Dark Odyssey Part 3: Mabon Ritual

[noir_girl]

No sex here, sorry!

One might ask why someone who is not a pagan and who doesn't necessarily believe in deities, or the divine in general, was eager to participate in a pagan ritual for the autumnal equinox aka Mabon. Basically, the ritual was about a change in season, turning over a new leaf (heh), and letting go of the past. I decided I was

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[lonewolf_w_cub]

Hi. I really loved reading your Dark Odyssey entries. You can guess which one was my favorite! This year sounds like it was a little more complicated than usual. The Mabon Ritual sounds like just the right thing.

[noir_girl]

I'm glad you liked that entry. *g*

This year was definitely more complicated than I wanted, but I ended up getting a lot of thinking done in ways that I normally don't.

[sewblue]

That sounds like a great ritual. There really is an indescribable power in symbolic gestures, and of course in coming together and supporting eachother. Hope it helped.

[noir_girl]

Even though I have studied, among ohter things, the power of symbols in people's lives I sometimes forget. My daily life is concrete, so those moments of ritual really strike me.

[noir_girl]

this is what I wrote about last year's ritual. It doesn't begin to describe how amazing it was. When I had beg for help from various deities, I threw myself down and begged. When Inanna came back from the underworld, and I was to call out praises for her I had this moment of not being able to speak, until my queen nodded and gestured for me to do so. It was amazing shit.