Mabon - a young but poignant tradition.

This video explores Mabon, the modern Pagan festival rooted in Welsh legend, and its deeper symbolic resonance as a rite of passage. Far from being just a harvest celebration, Mabon evokes the archetype of youthful transformation, the spark of becoming, and the quiet power of endings that seed new beginnings.

Here, we trace the name Mabon to its mythic origins—Mabon ap Modron, the divine son, the “Great Son,” whose story pulses through the Mabinogion and Arthurian lore, unfolding as a symbolic coming-of-age tale.

These ancient stories are not mere entertainment; they are an initiation into a deeper understanding. They map the inner journey from innocence to experience, guiding the young seeker through trials and revelations toward maturity, integration, and, ultimately, self-mastery.

And Mabon is more than myth. In some Arthurian traditions, he becomes Mabon ab Mellt—the child of lightning.

This interpretation isn’t only poetic; it’s physiological and energetic:

It has long been forgotten that a sacred form of lightning lives within us, in the electric charge of our nervous system, in the spark that animates thought, movement, and inner awakening.

As the Earth tilts toward winter, we’re invited to feel that charge, to awaken the heroic pulse within, and to honour the balance between stillness and spark.

Join me as we explore how seasonal change, mythic narrative, and elemental energy converge in the story of Mabon. This is a journey through memory and myth, through the soil and the soul, and into the electric heart of transformation.