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Society Garden Mabon Harvests

Posted in garden, Other, tagged bountiful crops, collards, Corn, earth paganism, fruits, Gaia, gardening, healing, Oko, peppers, Society garden, squash, tomatillos, tomatoes, vegetables, watermelons on September 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Many thanks are given, hail the Good Earth Mother Gaia, Orisha Oko, St. Francis, and all other spirits and deities who gave SLPS the bountiful harvests it has enjoyed. The crops have come in for the 2nd harvest season of Mabon. There is still more on the vines! Mostly left are the tomatoes, tomatillos, green beans, a few peppers and a cabbage head along with the melon or two still in the patch. The corn is picked. So more harvest yet that will take us in to the final season of Samhain, the last great harvest of the year.

As for now, the Society garden has been remarkable bountiful, thanks to not just the blessings of the gods but those who worked to put it in, maintain it, and the land spirits who watched over it at night. We give thanks!

Here are the pics from Lughnasadh to Mabon 2015

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Society Garden 2015, collard greens, Saturday, August 22, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, April Love in watermelon patch, Sunday, August 9, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, Corn stalks are taller than Daniel Cureton, Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, Corn stalks are taller than Daniel Cureton, Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, first harvest offerings, Sunday, August 9, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, second harvest, Wednesday, August 19, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2015, big harvest, Sunday, September 4, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT

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Mabon 2015- Welcoming the Dark Times

Posted in Ritual, Sabbat, wicca, witchcraft, tagged 2nd Harvest, Alban Elued, Bast, Dark Times, fall equinox, ganesh, mabon, Mabon 2015, paganism, ritual, sabbat, Salt Lake Pagan Society on September 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »

SLPS meeting under sacred pine on Monday, September 21, 2015 at 9pm to celebrate the Fall Equinox. The crickets were in unison, the breeze calm as the altar was dedicated and the candles lit. Ganesh and Bast joined the circle of the ancestors and took in the offerings of pears, watermelon, juice and cookies. Mabon being the second harvest, the fruits were pulled from the Society Garden.

The ritual included music by Lisa Thiel, “Mabon” off the album Circle of the Seasons. Spoken word and poetry were performed in honor of the seaons. Bast and Ganesh came down and spoke to the attendees and accepted the food. He will open the way for individuals to succeed in their inner workings. Each person chose a habit to banish in the Mabon fire.

The feast afterwards with the Gods was beef and barely stew with oreo bards for dessert. A bowl was left out for the Gods to enjoy.