What follows is a recording of a Wiccan ritual in celebration of the Sabbath of Mabon.
You are invited to adapt any part of this as you see fit,
So that it will align more fully with your personal spiritual path.
Gathered are we to celebrate the Sabbath of Mabon and the Grand Harvest.
Be it known that the circle is about to be cast.
Let none be here but of their own free will.
We come together now as a community,
One with another,
To share our joy of life and to reaffirm our feelings for the gods.
The Lord and Lady have been good to us.
It is meet that we thank them for all that we have.
Here at last,
Our circle is cast with light upon the ground.
We call upon the elements to guide our magic all around.
God and Goddess,
Bless us and our right to guide us and give to all insight.
I call you now.
Attend to me.
This is my will.
So mote it be.
All hail the Element of Air,
Watchtower of the East.
May you bring the breath of life and inspiration to this circle.
Hail and welcome.
All hail the Element of Fire,
Watchtower of the South.
May you bring warmth and power to this circle.
Hail and welcome.
All hail the element of water,
Watchtower of the West.
May you bring purification and renewal to this circle.
Hail and welcome.
All hail the Element of Earth,
Watchtower of the North.
May you bring balance and wisdom to this circle.
Hail and welcome.
All hail the fair spirits and elementals of this land.
And our beloved ancestors.
We ask that you will attend our circle and bless our rites.
Hail and welcome.
Mother Moon,
Provider of life itself,
Protector of the Wicca.
We ask that you will attend our circle and bless our rites.
Hail and welcome.
Father,
Son.
Lord of all that's wild and free,
We ask that you attend our circle and bless our rites.
Hail and welcome.
Into we now a place that is void of space and time,
A gateway between the worlds.
Hand to hand,
With none being last.
At the Sabbath of Mabon,
The circle is cast.
The circle is now hallowed.
Behold the autumnal equinoxes upon us.
At this time,
Day and night are of equal length.
Today,
Light and dark stand in balance.
Today,
All of nature stands in balance.
All hail!
And on this day,
We celebrate the Grand Harvest and the Sabbath of Mabon.
The seeds we planted at the last equinox provide the bounty now upon our table.
And the seeds from this bounty will be planted at the next equinox.
To grow again into a bounty.
Guided by the ever-turning wheel.
We behold the unbroken cycle of birth,
Life,
Death,
And rebirth.
A circle with no beginning and no ending.
And as nature prepares to slumber,
We too slow our pace.
This is a time of celebrating our hard work throughout the year.
As we think of the spring that is to come,
And look upon it with great anticipation,
We,
Following nature's example,
Enter into a period of rest.
This is a time of stillness.
As we behold the balance before and all around us,
Here do we now call that balance into ourselves.
We reflect upon our accomplishments while simultaneously looking forward to new beginnings,
Our awareness shared equally between the two.
Both measures having equal weight upon the scale.
And it is at this very moment of balance in nature that we bid farewell to the light half of the year.
While at the same time We greet the dark half of the year.
As we celebrate and give thanks for nature's bounty,
Our collective working at this time is to send forth healing energy to all forms of life and in every place that none may ever know hunger or thirst,
And that all might know the healing of balance.
Great is their need.
Great also is our will.
Here do we now empower this intention with the collective energy raised within the sacred space,
Sending it forth throughout the world,
That all might have food and drink,
And have such in great abundance,
So that they might be able to share with others.
And that all might know balance,
Peace,
And harmony in equal abundance.
This is our will.
So mote it be.
We came together in love and friendship.
Let us part the same way.
Let us spread the love we have known in this circle outward to all.
Sharing it with those we meet.
Element of Earth,
I thank you for your presence in this circle and witnessing these rites.
Hail and farewell.
Element of Water,
I thank you for your presence in this circle and witnessing these rites.
Hail and farewell.
Element of Fire,
I thank you for your presence in this circle and witnessing these rites.
Hail and farewell.
Element of Air,
I thank you for your presence in this circle and witnessing these rites.
Hail and farewell.
Fairest spirits and elementals of this land,
And our beloved ancestors,
I thank you for your presence in this circle and witnessing these rites.
Hail and farewell.
Guardians of the Elements,
Lord God and Lady Goddess,
We thank you for joining our circle.
We ask your blessing as you depart.
May there be peace between us now and forever.
I cast this circle out into the cosmos as a sign of my magic.
The circle is open,
But unbroken.
Mary,
Did we meet?
Mary Dewey Park.
And merry will we meet again.
Blessed Be.
