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Autumn Equinox Sabbat (also known as the Fall Sabbat, Alban Elfred, and the Second Festival of Harvest) is celebrated annually on the first day of Fall. Traditional ritual herbs: acorns, asters, benzoin, ferns, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, mums, myrrh, oak leaves, passionflower, pine, rose, sage, Solomon's seal, and thistles. Altar decorations traditionally include acorns, pine cones, autumn leaves, a pomegranate (which symbolizes the goddess Persephone's descent into the Underworld), a small statue or figure representing the Triple Goddess in Her aspect of the Mother. Traditional Sabbat incense: benzoin, myrrh, and sage. Sacred Sabbat deities: The Goddess in her Mother aspect, Persephone (Queen of the Underworld), and Thor (the Lord of Thunder in Norse mythology). Candle colors: orange, dark red, indigo, brown. The traditional Pagan foods of this Sabbat are corn and wheat products, breads, nuts, vegetables, apples, roots (carrots, onions, potatoes, etc.) Cider, and pomegranates.
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