio de Autunno, Cornucopia, Winter Finding and Alben Elfred.
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Celebrating an Autumn Easter
Holidays such as Easter seem strange when the seasons are turned around, but there are ways to tap into their meaning and make them memorable.
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Cereal: when you're hot ,you're hot
The Autumnal Equinox is near.
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Equinox in the Moon Garden
Egg-standing celebrations for the Autumn Equinox in Lady Barbara's September Moon Garden.
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The Equinox: Not Quite Equal
On the day of the Equinox, the sunrise and sunset times are not twelve hours apart. What atmospheric phenomenon causes this to happen?
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Wheel of the Year 101: Mabon
This sixth Wheel of the Year article focuses on Mabon (also known as the Autumn Equinox) and includes tips for planning your sabbat as well as lots of links for more information.
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Michaelmas or Mabon: September 29th
Michaelmas, on September 29th, is close to the date of the autumn equinox, an important festival in the preChristian calendar
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How to Celebrate Mabon, Autumnal Equinox
Daylight and night are equal on the second harvest festival as crops are reaped and stored. The day's equality and balance are honored. Learn to make a Mabon corn wheel.
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Mabon, Fall Equinox-Second Harvest
This Sabbat is also known as Feast of Avalon, Wine Harvest, Cornucopia, Alben Elfred, Winter Finding and Equinozio de Autunno. Enjoy sample feast recipes!
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Enchantment of Mabon
The Autumn Equinox is a magickal time of balance and bounty. Find new ways to celebrate this wonderful fall holiday with your family.
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Halloween and the Wicca Wheel of the Year
Not many people realize that Halloween, celebrated on October 31 or All Hallows Eve, is just one of an annual cycle of rituals that form the backbone of the Wiccan year.
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Astrology: Our Roadmap to Life
Astrological interpretation has been misunderstood by many. Astologers have perfected the art of interpretation and can apply this knowledge to anyone's life.
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Sabbat of Mabon at the Fall Equinox
Pagan Holiday to mark the Autumnal Equinox celebrates the completion of Harvest, harmony between the inner and outer worlds, and the decline of the Sun's energy.
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Astronomy of Seasonal Festivals
Many festivals are keepers of time: they mark the seasons. But what determines the seasons?
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Molecular Farming: a blessing or a curse?
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The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
Next to Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, or the Chinese Moon Festival, is the most important holiday on the Chinese lunar calendar.
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The Night Sky for September 2008
The three planets closest to Earth continue to shine in the sun's setting glow while autumn comes for the Northern Hemisphere.
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Architecture-Temples
This article compares two temples, in Abu Simbel and Tel el-Armana, to illustrate changes in architecture throughout the period of Ancient Egyptian powerfulness.
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Castlerigg Stone Circle, Mysterious Megaliths
Monolithic structures are mysterious. Many have astronomical alignments. It's unknown who built them and what their purpose was. Intriguing theories are suggested.
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Celebrating the Autumnal Equinox
No matter who you are or where your people came from, everyone's ancestors had magical ways of honoring the autumnal equinox, when the day and night are of equal length.
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Easter, Eostre or Ostara?
Myths and legends surround the celebration of modern-day holidays. Many of us aren't quite sure why we celebrate Easter. Some say it is to honour a fertility goddess.
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Friends, Family, Food, Fun, Memories.
However, dinner with friends is not the time to explore those consequences. It is the time to enjoy being together and the food that is before us.
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Pest Control: Choices
Pest Control, the choice is yours.
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Thanksgiving, Pagan Style
Pilgrims and Wampanoagan AmerIndians dined on the first "Turkey Day" meal. Can Pagans add their traditions and foods for the festivities? Yes. Suggestions and recipes....
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Wiccan and Pagan Calendar 2010
The Wheel of the Year includes many sabbats celebrated by Wiccans and Pagans to mark the changes in the seasons
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Worship of The Goddess
While no people celebrate in quite the same way, what is certain, is that the Goddess is very real. Her worshipers, while quiet, are slowly growing in number as well as experience. Learning what the Goddess can teach us will enable us to be better caretakers of the earth.
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Sabbats
Definition of Sabbat and their individual meanings. Each of the eight Pagan/Wikkan holidays are briefly explained. References for further reading are given at the end.
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September Romance
September's calendar for romantics
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The History of the Harvest Festival
The gathering of the harvest has been celebrated for centuries around the world in the form of harvest festivals or by giving thanks at Thanksgiving celebrations.
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Death
My feelings about death, a look at the pagan cycle of life and death, and a bit about Halloween.
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The Vindolanda Calendar
The Vindolanda Calendar is the only example of a portable Roman calendar in Britain and as yet, the whole Roman world.
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All Hallows Eve
For children, Halloween is all about costumes and candy. While some view it as anti-Christian, All Hallows Eve is a time of giving thanks and remembering dead loved ones.
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America's Stonehenge, Mystery Hill, NH
Stonehenge and Mystery Hill have three things in common. They were observatories. Each has astronomical alignments. Almost nothing is known about the builders of both.
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How to Plant Great Garlic
Versatile in so many preparations and cuisines, garlic is also an easy home garden crop. A little fall planting will yield deliciously fragrant early summer rewards!
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