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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?
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1. Mabon, sometimes known as the Harvest/Thanksgiving Ritual of the
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Autumn Equinox, is one of the Spokes of the Wheel of the Year. In the
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many Earth of Pagan Religions, a special kinship with the passing of
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the seasons is felt... this is usually due to the history of the said
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Tradition, most of which stem from agrarian culture, where the season
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marked the way of life. From planting to reaping to winter to
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summer... the seasons were of great importance to our ancenstors, for
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their very existence depended upon good harvests, mild winters, enough
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rainfall, and the like.
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2. So... having shown the importance of the seasons, we shall turn to
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Mabon itself. Autumn.. Harvest time.. the reaping of what was sown
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and cared thru during the year. A time of Thankfulness and Rejoicing.
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So, of course, someone, at some point in time must have said... "Now
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that the work is over... LET'S PARTY !!!"
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3. This is the essence of Mabon. Rejoicing in a bountiful harvest,
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thanking the Gods for being so kind during the year, and, hopefully,
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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?
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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
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will be (more or less) writing his/her own part. This outline is
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provided to sorta nudge (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more sir,
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say no more!) people into making their individual pieces able to fit
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into the whole thing... ( I feel like the Green Ball outta "HEAVY
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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:
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A Caller or Watcher of the EAST
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SOUTH
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WEST
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and NORTH.
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A High Priest, and
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A High Priestess.
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Of course, since this is a generic Rite, the terms "Lord" and
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"Lady" will be used when referring to the Male and Female aspects of
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divinity/godhood/whatever... individuals may use which ever names they
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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,
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more or less, and the 4 Watchers/Callers each get to do their thing
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invoking that which that direction symbolizes to come and attend the
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festivities. After which, either the HPS or HP, or both would
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consecrate the circle... in our case.. the circle will be around each
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person at their 'puter.. with a sense of being connected to each other
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via the others' 'puters. So.. what we'll do is... after the circle is
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cast, and the 4 corners have done their things, then the HP will call
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upon the Lord to attend, and the HPS shall call upon the Lady, (or, if
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we want to be different, we can have the HP call the Lady, and the HPS
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call the Lord... it's not as traditional, but I know of some Ladies
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who are more likely to pay attention to some Young HP than some HPS,
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if you get my meaning [wink]).
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B. Once invoked... it's time for the thanksgiving part...
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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
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the coming year is asked.
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D. That done with, it's time to dismiss the summoned ones... first,
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around the circle.. each corner doing it's thing...the dismissal
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consists of a Hail to the being summoned, a flattery (as I call it),
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and then a structured dismissal (eg. "Air of the EAST... blah, blah,
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blah,.. Go if thou must, but stay if thou wilt").
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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...
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celebrate.. you've earned it.
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