Merry Mabon

Mabon

The First Day of Fall

Mabon Faerie found at

http://shamansoulstudios.com/personal/mabon-faerie

I am Autumn's grandeur and the colors of completion. 

I am the ripened store that will 

see my soul through the coming cold.

As night and day are poised in balance, I release all that is 

no longer mine to hold, and praise that which abides.

I enter now into reprieve and seek the lessons that will be revealed.

Blessed Be!

Mabon is the time where day and night are in equal length. 

It is the beginning of the waning year, 

the 2nd of the 3 harvest festivals.

Magickal Energies: abundance, equality, harvesting, introspection, protection

Symbols: acorns, apples, corn, corn dollies, cornucopias, fallen leaves, gourds, grains, pomegranates, sun symbols, wheat sheaves

Colors: yellow, orange, red, maroon, russet, gold

Trees: apple, hazel, oak

Flower: sunflower

Herbs & Oils: cedar, clove, honeysuckle, hops, marigold, musk, myrrh, rosemary, sage 

Stones: amber, citrine, tiger's eye

Animals: birds of prey, dog, pig, salmon, snake, wolf

Beverages: beer, hot apple cider, mead, wine

Foods: apples, baked squash, breads, cornbread, grains, seeds 

Prayer for Balance

(Just what I needed!)

Now is the moment of Equinox

I stand before the union of light and dark.

The equal journey of Goddess and God

has come to the threshold of balance.

May my mind be in balance.

May my heart be in balance.

May my body be in balance.

May my spirit enfold all that I am in balance.

Now is the moment of the Equinox.

May all things be aligned, within and without.

So mote it be.

Mabon information taken from Wheel of the Year classes at Avalon in Orlando, FL 2001.

Peace, Inspiration, & Love,
 ~Amy
 The Magick Muse

Pumpkin Spice Latte, A Love Letter

Dear Pumpkin Spice Latte, 

You may not remember me, but I always remember you. Especially, the first sip of you every year. That first sip fills me with a warm cozy feeling. Drinking you tells me the heat of the summer is finally coming to an end. Tasting your pumpkin goodness I know that my favorite season is just around the corner. With you comes fall. With you comes Halloween. With you comes costumes, hoodies, and jack-o-lanterns. 

Others try to be like you, but they just aren't the same. I admit it, I tried other lattes that claim to be pumpkin spice. I kind of felt like I was cheating, but I wanted to support local and all that jazz. I found that other pumpkin lattes cost the same, but don't taste the same.

There can be only one...and it's you, Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. You are autumn goodness in a cup. 

Thank you for making my favorite season complete.

Much love, 
~Amy
The Magick Muse