{"id":30459,"date":"2024-09-21T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=30459"},"modified":"2024-09-21T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T14:16:16","slug":"weylands-whey-mabon-2024-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2024\/09\/21\/weylands-whey-mabon-2024-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Weyland’s Whey Mabon 2024 Column"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mabon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes considered a minor sabbat (as opposed to major ones Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhain), celebrations can vary widely between Wiccan Trads.\u00a0 Inspirations have been drawn from the American Thanksgiving and the German Oktoberfest, among others.<\/p>\n

Mabon can be observed in various ways, but the focus is usually on themes of balance, or the second harvest angle.\u00a0 I’m big on lists, so I’ll tout a gratitude inventory.\u00a0 Scribble down whatever you’re thankful for.\u00a0 Your health, your family, your home.\u00a0 Tack that list up on the wall where you can eyeball it every day.\u00a0 And feel free to add to it often!<\/p>\n

Sources: Learn Religions, <\/em>the busy pagan<\/em>, and Wikipedia<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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MUSIC Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mabon Queen~Autumn Equinox<\/em> Chant.\u00a0 <\/em>Flora Ware, with Heidi McCurdy.\u00a0 From Flora Ware’s album Songs for the Wheel of the Year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Well done!\u00a0 Google the video!<\/p>\n

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Words To Aspire To<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I really love writing, recording and performing.\u00a0 I don’t look at this as work.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

–Jeff Lorber, composer.<\/p>\n

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Home on the Strange<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sparkle, home from the supermarket: Here are the crayons you wanted.<\/p>\n

Weyland: Thanks, hon.\u00a0 Now I can start in on my coloring book.<\/p>\n

Sparkle makes a face:\u00a0 At your age?\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n

Weyland: I’m training myself to be ambidextrous.\u00a0 I can already eat and write with my left hand, now I want to be able to draw too.<\/p>\n

Sparkle rolls her eyes: You can’t write left handed–<\/p>\n

Weyland looks offended: I do it all the time!<\/p>\n

Sparkle: You can’t do it right handed either.<\/p>\n

Weyland: Huh?<\/p>\n

Sparkle: Wey, you write like you have no thumbs.\u00a0 Nobody can read it.\u00a0 Even\u00a0you<\/em> have trouble!<\/p>\n

Weyland pouts: I’m a victim of the public schools.<\/p>\n

Sparkle: Don’t blame your teachers, I’m sure they suffered enough.<\/p>\n

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Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weyland Smith is a columnist for PaganPages.com.<\/p>\n

And his handwriting\u00a0is <\/em>ghastly.<\/p>\n

His printing doesn’t win any awards either….<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Mabon Sometimes considered a minor sabbat (as opposed to major ones Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhain), celebrations can vary widely between Wiccan Trads.\u00a0 Inspirations have been drawn from the American Thanksgiving and the German Oktoberfest, among others. Mabon can be observed in various ways, but the focus is usually on themes of balance, or the second harvest angle.\u00a0 I’m big on lists, so I’ll tout a gratitude inventory.\u00a0 Scribble down whatever you’re thankful for.\u00a0 Your health, your family, your home.\u00a0 Tack that list up on the wall where you can eyeball it every day.\u00a0 And feel free to add to it often! Sources: Learn Religions, the busy pagan, and Wikipedia.   MUSIC Review Mabon Queen~Autumn Equinox Chant.\u00a0 Flora Ware, with Heidi McCurdy.\u00a0 From Flora Ware’s album Songs for the Wheel of the Year. Well done!\u00a0 Google the video!   Words To Aspire To “I really love writing, recording and performing.\u00a0 I don’t look at this as work.”\u00a0\u00a0 –Jeff Lorber, composer.   Home on the Strange Sparkle, home from the supermarket: Here are the crayons you wanted. Weyland: Thanks, hon.\u00a0 Now I can start in on my coloring book. Sparkle makes a face:\u00a0 At your age?\u00a0 Why? Weyland: I’m training myself to be ambidextrous.\u00a0 I can already eat and write with my left hand, now I want to be able to draw too. Sparkle rolls her eyes: You can’t write left handed– Weyland looks offended: I do it all the time! Sparkle: You can’t do it right handed either. Weyland: Huh? Sparkle: Wey, you write like you have no thumbs.\u00a0 Nobody can read it.\u00a0 Even\u00a0you have trouble! Weyland pouts: I’m a victim of the public schools. Sparkle: Don’t blame your teachers, I’m sure they suffered enough.   Bio Weyland Smith is a columnist for PaganPages.com. And his handwriting\u00a0is ghastly. His printing doesn’t win any awards either….  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-columns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30460,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30459\/revisions\/30460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}