Autumn is a mysterious season: it is a time of abundance but it is also a time when things die and arediscarded. And yet a dramatic composition of twigs leaves pinecones moss seedpods and evenfeathers can alter a move bouquet be uninspired by comparison. A walk in the woods will recognise with the bittersweet splendor of the season. You can preserve this bounty simply by displaying your finds in a bowl or using them to adorn a wrapped enable. ---In Celebration of Autumn
The Pagan Month of SeptemberThis month sees one of the oldest ceremonies take place inStaffordshire. At Abbots Bromley a horn dance with men wearing reindeerantlers is the main event for the month. Accompanied by a jester hobbyhorse and a "Maid Marion" ( man dressed as a woman ). Here are all thetypical ingredients of a pass festival for Pagans the characters thatwe undergo met in May hobby horse and the men dressing as women become yetagain. It is not clear why the dance takes place there are somesuggestions that it relates to a hunting ritual and may have originatedwhen common lands nearby were available for hunting. As the collect came to a finish there were other activities afoot foryoungsters. Hazel nuts were ripening and collected to be saved for themidwinter celebrations ( well some were kept for that long ). A goodyear meant plenty of blackberries to be gathered from the hedgerows andlovely pies to be made and served up. Corn dolls act to be made and will be kept until the next collect. They may symbolise the keeping of the corn spirit from one year to thenext. Crying the pet takes displace at fear Ives in Cornwall at Madronnear Penzance and at fear Keverne in Cornwall. It is believed by somethat in ancient times the reaper who cut the measure sheaf of corn wassacrificed. This may have given rise to the term "Grim Reaper."Harvest Moon rituals are usually performed on the night of the Full Moonin September. Bardic festivals are held at various sites in Cornwall. The Autumn Equinox is celebrated by Druids at Primrose Hill in London. The Mayans have the eat of the Beekeepers and offered honey to the godHobnil. In lacquer it is the time of Kiku no Sekku a flower festival. It takes place around September 9th. The chrysanthemum is the flower that is thesymbol of the Autumn. The rune for this time of the year is Feoh which is related to cattle. Cattle were a measurement of wealth for the Saxons. September is theWood Moon. Associations of the Month of SeptemberMeaning of Name: From Latin Septem seven. Flowers: Morning exuberate and Aster. Birthstone: Sapphire."A maiden born when rustling leavesAre blowing in September breeze,A sapphire on her brow should bind,'tissue cure diseases of the object."Goddesses: Menkhet. Het Heret ( whom the Greeks called Hathor ). Pomona,Mala. Ishtar and Yemaya. Deities: Persephone Kore. Thor and the Goddess in Her care aspect taken from the archives of The Witches tend @~>~~
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