Product Description

Ellen Dugan takes a fresh look at this "forgotten" Sabbat and demonstrates how to make the most of this enchanting season. Featuring craft projects, recipes, enchantments, and valuable information on harvest deities, Autumn Equinox offers countless ways to bring fall magick into your life. Learn to create witchy wreaths, cook seasonal foods, put together a homemade centrepiece, make herbal soap, and practice spells and rituals using easy to find, natural supplies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #419250 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

A Look at the Changing Season
The latest offering from Llewellyn in their "Sabat Series" is the Autumn Equinox. Ellen Dugan is well known for "Garden Witchery" and "Elements of Witchcraft". She is a "Master Gardener" and a psychic-clairvoyant.

The book takes the tone from the expertise of the author. There is a lot here about gardening. While Mabon is one of the "Harvest Festivals", the flavor of the book is written by a gardener and she expresses her interests fully in this book. There is much talk about the Harvest in this book. From different forms of "Harvest Festivals" celebrated around the world, to American traditional holidays, the topic is explored and discussed. There is even a small notation about "Harvest Down Under".

The book goes into suggest activities for this time of year, harvest dances, magics to practice at Full Moon, a ritual for Full Moon for a solitary and group. There is discussion on Goddess who are associated with the Harvest, citing Demeter and Persephone, Elen of the Ways and Pomona of the Apples. The focus switches to "The Gods of Vegetation and Vine" and we are introduced to Dionysys, The Green Man, and Herne the Hunter.

There is a good section on "Seasonal Recipes" which includes roasting a turkey as well as all the trimmings. Then there are the spells and crafts. None of these books would be complete without a section on this. From making grape vine wreaths, garlands for protection, nighttime luminaries to recipes for herbal soaps, whatever your skill level you will find something fun to make here.

Yes, this book is better researched than previous volumes, but the focus is more on the season and how nature takes on a new face at this time of year. There is more about enjoying what we have, celebrating in a way familiar to our culture, and enjoying nature in it's last stage before it sleeps for the winter.

This is a good look at the way we celebrate today, and how we can incorporate the season into our home, our garden and our lives. I think this is one of the better books in the Sabat Series that Llewellyn offers and one which I think many folks will enjoy and use for many years to come. boudica