also called Autumn Equinox
Day and night embrace once more.
Mabon teaches the discipline of gratitude even as the days grow shorter. This is the season to inventory the year, give thanks, and prepare your spirit for the descent into Samhain's depths.
Honors the wise crones and the Iyalode — the gatherers of community and harvest.
Write down every harvest of this year — material and spiritual.
For each, name one person, ancestor, or force you give thanks to.
Eat an apple slowly and with attention.
Release one thing you no longer need to carry.
Light an orange candle and let it burn down to nothing.