This coming week, with the Full Moon in Aries and the Sun in Libra on the 23th to introduce it, is the time when many pagans in Illinois are celebrating the Festival of Mabon, so to ensure a reference for those who need to have one before the rituals, here it is.

Mabon, the Second Harvest Festival, is one of the names given to the time when the pagan Wheel of the Year spins round to the Autumn Equinox around September 21st in the current calendar. The stories about the Wheel depend on the tradition that produces the stories.

This coming week, with the Full Moon in Virgo on the 23th to introduce it, is the time when many pagans in Illinois are celebrating the Festival of Mabon, so to ensure a reference for those who need to have one before the rituals, here it is.

Here we are close to August 1st and time for the annual article about the Sabbat called Lughnassah, by those who can get their eyes around the spelling of the Irish, and Lammas by those who can’t.

Lughnassah or Lammas occurs on the first of August. This was the day on which the Christianized Saxons brought the first fruits of their fields to their landlords, the year's first harvest festival. This may have been the rent for some tenants, since this day was one of the four days when rent became due to landowners.

This coming weekend, with the New Moon in Virgo on the 18th to introduce it, is the time when many pagans in Illinois are celebrating the Festival of Mabon, so to ensure a reference for those who need to have one before the rituals, here it is.