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What Remains

For turning toward the dark with full hands

Before You Begin

Gather something—an apple, seeds, the last of the garden. Find a threshold and face west, where the sun sets.

The Rite

  1. Hold what you’ve gathered. This is what you carry into the dark.

  2. Name what you’re grateful for. Not a list. One true thing.

  3. Acknowledge the descent. Say: The light and dark stand equal. From here, I go into the dark. I go with what I have. It is enough.

  4. Eat or store what you gathered. Both are acts of faith.

Notes

Mabon is the autumn equinox—Ostara’s mirror. Equal light, equal dark, but now the scale tips toward night. Take stock. Go with full hands.

A fuller version of this rite, with correspondences, lore, and invocation, is available as a printable card in the shop.