Autumn Equinox

[AV1611VET]

Even if you're close to the metro areas you can still find wooded areas to get away to.

To commune with Pan?

 

[awitch]

To commune with Pan?

Or Cernunnos in my case.

 

[AV1611VET]

Or Cernunnos in my case.

I take it Pan isn't a jealous god?

 

[AV1611VET]

By the way, what's your take on the Jersey Devil, awitch?

 

[awitch]

I take it Pan isn't a jealous god?

Not that I know of. He's from a Greek pantheon that I don't subscribe to.

 

[awitch]

By the way, what's your take on the Jersey Devil, awitch?

It's a really cool legend, but obviously fiction.

 

[AV1611VET]

It's a really cool legend, but obviously fiction.

Okay ... thanks.

ETA: Ditto for chupacabra?

 

[awitch]

Okay ... thanks.

ETA: Ditto for chupacabra?

Mangy dogs or coyotes.

 

[AV1611VET]

Mangy dogs or coyotes.

Okay ... thanks again.

I like to bring up the Bible's "cryptids" to academians, to see what they have to say.

Such cryptids as: whale-fishes, satyrs, unicorns, straw-eating lions, four-legged locusts, mammal fowls, and dragons.

 

[awitch]

Okay ... thanks again.

I like to bring up the Bible's "cryptids" to academians, to see what they have to say.

Such cryptids as: whale-fishes, satyrs, unicorns, straw-eating lions, four-legged locusts, mammal fowls, and dragons.

I'm sure there are some undiscovered species still out there but I don't believe such creatures ever existed.

 

[Zoness]

To commune with Pan?

I don't commune with any Hellenic gods, but in theory, sure!

 

[jayem]

I don't celebrate the autumnal equinox per se, but I really do enjoy the fall. It's the best time to travel. The weather is cool (which I love,) and kids are back in school. So most destinations aren't as crowded, less chance of encountering loud, obstreperous children in restaurants, off-season prices in many places, and fewer cars on the road if you're diving. And (if it's a good year,) you can't beat those fall colors.

 

[juvenissun]

Hi all, do any of you celebrate the autumn equinox in any special way? Can be religious or secular. For me, I think I am going to try my hand at a Mabon ritual this year but really its sort of the opener for the real beginning of my favorite time of year, spooky season! Equinox to Halloween is basically a month long Halloween for me, culminating in a Samhain ritual gathering. This year I am trying to go all out and get a bunch of people back together to celebrate and be a part of the ritual.

Does anyone do anything super fun for this time of year? How about from now until Halloween?

Why do you celebrate at the time originated from Christianity? I enjoy the ghost day in July.

 

[Zoness]

Why do you celebrate at the time originated from Christianity? I enjoy the ghost day in July.

I don't understand your question. Autumn Equinox is in September in the Northern Hemisphere. What do you mean by ghost day?

 

[Chesterton]

I don't commune with any Hellenic gods,...

That's racist.

 

[juvenissun]

I don't understand your question. Autumn Equinox is in September in the Northern Hemisphere. What do you mean by ghost day?

Helloween.

 

[Zoness]

Helloween.

Oh I see, I think you're confusing the two. The Autumn Equinox is in late September and is usually commemorated with it's own Sabbat called Mabon but Halloween is commemorated with another Sabbat known as Samhain (pronounced Sow-in), which for many Wiccans and some pagans, is the highest calendar day. I picked Mabon since it's topical to the time and lots of people do fall activities. My wife's school is doing all manner of harvest celebrations, for example, as they're a small farming community school. She is planning a fun Halloween concert but that's usually considered a discrete event from harvest.

 

[PloverWing]

I got to celebrate the Autumn Equinox today by going to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. I didn't even think of the RenFest earlier in the discussion, but I realized it today. I think it's my favorite autumn ritual. We wear costumes, and there's food and music and shops and a little bit of history, with enough mythical elements to engage the imagination and the spirit. The day ended with impromptu dancing outside the front gate, after the final cannon had sounded, with music by Cu Dubh.

 

[awitch]

Since the trails close at sundown, I got up early and headed to the castle ruins for a quick ritual and toast to the migrating birds while leaving some seed behind.

On the way back I had a perfect shot of two red tailed hawks dancing right overhead but my camera went into sleep mode. It's supposed to immediately wake up if hit the shutter button, but it didn't and by the time I reset it and looked up, the birds were gone.

 

[Zoness]

I ended up going to an Oktoberfest event at the last minute yesterday and my wife and I met her parents for drinks. I've only lived in this town for two years so I ended up discovering a cool music shop that had a used bookstore in the basement with a number of neat occult items for sale. Had a nice chat with the proprietor. She gave me some nice sandalwood incense for free. I also bought some great new art prints!

I preformed a short ritual under a fantastically bright full moon and then had some drinks with my wife and played video games for the late evening while she hung around we just chatted about life. It was a good day.

Today is a relaxing day, we have fancy dinner reservations with a few other pagans and former IT coworkers from one of my previous jobs. My wife is lesson planning for school and I am catching up on the latest episode of My Hero Academia.