Mabon / Autumn Equinox Ritual. (An alternative to the Easter narrative)

Honouring the Descent & The Quiet Promise of Rebirth

Here in the Southern Hemisphere, we are not in the rising light…

We are in the turning inward.

And yet, the story of death and rebirth still lives within us.

Not as a resurrection into doing…but as a quiet transformation into being.

This is Mabon.

This is the descent.

This is where the real alchemy begins.

We are not in the rising light of Ostara

We are moving back towards the darkness.

The harvest complete.

The letting go has begun.

And yet… within this descent lives the seed and hope of resurrection.

A Simple Mabon/Autumn Ritual

What You Need

• A candle (white, gold, or deep red)

• Something from the earth (leaf, fruit, flower, seed)

• A small bowl of water

• Optional: a stone or crystal

Sit quietly.

Perhaps play a version of the Mantra Ardas Bhaee

Welcoming the energies of miracles into your home and ritual space.

Place one hand on your heart, one on your womb or belly.

Take a few slow breaths.

Say (softly or inwardly):

“I honour the land beneath me.

I honour the season I am truly in.

I honour the turning of the wheel into autumn.”

Take a Pause.

Acknowledging the Season

Hold your earth item in your hands.

Reflect gently:

• What have I harvested in this past season?

• What is complete?

• What am I being asked to release?

Say:

“The light and the dark are equal now.

I release what has reached its end.

I soften into the descent."

Place the item on your Autumn altar.

Honouring the Death–Rebirth Archetype

Light your candle. Gaze into the light.

Say:

“I honour the story of death and rebirth.

Not as rising outward… but as a sacred descent inward.

Like the seed that must fall into the earth,

Lke the story of Jesus who surrendered to the cross,

I trust in the unseen becoming.”

Pause gently and let this land in your body.

Water Blessing/ Release & Surrender

Dip your fingers into the bowl of water.

Touch your heart, your forehead, your belly.

Say:

“I do not rush the rebirth.

I allow the dying.

I allow the quiet transformation within.”

To Close

Gaze softly at the candle.

Say:

“In this season of Mabon,

I choose presence over pushing,

Truth over illusion,

And trust over control.

And so it is

And so it is

And so it is”

Now blow out the candle slowly and sit in the darkness for as long as feels right.