Fall Equinox Newsletter : Celebrate the Cycle of Life

 

The Fall Equinox is the second of the three major harvest festivals. The Celtic name for it is Mabon: the season of storing food and preserving nature’s bounty for the coming winter months. This year it will be on September 22nd at 8:44 am Pacific Time, just as the sun enters Libra, the sign of the balancing scales. The term Equinox refers to this balance of day and night. The cycle of life as evidenced by plants is: Spring (birth) Fall: seeds falling and going underground (death) only to grow again in spring: (rebirth). This cycle has been revered for at least 30,000 years; probably for as long as humans have gathered herbs and plants in familiar places during certain seasons. 

 

A deeper mystery at the Fall Equinox was celebrated for many centuries at Eleusis, a small village in Greece. The basis of the rites had roots in the close connection between giving birth and the nearness of death that women experience as a part of the miracle of life. It makes sense that women, called Caryatids were the makers and servers of the potion served at this event. The rites were celebrated by thousands of people from all over and the experience changed their lives. 

 

There is still much that is unknown about the Eleusinian mysteries but this much is known. During the night, initiates imbibed a drink, called Kykeon, the contents of which has led to much speculation. Many have suggested that the drink was made of fermented grain or wine and sacred plants naturally occurring in Greece and Crete. The brew was most likely psychoactive, thus altering ordinary perception. The research conducted over 12 years by Brian Muraresku, in The Immortality Key offers compelling evidence.

 

This celebration was so enduring that those who experienced the initiation were forever changed. Emperors and commoners alike were welcome. Much of the Eleusinian mysteries remains obscure and yet there is a great deal of evidence that participants lost their fear of death. This same effect has been documented with current research into the use of psilocybin to help those with terminal illnesses. [See the documentary, How to Change Your Mind, on Netflix].

 

Indigenous cultures have many stories that tell of humans descending into darkness and returning to the light and just hearing the stories may have helped our ancestors cope with grief and trauma in their own lives. Many ancient rituals re-enacted the experience of going through the dark and returning to the light. Those who chose to participate in these rituals, such as the Eleusinian Mysteries, felt a deep sense of wholeness after their initiation. 

 

During Mabon, you may choose to create your own ritual, honoring this cycle in nature. Enjoy the feeling of wholeness and that it provides.

 

Many Blessings, Linda

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