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Witchery
Mabon
Celebrating the Autumn Equinox
Plan Ahead with September’s
Recipes & Crafts
Aspect Astrology
Your Guide to Working with
CELEBRATING MABON WITH
Dark Deities
APPLES
Mabon (may-bun) also called Autumn or Fall Equinox, Harvest Home, or Witch’s Thanksgiving, is celebrated on September 22-23 in the northern hemisphere, and March 20-21 in the southern hemisphere. During this Sabbat, the hours of day and night will be equal. Mabon is the second of the three harvest Sabbats. It’s a time for celebrating, abundance, and gratitude.
EDITORIAL Ambrosia Hawthorn, Editor-in-Chief Sarah Justice, Co-Editor Louisa Blackthorn, Acquisitions Editor Meg Rosenbriar, Acquisitions Editor Christie O’Regan, Acquisitions Editor
ART & PHOTOS Cover: Maggie Lloyd by photographer Aubrey Holland All other photos are from stock.adobe.com, free stock sources, or from contributors.
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Welcome!
Welcome to our 28th issue of Witchology Magazine! A small independent digital publication created in 2018. It’s been quite the journey and transformation but it won’t end here. Witchology has a very bright future so make sure to stay tuned! Within this issue, I’ve teamed up with the lovely witches at Witch With Me to bring you more exclusive content, stories, shops, articles, and more. You’ll find an abundance of kitchen witchery, recipes, rituals, astrology, divination, and working with dark deities. In the spirit of the second harvest, it’s my hope that you’ll find something in this issue that will truly elevate your practice. Blessed be witches,
Ambrosia Hawthorn @wildgoddessmagick
Wild Goddess Magick
Witchology Magazine
Cover Model Maggie Lloyd Cover Photographer: Aubrey Holland
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1. Sarah Justice @tinycauldron Tinycauldron.com Co-Editor, writer, shop owner
6. Mike Sexton @artistmikes Mikesextonstudio.com Contributor, eclectic Wiccan, artist, and published author.
2. Karla Freeling @wiccanology Wiccanology.etsy.com Mother in the military, Pagan, shop owner
7. Severina Sosa @severinathewitch medium.com/@severinathewitch Hedgewitch, herbalist, writer
3. Miss Wondersmith @misswondersmith Thewondersmith.com Wondersmith, recipe creator, forager, event hostess
8. Chris Allaun @astreataylor Astreataylor.com Published author, witch blogger, fire dancer
4. Vivacia Ahwen @sheraprincess Msvivacia.wordpress.com Witch, astrologer, romance author, artist
9 Jennifer Lane @thegreenwitchwriter jenniferlanewrites.com Nature writer, green witch
5. Katiee McKinstry @rosecafletic lifestartswithcoffee.com Writer, witch
10. Miss Snow @thewildmoongarden Green witch, herb grower, clothing maker
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11. Ellen Evert Hopman Herbalist, published author Elleneverthopman.com Tribeoftheoak.com 12. Quinn K Dyer @themoonmanual quinnkdyer.wordpress.com Writer, green witch 13. Josie Hellebore @hillcountrybruja hillcountrybruja.etsy.com Witch, writer, creator, curator, hop owner 14. Wren @the_cemetery_witch @oak_and_bramble Witch, writer, nature lover 15. Tugce Okay @heartaches.ofthemoon Nature witch, painter, illustrator, tattoo artist 16. Stefanina Baker @readingsandrituals Psychic, tarot reader, witch
SEPTEMBER 7 Witchy New Releases 8 Shop Feature: BastiCraft 9 Shop Feature: Polka Dot Teapot 10 September Magickal Workings 11 September 2020 Astrology 22 Interview with Artist, Ire Azure 51 Witchy Shops Directory
ARTICLES & LORE
19 Working with Dark Deities 20 Mabon Invitation: Embracing the Dark While Keeping Hold of the Light 25 Gratitude Shadow Work: A Simple Ritual 28 A Mabon Tale 31 A Very Special Mabon
MAGICK LEARNING
16 Mabon Lessons & Tarot Spread 32 The Magick of Animals 34 Carnelian: An Autumn Crystal For Passionate Confidence 37 Kitchen Witchery: The Magick of Nuts 38 Using Cranberries in Magical Workings 40 Kitchen Witchery: Working With Salts 41 Apple: The Tree of Love
FEASTING
43 Apple Wine 44 Mabon: A Solitary Celebration 46 Bread Spell for Blessings of all Kinds 48 Persephone’s Mirror Glaze Cake
Witchy New Releases Want to know what’s new in the witchy community? Then look no further. We’ve put together these latest releases.
The Illustrated Crystallary: Guidance and Rituals from 36 Magical Gems & Minerals
Pagan Portals - Aphorodite
By Maia Toll
By Irisanya Moon Aphrodite is an often misunderstood goddess, one who is easy to relegate to the love goddess role, but she is a goddess who also shows up as an initiator and, some might say, troublemaker. In this book, we seek to explore the complexity of a goddess who was born on sea foam and who inspires beauty and love, all the while offering a hand toward each one of us to celebrate our full hearts. Available at Moon Books.
In the ancient world there were three medicine kingdoms: animal, vegetable, and mineral. Following her previous acclaimed volumes on animal (The Illustrated Bestiary) and vegetable (The Illustrated Herbiary), Maia Toll fulfills the call for mineral with The Illustrated Crystallary, exploring the mystical qualities of 36 fascinating crystals and minerals, including amethyst, hematite, mica, smokey quartz, emerald, ruby, and more. Combining bits of ancient wisdom with her own insights, Toll illuminates the aspects and energy of each stone and, through rituals and reflections, the life guidance it might offer contemporary readers. Available at Amazon.
Embody Your Magick: A Guided Journal for the Modern Witch By Gabriela Herstik Introduce more magick and creativity into your everyday life with this inspirational journal and spellbook. Through a series of inspirational and creative prompts, Embody Your Magick will help readers embrace their inner witch, no matter where they are on their spiritual journey. Gabriela Herstik offers up powerful meditations and rituals, space for notes and spells, and information on lunar practices, color magick, sacred herbs, tarot suits, and more, so that we can all better connect to the universe and our inner light. Available September 22, 2020 at Amazon. 7