Mabon - Fall Equinox
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Fall is the season when the hunter goes into the forests in search of the stag, the fisherman goes forth hunting the salmon, and the clansmen seek the grouse, duck, and other game birds on hill and wetland.
Our ancestors depended in large part on game for their meat and fowl. All parts of the animals were used. Meat not eaten at once was preserved by smoking or jerking. A good hunt in the fall meant a full larder for the winter.
The podcast opens with the song Estampie: Dou Way Robin: or Brid One Breere, from the Honey From the Thorn (2009) by Tim Rayborn. http://magnatune.com/artists/tim_rayborn
Next Dillon Carlyon reads the Dialogue of Arthur and Eliwlod from http://www.maryjones/us/ctexts/eagle.html
Following this we hear the song Wandering by Rhonda Lorence, from the album Movements in the Moment (2009). http://magnatune.com/artists/rhonda_lorence
Dillon and I are reading again from the Carmina Gadelica. Dillon reads the Scots Gaelic and I read the English version of this song of the chase. This hymn was sung by the hunter when he went away in the morning, and when he had bathed his hands and face in the junction of the first three streams he met. This reading may be found at: Carmina Gadelica, Volume 1, by Alexander Carmichael, [1900], at sacred-texts.com http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cg1/cg1125.htm
Our podcast closes with a song from the album Emily Bronte by Anois titled Stars. http://www.anois.nl/music-orderform/music-order.html
We hope this season is filled with the blessings of a good harvest in all things for you and yours.
