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- A MABON OUTLINE:
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- (soon to be a major Mabon Ritual, at a terminal near you.)
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- I. General Mabon info to start with, set the mood, ect... :
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- A. What is Mabon?
- 1. Mabon, sometimes known as the Harvest/Thanksgiving Ritual of the
- Autumn Equinox, is one of the Spokes of the Wheel of the Year. In the
- many Earth of Pagan Religions, a special kinship with the passing of
- the seasons is felt... this is usually due to the history of the said
- Tradition, most of which stem from agrarian culture, where the season
- marked the way of life. From planting to reaping to winter to
- summer... the seasons were of great importance to our ancenstors, for
- their very existence depended upon good harvests, mild winters, enough
- rainfall, and the like.
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- 2. So... having shown the importance of the seasons, we shall turn to
- Mabon itself. Autumn.. Harvest time.. the reaping of what was sown
- and cared thru during the year. A time of Thankfulness and Rejoicing.
- So, of course, someone, at some point in time must have said... "Now
- that the work is over... LET'S PARTY !!!"
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- 3. This is the essence of Mabon. Rejoicing in a bountiful harvest,
- thanking the Gods for being so kind during the year, and, hopefully,
- helping in winning over the Gods' favour for the coming year.
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- B. OK, so much for Mabon itself, now... What are we going to do?
- 1.Good question, and so.. on to the heart of this article...
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- II. About THE MABON RITE itself:
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- Now, this will be a very Discordian Ritual in that each participant
- will be (more or less) writing his/her own part. This outline is
- provided to sorta nudge (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more sir,
- say no more!) people into making their individual pieces able to fit
- into the whole thing... ( I feel like the Green Ball outta "HEAVY
- METAL", the movie, something which ties things together).
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- Back to the rite itself.
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- Basically, 6 personages will be represented:
- A Caller or Watcher of the EAST
- SOUTH
- WEST
- and NORTH.
- A High Priest, and
- A High Priestess.
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- Of course, since this is a generic Rite, the terms "Lord" and
- "Lady" will be used when referring to the Male and Female aspects of
- divinity/godhood/whatever... individuals may use which ever names they
- wish, for a Rose, by any other name, would still smell as sweet.
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- III. OUTLINE:
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- A. Invocation... once everybody has arrived, a Circle shall be cast,
- more or less, and the 4 Watchers/Callers each get to do their thing
- invoking that which that direction symbolizes to come and attend the
- festivities. After which, either the HPS or HP, or both would
- consecrate the circle... in our case.. the circle will be around each
- person at their 'puter.. with a sense of being connected to each other
- via the others' 'puters. So.. what we'll do is... after the circle is
- cast, and the 4 corners have done their things, then the HP will call
- upon the Lord to attend, and the HPS shall call upon the Lady, (or, if
- we want to be different, we can have the HP call the Lady, and the HPS
- call the Lord... it's not as traditional, but I know of some Ladies
- who are more likely to pay attention to some Young HP than some HPS,
- if you get my meaning [wink]).
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- B. Once invoked... it's time for the thanksgiving part...
- we all got things we're thankful for... now's the chance
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- C. After the Thanks are over, a customary requesting of Blessing for
- the coming year is asked.
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- D. That done with, it's time to dismiss the summoned ones... first,
- around the circle.. each corner doing it's thing...the dismissal
- consists of a Hail to the being summoned, a flattery (as I call it),
- and then a structured dismissal (eg. "Air of the EAST... blah, blah,
- blah,.. Go if thou must, but stay if thou wilt").
- The HP and HPS dismiss the Lord and Lady last with similar words.
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- E. PARTY TIME!!!! get out the Beer, munchies, what have you...
- celebrate.. you've earned it.
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