30 Days of Witchcraft ~30-Day Challenge~Day 23 Mabon

We're going to wrap up the final week of our 30 Days of Witchcraft "Write Your Craft" challenge with the remaining Wheel of the Year, Starting with Mabon.

Mabon is considered a "Witchs' Thanksgiving" because it's our fall harvest celebration. It will peak Thursday, September 23, at 9:03 pm EST in the northern hemisphere. (Yes, you read that correctly, 8 days. See my post here for an explanation...kinda.)

Wheel of the Year: Mabon ~ Rituals and Spells

Mabon is the second of our three harvest festivals. It is a reminder to “reap what we sow,” both literally and figuratively, our own crops and intentions.Night and day stand equal in length; make it a time to express gratitude for your blessings, and ask for their prosperity, complete projects, and honor a moment of balance.

Wheel of the Year: Mabon ~ The Altar

Mabon is when we celebrate the second part of harvest. It is a day equal of night and day. It is about a balance of light and dark. These are things we should reflect in our altars.

Symbolism

Wheel of the Year: Mabon ~ Recipes

Fall harvest! Is there a better time for baking and hearty comfort food cooking? With correspondences such as apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg my grams apple pie comes to mind immediately, but there is SO much more!

Thought Co. is one of my go to sights for a wide range of ideas. The Mabon Cooking  post from Thought Co. includes links to: crockpot apple butter, herb butter blends , and there are more recipes there too!

A note on herb butters: if you want it to remain spreadable, whip olive oil or another light oil of your choosing into it AND diary free diets can use margarine or other substitutes in the same quantities to create the mixtures.

Mabon Recipes: Gram's Apple Pie

Can I start by saying I LOVE THIS PIE! Grams wasn't heavy on traditional spices or sweet apples and it makes this my favorite. She used fresh ginger which is also harvested in the fall, so another win for fall harvest! Yes, ginger. It's amazing. Just go to the market, break yourself off a 1-2" knuckle and make it. I swear it's worth it!

Gram's Apple Pie, Thanksgiving 2017

A few tips on prep:

Making Compound Butters

Whether you buy a nice hearty bread from the deli or you make it yourself, you can easily make several flavorful butters for any pallate. You can make butter from scratch, buy store butter, Amish butter, Irish butter... OR USE margarine if you can't have dairy and then add in your own fun.

Wheel of the Year: Mabon Correspondences

Mabon 2018 will begin on Friday, September 21 and ends on Saturday, September 29. It will peak Saturday, September 22, at 9:54 pm EST in the northern hemisphere. (Yes, you read that correctly, 8 days. See my post here for an explanation...kinda.)

Mabon is considered a "Witchs' Thanksgiving" because it's our fall harvest celebration.