Founded in 2009, The Rumpus is one of the longest running independent online literary and culture magazines. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers readers already know and love. Once a storm rolls in, turn off your electronics, lights, and anything making noise that could distract you. Chamomile: also linked to the Sun and properties include prosperity and warding off negative energy. Banish bad energy, ward off unpleasant people, and defend your belongings, your spirit and your space with this spellbook focused specifically on protection.

Spells for an Enchanted Equinox Mabon Blessings, Symbols, and Spells for an Enchanted Equinox

Mabon is the gateway to the true holiday season, if you ask this witch. It’s the day I really come alive in my witchiness. And I feel as though there’s magic undulating in the crisp breeze and flowing all around me. Maybe you feel that way about Mabon too. So how do we prepare for the most magical Autumn Equinox ever? By deciding on what rituals we will perform, what foods to eat, and spells to cast. Here, we offer you our favorite Mabon blessings to pass on to your family and friends, as well as Mabon symbols, spells and divination methods ripe for the Autumn season. First, What is Mabon? Hold your acorn in your hands and envision prosperity flowing from the acorn into your hands and through your entire body like a soft orange light. Each of these subscription programs along with tax-deductible donations made to The Rumpus through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, helps keep u s going and brings us closer to sustainability. The Rumpus is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of The Rumpus must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. My High Priestess use to make the most beautiful books of shadows. She included protection herbs within it's cover. Consider incorporating protection herbs in your books; either in your handmade cover or in a bookmark.One of our favorite things to do on sabbats like Mabon is to divine. Divination is a method used by magical practitioners to see into the past, present and future. And it allows us to speak to the spirit world: to the gods, ancestors, fairies, angels and more. On a day like Mabon, where the energies of the earth are balanced with the energies of the Otherworld, divination is that much more powerful. And accessible. Here’s a few suggestions for Mabon divination: f. If the method above doesn’t work for you, and you get an image or word or sensation while listening to the storm, always go off of your experience first. E – Energy gather all your positive thoughts from the day, waving the kids off to school, kissing your partner and the love of your family.

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Find spells to protect your home, ward off unwanted visitors, and keep the good energy in at all times. Along with spells and rituals to banish danger and illness, you’ll find methods for making talismans to ward off harm. The spells include: e. Add up the seconds of each like this: 3 (secs) + 2 + 3 + 2 = 10. Then reduce a double digit down to one number by adding it again 1+0=1. One is your number and your divine message from the storm. Research the number 1 in the occult, symbolism, and in numerology. In her brilliant second collection, Jenn Givhan gives us poems that both balm and break the heart. In an age when much of what passes for poetry leans toward obfuscation, Givhan provides us with what is truly difficult: an honest account of who and what we are, individually and collectively. In language that is at turns both lyrical and colloquial, Jenn Givhan’s Protection Spell ‘can’t resist telling . . . what darkness will come, what light.’”Cleanse your space in whatever way you prefer. For Mabon, I typically do a smoke-cleanse with rosemary or use my besom. The distinction is sometimes made that a grimoire just lists magic, spells, herbs, rituals and ALL the things you keep in your book of Shadows.... BUT.... your Book of Shadows also contains personal reflections, and notes, and thoughts, and feelings, and results of your magic. There’s a powerful magic in Jennifer Givhan’s Protection Spell, one that offers a lyrical and unflinching look at motherhood and America, at race and history, the cultural collisions that pry us open and ‘the dark / matter holding us together.’ These are fearless, unforgettable poems.” In our modern world there is a lot to worry about, from the global-scale—climate change, political uncertainty—to the personal—a toxic ex, cyber bulling. Spellcrafting can help you find comfort in a stressful world. This book will give you the tools to take charge of defending yourself in both energy and physicality. But for every book that contains any kind of Wicca or witchcraft related information that I put together, I will always bless and protect it and it all starts with a cleansing.

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Walk: one, two, three. Feel the cold, the foggy damp of the water. Tread carefully: one, two, three…submerge the chest and listen to the heartbeat roar.As the Autumn Equinox is a day of balance, it’s only an appropriate sabbat to cast spells when balance is needed in our lives. Maybe you need balance within your body, mind, or outwards in your work-homelife balance. Or maybe you need balance within your relationships. Wherever balance is needed, decide you’re ready to improve those things and cast this Mabon spell. Oneiromancy: by paying attention to, recording and interpreting your dreams. You’ll notice from Mabon on until Winter, your dreams will become more frequent and more vivid as we head into a season when the night grows longer. Course Description: A workshop that introduces the varieties of forms, styles, voices, and strategies for writing poetry. Emphasizes reading professional models and the development and application of criteria for evaluating and revising poems. Mabon blessings are as simple as granting someone good wishes and prayers for prosperity, health, long life, love, and all the things that bring joy in life. You don’t have to write fancy Mabon blessings, if you don’t want to. You can even use a few of our own blessings and prayers below, if you’d like: