Harvest And Hearth

Photo by trea-silverwolf.deviantart.com

Autumn is here. Yes, it is my favourite time of the year. I always feel closer to home and hearth. Now I know I'm a few weeks late for my sabbat check in, but life has been quite busy. The Goddess has blessed me with a new job in my field of study and it tends to take up most of my time. 

Mabon actually got me thinking about my own project ideas this year. Usually I look through Llewellyn's Sabbat Almanac for ideas on how to celebrate the sabbats, but I did several of the ideas in the 2013 Mabon section last year when I did not have access to my library and picked the 2013 copy up early. Thus I wanted to do something new this year and with my busy schedule came up with the idea of a sabbat candle. 

The sabbat candle is simply an offering candle that you dress with herb and oils that correspond to the sabbat and then burn the candle daily until the next sabbat when you make another one. For mine Mabon candle I used cloves, cinnamon sticks, orange and ginger oils. The candle is quite fragrant and I can feel the energy of the Lord and Lady that it brings to my home.

Mabon candle and Autumn bouquet.

I plan on doing this simple yet powerful offering for every sabbat from now on. Now back to my books so I can start planning Samhain ahead of time.

Well Wishes for a Dark Time

One of my friends and her boyfriend just broke in a rather painful way. She's not heartbroken about the fact that the relationship is over, she's pissed on how he used her willingness to support him and than threw her to the curb. There's more details to this, but that's the gist of the situation and I'd be pissed too if I was in her situation.

I personally think she's better off without him, and to help her along her path I made a scroll with a prosperity blessing on it for her.

Prosperity Scroll

I chose purple and Lavender for this project to promote healing her emotional wounds and to protect her on her new journey. I had her permission to do something like this for her and she was delighted when I gave it to her today. (She's a Nichiren Buddhist, but understands and respects my pagan beliefs.) I hope the good intentions and well wishes I imbued in it are passed onto her.

The Written Blessing

Anointed with Lavender Oil