We’ve had the autumn equinox now, the time at which there’s equal daylight and darkness - approximately (it’s a complicated thing astronomically). This year there was also a full moon, a proper harvest moon. I’m not sure how significant this is these days, as, apart from Harvest Festival, the shortening of days and the gradual drift into darkness of the northern hemisphere, no-one really comments, but in pagan times, when we were completely governed by the seasons and the weather, we would have been celebrating something called Mabon, the last festival celebrating the harvest season.
Thursday 22 September 2011
THE DRIFT TO DARKNESS
We’ve had the autumn equinox now, the time at which there’s equal daylight and darkness - approximately (it’s a complicated thing astronomically). This year there was also a full moon, a proper harvest moon. I’m not sure how significant this is these days, as, apart from Harvest Festival, the shortening of days and the gradual drift into darkness of the northern hemisphere, no-one really comments, but in pagan times, when we were completely governed by the seasons and the weather, we would have been celebrating something called Mabon, the last festival celebrating the harvest season.
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