This sabbat is also known as Autumn Equinox, the Second Festival of Harvest, and
Alban Elfed. It is celebrated around September 21st. or the first day of fall.
It is a time to rest. Once again the light and darkness are in balance, yet the
darkness increases.
This is the second harvesting festival. Cornbread and cider are traditional in
the ceremonies. Also river and stream stones can be empowered now. Decorate your
altar with acorns, pinecones, autumn leaves, a pomegranate, and/or a small
statue of the Triple Goddess in Her aspect of the Mother. The colors to use are
brown, orange, gold, and red, so use them in your decorations. Some traditional
food for this season includes corn, wheat products, breaads, nuts, vegetables,
apples, roots (like carrot, onions, etc.), cider, and pomegranates.
Traditional herbs: acorns, asters, benzoin, ferns, honeysuckle, marigold,
milkweed, mums, myrrh, oak leaves, passionflower, pine, rose, sage, Solomon's
seal, and thistles.
Traditional incense: benzoin, myrrh, and sage.
Sacred gemstones: carnelian, lapiz lazuli, sapphire, and yellow agate.
Candle colors: dark red, orange, yellow, indigo, and brown.
information taken from:
D.J. Conway's Celtic
Magic, Scott Cunningham's Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary
Practitioner, Silver RavenWolf's To Ride a Silver Broomstick, and
Gerina Dunwich's Everyday Wicca
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