Mabon Autumn Equinox Day, celebrated in the Northern Hemisphere in September, has two aspects: firstly, liberation from everything old and obsolete, and secondly, giving honors to the late members of the female half of the family.
The name Mabon comes from the name of the Welsh mythology character Mabon ap Modron, who symbolized male fertility in the Arthurian myth cycle. The sorcerers did not celebrate this Sabbath, like Ostaru, until the Scandinavian invasion of England. On Mabon Day, many sorcerers make new staffs for themselves and cut runes from elm wood — is a custom that came from the Druids.
Autumn equinox day — is the second of two days of the year when day is equal to night in the Wheel of the Year. This is also the traditional harvest time, which is associated with the procurement of wild or green fruits and gifts from Mother Earth.
The celebration of the end of the harvest of vegetables, fruits and remaining grains began to be celebrated even before Christianity. The equinox is reminiscent of the arrival of winter; during this period, rituals of sympathetic magic are held to ensure that there is enough food in winter: the ritual consists in the fact that at the holiday the best gifts of summer were first demonstrated and then eaten. Druids traditionally climb to the top of the mountain to spend more time with the summer sun as the nights get longer.
Usually in Mabon they go into nature, into the forest, collect seeds and fallen leaves. Some of them are used to decorate the house, others are saved for the future for herbal magic.
Food on Mabon consists of fruits from the second harvest, such as grains, fruits, vegetables and, especially, corn. Corn bread — is a traditional food at this time, as are beans and dried zucchini.
Herbs traditionally used to decorate the altar, the space around the magic circle and the whole house: acorns, asters, benzoin, fern, honeysuckle, marigolds, myrrh, passionflower (passionflower), pine, rose, sage, thistle, hazel, poplar, acorns, sprouts and oak leaves, autumn leaves, wheat straw, cypress and pine cones, ripe ears, corn.