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Discover The Samhain Sabbat Box - The Witches' Sabbath 4
• SAMHAIN SABBAT BOX - SABBAT BOX BREAKDOWN •
Greetings Sabbat Box Members!
The end of the year is fast approaching. It’s getting dark a little earlier every day, and stays that way just a little longer every morning. While many have been raised to think this time of year is just about dressing in silly costumes, knocking on neighbors’ doors, and hauling in as much candy as our make-shift pillowcase/goody bag would hold, those who have headed down the spiritual path of Paganism realize there is so much more to experience, appreciate, and learn about All Hallows’ Eve.
As you will see from the list of items below, we’ve done our best to marry the festive enjoyment that our modern society has cultivated around the 31st of October, but also focus on the powerful work that our paths can conjure from this magical time of year. We worked hard to curate items inside this box that would help one appreciate the importance of this holiday as well as, maybe, offer a little smirk and a wink (incense from freshly-squeezed vampires, anyone?) and even threw in a little morsel that you may have found at the bottom of that pillowcase years ago on November 1st.
Wherever your traditions, your path, or your craft take you, this “Witches’ New Year” can be a wonderful time to reflect, assess, and honor the time that we have been given on this plane, and to honor those who came before us as the veil thins, inviting our ancestors to visit us once again. We sincerely hope you enjoy what we have put together inside the Samhain box and we hope you enjoy putting these magical items to use in your own special way.
• As some of you may know, as of now we are currently at our maximum membership capacity at Sabbat Box. We have implemented a waiting list for those interested in joining when membership positions become available. You can join the waiting list here.
• Do you or someone you know make a product that would appeal to the Pagan community? Are you looking to launch a product or get your product in front of a large audience? If so, lets talk! Sabbat Box is always looking for new vendors and suppliers that create unique items to feature inside an upcoming Sabbat Box. Sabbat Box is a great way for people to find out about you, your product or your company. Whether you are looking to advertise inside the box or wish to feature a product within a box, we would love to hear from you. Become a Sabbat Box Supplier/Advertiser today.
• SAMHAIN-RITUALS, RECIPES & LORE FOR HALLOWEEN •
• ITEM 1: SAMHAIN BOOK.........$11.99
• WHAT: Samhain-Rituals, Recipes and Lore for Halloween (part of Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials series)
• WHO MAKES IT?: Llewellyn Worldwide & Authored By Diana Rajchel
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: You can purchase copies via the Sabbat Box Store or via Llewellyn.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Llewellyn has been a trusted source for books on Paganism, Magick and New Age topics since 1901. This particular book features spells, recipes, lore, invocations, correspondences, crafts and rituals that will help to inspire you to celebrate Samhain in your own unique way.
BREAKDOWN:
Part of what we wish to do here at Sabbat Box is to provide further resources
for our members pertaining to paganism, witchcraft and the Sabbats. The Sabbat Essentials series are wonderful resource books and will truly help you find inspiration on how to celebrate the Sabbat in your own special way. Some may say that these books are geared more towards beginners, but you would be surprised to read how much information is packed within these books, which is helpful for both seasoned practitioners as well as a novice! We decided to feature Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials books when we started Sabbat Box, as this line of books is brand new to Llewellyn, (making them first edition prints) and they correlate perfectly with what Sabbat Box is all about. In fact, these first edition printings come out only a few weeks before we ship each Sabbat Box, which makes our members some of the first people to actually own and read them. The book’s author, Diana Rajchel, has written other books on Paganism, including her most recent book, "Divorcing A Real Witch," and has also contributed to many other popular Llewellyn publications.
We believe that every Pagan can gain something from this collection of Samhain practices, or at least inspire you to try something new that you may not have thought to do before. You will find an array of fantastic information pertaining to Samhain/Halloween, including plenty of rituals, spells and inspiration for your Samhain celebrations.
An excerpt from "A Banishment of Ill Spirits" on page 163.
I sweep you out;
I turn you about,
Troublesome spirits,
Go to the gods!
Leave here for the rivers,
Depart the skies--
I bid you, fly!
I'll not have you linger,
With your venomous trouble.
I'll know if you hang on!
I pry you loose, claw by finger,
Command you with the charge:
Count every drop of water in every lake,
Ocean, river and sea;
Count each grain of rice that ever was,
Count each grain that shall ever be;
Count every leaf on every tree,
That will fall or that will be,
Never again return--
Don't come near me!
These books have been a great hit within the Sabbat Box community and we continue to plan on including the Sabbat Essentials series until Ostara of next year...by that point we will have included each book from the Sabbat Essentials series within each Sabbat Box for the first year.
• THE WITCHES' SABBATH - BLACK RITUAL PROTECTION TAPERS •
• ITEM 2: BLACK RITUAL TAPERS........$5.50
• WHAT: The Witches' Sabbath Protection Black Ritual Tapers
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sabbat Box (exclusive Sabbat Box item).
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box store.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A nice set of spell candles can always come in handy for any practicing witch. One may want a decent set of black tapers for spells, to adorn your altar, or to work protective magick.
BREAKDOWN
Since the veil is thin, we felt that our Witches’ Sabbath Protection Black Ritual Tapers would come in handy for Samhain. Whether you use them to illuminate your sacred space, perform a quick spell, or place them upon your window sill to guide the spirit of your ancestors home during Samhain, our black ritual tapers have a multitude of uses. Candles have always played an essential role in witchcraft, and every witch should have a pair of ritual tapers on hand at any given time. Each set comes with a simple chant to release your spell/magick as well.
CHANT INCLUDED:
By wax of candle,
By way of flame,
I conjure up my will,
By dark of night,
By witches' right,
I beseech my spell.
IDEAS FOR MAGICKAL USE
• Use on your altar as standard black altar candles, to match your Samhain decor
• Use for protective candle magick
• Use as guides for your ancestors on All Hallow's Eve
• Use for standard candle magick
• Write a petition on the back side of the parchment label and burn on the candles flame to release your magickal intent.
• SPIRIT OF SAMHAIN SABBAT OIL - BY MOONLIT HERBALS •
• ITEM 3: SABBAT OIL.........$7.50
• WHAT: The Spirit of Samhain Sabbat Oil
• WHO MAKES IT?: Moonlit Herbals
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box Store or via Moonlit Herbals
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Many Pagans utilize oil in their magical practice and ritual as a way to dedicate, protect, or consecrate people and items. This particular oil and its scent will invoke powerful imagery of Samhain and its long-standing traditions.
BREAKDOWN
The Spirit of Samhain ritual sabbat oil will make a wonderful addition to your Samhain rites, rituals, and spells involving divination, honoring loved ones who have passed, and working between the shadows. Each oil is handcrafted with organic herbs and resins as well as high quality organic essential oils. Each vial of oil also contains black onyx and carnelian crystals to lend their corresponding energies. Moonlit Herbals is located in Olympia, Washington and has been serving the Pagan community since 2007. Check out Moonlit Herbals unique array of witchcraft supplies and spell supplies such as: spell candles, oils, herbs, and more by visiting their Etsy Shop at http://www.etsy.com/moonlitherbals.
STONE CORRESPONDENCES FOR SAMHAIN OIL
• Black Onyx: Protection, grounding, clearing, consecration
• Carnelian: Power, love, purification, magick
• GYPSY WITCH FORTUNE TELLING CARDS •
• ITEM 4: FORTUNE TELLING CARDS.........$7.00
• WHAT: Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing Cards
• WHO MAKES IT?: U.S. GAMES
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: You can purchase at the Sabbat Box Store.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT? For many Pagans, divination is a integral part of their practice in the Craft. This beginner-style deck is a great introduction to reading cards as it uses tarot-style imagery in its art along with regular playing card imagery as well.
BREAKDOWN
During Samhain, it is very common for witches to work divination. We wanted to include something unique inside your box that could allow you to do so while the veil is thin, and these novelty fortune telling cards fit the bill! U.S. Games has been serving the Pagan community for 45 plus years, making unique items such as fortune telling cards and more.
The Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards where originated back in the 1930's and its imagery is based off of the early Lenormand tarot artwork, making for a beautiful display of both occult and pagan imagery. Each deck comes with instructions on how to use them and different spreads for the deck.
• TRADITIONAL CONSECRATED BLACK SALT •
• ITEM 5: BLACK SALT.........$7.00
• WHAT IS IT: Traditionally Made Black Salt - Sel Noir
• WHO MAKES IT?: Charm et Sortilege
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box Store.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Salt has been used for millennia as a purifier and preserver of foods, and in spellwork or ritual, the role is very similar. Black salt, specially consecrated for the Craft, absorbs and protects against negativity or unwanted spiritual energies.
BREAKDOWN:
This traditionally made black salt is energetically charged and consecrated, making it a useful magickal component for protection and banishing. Sprinkle in an area you want to protect or within your circle to boost your magic. Black salt is especially beneficial to use during Samhain while the veil has parted to keep unwelcome spirits away.
IDEAS FOR MAGICKAL USE
• Use to cleanse and consecrate sacred space
• Imbue your intent within and sprinkle around outside of home
• Place beneath outside doormat for protection magick
• Use in conjunction with spell work
• Use to consecrate ritual tools or spell supplies
• Place inside a poppet, mojo bag/mojo hand or gris gris
• BLACK SAGE SMUDGE STICK - MUGWORT •
• ITEM 6: BLACK SAGE.........$3.50
• WHAT IS IT?: Black Sage Smudge Stick (Mugwort)
• WHO MAKES IT?: Mother Nature
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: You can purchase at the Sabbat Box Store.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Fresh, wild harvest black sage smudge sticks are the perfect ritual smudge stick for the witch at heart. Black sage, also known as mugwort has many magical uses, especially during Samhain.
BREAKDOWN
Black sage, also known as mugwort, is very closely related to divination, astral projection, and psychic power, making it a potent herb for witches to use during Samhain. Many Pagans will burn mugwort prior to working divination to protect themselves. Some may also take mugwort, rosemary, salt, and water to create a consecrated concoction for protection, as well as to spiritually cleanse the home and altar.
• FOLK NAMES: Artemis Herb, Sailor's Tobacco, Black Sage
• GENDER: Feminine
• PLANET: Venus
• ELEMENT: Earth
• DEITIES: Artemis, Diana
• MAGICAL USE: Psychic power, protection, strength, prophetic dreams, healing, astral projection.
• VAMPIRE BLOOD STICK INCENSE •
• ITEM 7: STICK INCENSE.........$3.00
• WHAT: Vampire Blood Incense
• WHO MAKES IT?: Devils Garden
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Via the Sabbat Box Store, or most metaphysical suppliers
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Vampire Blood stick incense are a premium, hand rolled, organic stick incense with an amazing, intoxicating aroma, and will add a magical feel to your next rite.
BREAKDOWN
The name may be slightly macabre, but Vampire Blood incense are some of the best quality stick incense you can find. Each incense is made from a unique blend of rare herbs, flowers, resins, and essential oils. There are hints of vanilla, musk, and sandalwood, as well as a little benzoin and dragon’s blood resin. They are on the stronger side, but oh so intoxicating. These incense are made using the “Masala” method, which means herbs, resins, and oils are mixed together to create a paste and that paste is then hand rolled onto the incense stick. This method makes for a better quality incense overall. All of the ingredients used to make these incense are organic, non-toxic, and ozone friendly.
We chose to feature Vampire Blood incense within the Samhain Sabbat Box because their scent does almost mimic the deep fall season. Each pack of Vampire Blood incense comes with 10 sticks, which is more then plenty to facilitate your magical sabbat workings.
• BLACK OBSIDIAN TUMBLED GEMSTONES •
• ITEM 8: OBSIDIAN STONE.........$2.00
• WHAT: Black Obsidian Tumbled Gemstone Sets
• WHO MAKES IT?: Mother Nature
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Via the Sabbat Box Store, or most metaphysical suppliers.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Black Obsidian gemstone set, perfect for the gemstone and crystal collector! Each Black Obsidian Gemstone Set comes with a bag, an info card & 1 black obsidian. Obsidian is a versatile gemstone with many metaphysical properties that can come in handy during samhain.
BREAKDOWN
Black obsidian is naturally occurring volcanic glass, and is created when hot lava comes into contact with water and is rapidly cooled, forming a powerful stone with a deep dark color. Black obsidian is said to provide strong psychic protection and shields against negative energies. It is also a great stone for grounding. Obsidian is also said to aid with divination and channeling, making it a perfect stone for Samhain and the parting of the veil.
• PACKING & SHIPPING •
PACKING & SHIPPING: Part of the costs of your box include the box and the packing material itself. The items listed below account for a good portion of the overall costs for the Samhain Box. Each Samhain Sabbat Box is lined with paper padding and wrapping to add to the surprise of what we’ve curated for you. Shipping is included in the total price. The average cost to ship the Samhain Box was roughly $8.00. With that being said, we here at Sabbat Box wish to be as environmentally friendly that we can be and do our best to source packing supplies and material from companies that have the same beliefs we do, in that we want to make as little of an impact as possible on the environment.
BOXES: Your boxes where made from high quality corrugated paper and are 100% recyclable. Try to find another use for your box. They are 9x9x3 on the inside. You could decorate your box to hold some magical supplies or use it to again to ship something to someone or save it for another time when you may need it. If you dispose of it, try to recycle it.
BROCHURE & COUPONS: Your brochures are printed on 100% recyclable 16pt paper, which is sourced from sustainable forests. They are ECF (elemental chlorine free), helping to have less of an impact on the environment.
TISSUE PAPER & FILLING: The black tissue paper is made from 100% recycled paper and is recyclable. The filling is made from scraps of recycled "black" crinkle paper and is biodegradable.
STICKERS: The stickers found within your boxes where printed on vinyl with a gloss laminate.
• SABBAT BOX COUPONS •
SAVINGS & COUPONS:
Part of our goal is to provide a number of items to our members at a value far above what individuals can purchase on their own. When you add up all of the items inside your Samhain Sabbat Box, as well as costs for shipping and packaging, you are saving over $14.99 with your Samhain Sabbat Box. We believe this to be another good reason to be a member. Also, each box we create helps to support Pagan run businesses and their employees. Sabbat Box looks forward to continuing to stay within our mission to work with other Pagan businesses to supply products for each box.
Coupons are another great feature you will find within Sabbat Boxes. Coupons just add to the overall value of your box and are not included in the "total savings" specified on your information sheet/brochure. Check out the Pagan run businesses below and see the great discounts our members received inside the Samhain Box. Be sure to visit their online store and help support their businesses. They really do make some magickal, Pagan products.
SAMHAIN BOX PRICE BREAKDOWN
• Total MSRP of items inside: $46.99
• Total Savings on this box: $7.04
• Total Shipping Savings: $7.95
• Grand Total In Savings: $14.99
~Our members helped to support 6 Pagan run businesses with their Sabbat Box membership! Unlike some subscription boxes (that only use their own products inside each of their boxes), we work with other Pagans and Pagan owned businesses within the community to purchase and supply the items featured within our boxes. In the end, we want to help the community grow and share our business with companies that share our same values and standards
• RIVER SILVERWOLF NATURE & SPIRITUAL SHOPPE •
• EXCLUSIVE SABBAT BOX MEMBER COUPON
• COMPANY: River Silverwolf Nature and Spiritual Shoppe
• EXCLUSIVE MEMBER COUPON VALUE: 10% off next purchase
• WHAT THEY SELL: Discover unique pagan jewelry and spiritual items at the River Solverwolf Shoppe. All items found inside their shop are created and designed using gifts from nature.
• WEBSITE: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RiverSilverWolf
• FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/RiverSilverwolfEtsy
• MOONLIT HERBALS •
• EXCLUSIVE SABBAT BOX MEMBER COUPON
• COMPANY: Moonlit Herbals
• EXCLUSIVE MEMBER COUPON VALUE: 10% off next purchase
• WHAT THEY SELL: Moonlit Herbals offers a variety of spell supplies; from candles and incenses, to crystal mists, altar oils, ritual salts and witch bottle pendants, crafted by the light of the moon. Moonlit Herbals crafts each of their items with organic herbs and flowers, resins, crystals and oils associated with the intent of each item. The items they lovingly craft are created as focusing tools to help one focus their personal energy on their spells and rituals to bring about their desired change.
• WEBSITE: https://www.etsy.com/shop/moonlitherbals
• FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.Facebook.com/MoonlitHerbalsShop
• THE WITCHERY •
• EXCLUSIVE SABBAT BOX MEMBER COUPON
• COMPANY: The Witchery
• EXCLUSIVE MEMBER COUPON VALUE: 25% off next purchase
• WHAT THEY SELL: The Witchery, located in Alberta Canada, showcases and sells unique, witchcraft and pagan supplies such as, spell bottles, potions, crystals, gemstones, replenishments and other spell supplies. The owner is a practicing hedgewitch, with hoodoo influences, which you will see within her work.
• WEBSITE: http://www.thewitchery.ca
• FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/TheWitcheryCa
TIME:
We take pride in assembling each and every Sabbat Box by hand, no matter the amount of time it takes. We don't just throw your items inside a flat rate priority mail box like some other subscription box companies out there. We want your Sabbat Box to be delivered to you as beautifully as it left us, and it takes a tremendous amount of time to complete this task.
This includes folding the boxes together, individually cutting each sheet of tissue paper by hand, weighing out the filler for each box, designing the flyers, coupons, stickers and brochures to be printed professionally by the printers, individually placing each candle within a bag, individually assembling the boxes, individually packing the tissue paper within each box by hand, taping each and every box by hand as well as individually printing each and every shipping label and sticking them to your boxes too. This timeframe doesn't even include the efforts made to manage the website, the back end billing system, social media management, customer service inquiries, accounting, marketing, purchasing, and so on.
We really do believe in what it is we are doing and we sincerely hope that each and every one of you can see that the purest of intent and utmost care goes into curating your Sabbat Box.
• OFFICIAL SAMHAIN SABBAT BOX UNBOXING VIDEO •
• OTHER RESOURCES, BLOGS AND PODCASTS •
• Cornish Witchcraft: For those out there that may lean more toward the practice of BTW (British Traditional Witchcraft), this website is filled with great resources, links and other information pertaining to Cornish and English country magick.
Website: http://www.cornishwitchcraft.co.uk
• Solitary Path: A great Pagan blog from the perspective of Yvonne Tyves, a shamanic healer, author, artist and OBOD Ovate, who walks an eclectic solitary path.
Website: https://solitarypath.wordpress.com/
• The Desperate House Witches Podcast: A Hodgepodge of magickal chat, drinks, spells, tarot, guests and unadulterated fun with two sister witches. This is not a PG rated show. Raina is a beloved but inappropriate Pagan & Dorian is the owner of Cobaltraven's Magickal Notions. Both are self proclaimed kitchen witch extraordinaire and hope to bring you an enjoyable podcast. Website: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/desperatehousewitches
We thank each and every one of our suppliers, vendors, customers and MOST IMPORTANTLY our members for making this possible. This wouldn't even be happening if it wasn't for our members. We really do look forward to shipping out the next boxes for Yule. We also have so much more in the works here at Sabbat Box and continue to strive to make Sabbat Box the premier subscription box for Pagans. We look forward to continuing to serve the Pagan community at large. Blessed Samhain!
Blessed Be,
Llyfr & Hugh
Founders of Sabbat Box
- Aeden B
- Tags: Halloween Samhain Samhain Box The Witches' Sabbath Wheel of the Year
Samhain Sabbat Box Theme Release • The Witches' Sabbath 0
• THE WITCHES' SABBATH •
As the last herbs dry above the fire and the late autumn vegetables sweeten in the earth before they are laid by the root cellar, we take stock. Not just what is needed for winter, but what has come before us and what may lie ahead. Now is the time to peer into the darkening world and face our fears, our anxieties, not forgetting what we have done and what we have yet to do.
The veil between the seen and the unseen is thinnest now, and it calls for a look inward to remember and honor those who are gone from the here and now, who provided for us and protected us. We hearken their lessons and recall the stories they shared for survival in the dark. To remember them, some may observe Samhain by hosting a “dumb supper”—a meal, or place at their table for those who have passed on. So feed the dead. Not for their sake, but for your own. Feed their memory to your soul, your consciousness. They did not live or die in vain; they gave you much, and a night of remembrance and commemoration of those who are now gone is powerful magic.Our goal with the Samhain Sabbat Box is to hopefully stimulate ideas and provide tools for you as you celebrate the Sabbath of the Witch, so spend some time taking stock. What do you have to work with? What did those who came before you leave you, in body and in spirit? What do you need for the trying times that may lay ahead? What hope can you see in the dark?
At Samhain the wheel of the year turns again and comes to an end of sorts (in fact, in some traditions, Samhain is considered the witches' new year). But every end is a beginning, and we, even in encroaching darkness, left with our thoughts and the gifts from our ancestors, should embrace hope. The fervent hope that light will return, the scales will again tip toward life, and we will flourish once again.
- Llyfr Glas
- Tags: Sabbat Box Theme Samhain The Witches' Sabbath
Discover the Mabon Sabbat Box - Home • Hearth • Harvest 0
• MABON/AUTUMNAL EQUINOX BOX - SABBAT BOX BREAKDOWN •
Greetings Sabbat Box Members,
Can you believe that Mabon is only a few days away? Wow has the time passed by so quickly. It just feels like yesterday that we where just shipping out the very first Sabbat Boxes for Beltane. As this is being written, Sabbat Boxes should be in the midst of being delivered to your homes.
As you will discover, we have included some really unique items within this Sabbat Box for Mabon. We wanted to include a variation of different items that would appeal to the celebration of Mabon as well as the home, the hearth and the harvest. Since Mabon is about the shifting change between light and dark as well as the harvest, we included items inside your box that will help you celebrate Mabon both magickally and mundanely. For many in the Northern Hemisphere, the start of autumn is a cherished time of year. Mother nature will share one last hoorah, with a spectacle of autumn color before she lays dormant during winter. The air starts to get cooler and we prepare ourselves for the coming of darkness of winter and the holiday seasons.
Below we have included a little more information about the items featured inside this Sabbat Box as well as more information about the companies who products where featured inside.
• We are currently at our maximum membership capacity at Sabbat Box. We have implemented a waiting list for those interested in joining when membership positions become available. Join the waiting list here.
• HEY, do you or someone you know make a product that would appeal to the Pagan community? Are you looking to launch a product or get your product in front of a large audience? If so, lets talk! Sabbat Box is always looking for new vendors and suppliers that create unique items to feature inside an upcoming Sabbat Box. Sabbat Box is a great way for people to find out about you, your product or your company. Whether you are looking to advertise inside the box or wish to feature a product within a box, we would love to hear from you. Become a Sabbat Box Supplier/Advertiser today.
• MABON-RITUALS, RECIPES & LORE FOR THE AUTUMN EQUINOX •
ITEM 1: MABON BOOK.........$11.99
• WHAT: Mabon-Rituals, Recipes and Lore for The Autumn Equinox (part of Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials)
• WHO MAKES IT?: Llewellyn Worldwide & Authored By Diana Rajchel
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: You can purchase copies via the Sabbat Box Store or via Llewellyn.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Llewellyn has been a trusted source for books on Paganism, Magick and New Age topics since 1901. This particular book features spells, recipes, lore, invocations, correspondences, crafts and rituals that will help to inspire you to celebrate Mabon in your own unique way.
BREAKDOWN:
Part of what we wish to do here at Sabbat Box is to provide further resources for our members pertaining to paganism, witchcraft and the Sabbats. The Sabbat Essentials series are wonderful resource books and will truly help you find inspiration on how to celebrate the Sabbat in your own special way. Some may say that these books are geared more towards beginners, but you would be surprised to read how much information is packed within these books, which is helpful for both seasoned practitioners as well as the novice! We decided to feature Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials books when we started Sabbat Box as this line of books is brand new to Llewellyn, (making them first edition prints) and they correlate perfectly with what Sabbat Box is all about. In fact, these first edition printings come out only a few weeks before we ship each Sabbat Box, which makes our members some of the first people to actually own and read them. The book’s author, Diana Rajchel, has written other books on Paganism, including her most recent book, "Divorcing A Real Witch," and has also contributed to many other popular Llewellyn publications.
We believe that every Pagan can gain something from this collection of Mabon practices, or at least inspire you to try something new that you may not have thought to do before. You will find an array of fantastic information pertaining to Mabon/Autumnal Equinox, including plenty of rituals, spells and inspiration for your Mabon celebrations.
An excerpt from the "Gratitude Prayer" on page 152.
God and Goddess, you who make the tides turn,
who shift the energies at the tilt of the earth,
we thank you for your kindness and abundance.
Let us remember you and remember each other
in the coming winter:
it is not just food and water that sustain us,
but the connection of heart to heart
that carries us through our winters.
We ask that you bless this meal
that we may carry the best possible blessings
and connection with one another
in the coming year!
Blessed be!
These books have been a great hit within the Sabbat Box community and we continue to plan on including the Sabbat Essentials series until Ostara of next year...by that point we will have included each book from the Sabbat Essentials series within each Sabbat Box for the first year.
• PHOENIX FIRE BY PROJECT FEY •
ITEM 2: COLOR CHANGING FIRE POWDER.........$7.50
• WHAT: Phoenix Fire Color Changing Fire Powder
• WHO MAKES IT?: Project Fey - http://www.projectfey.com
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box store or at the Project Fey Website.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Phoenix Fire by Project Fey will bring a mesmerizing display of dancing flames to your next ritual fire, with this all natural, non-toxic blend of color changing fire powder. It also can be used in combination with spell work or ritual to bring a new level of enchantment to your magick.
BREAKDOWN
Since the theme for the Mabon Sabbat Box was Home • Hearth • Harvest, we wanted to include something inside your box that would help you to connect with the hearth and further add a magickal element to your sacred fires. What better way to do so than with Phoenix Fire by Project Fey! Phoenix Fire (previously known as Fey's Magical Fire), is a unique blend of all natural, non toxic, earth friendly ingredients that will have your ritual fires dancing with vivid colors. It is safe to use on any types of fire including wood fires, fireplaces, campfires, cauldrons, and even large bonfires.
HOW TO USE PHOENIX FIRE
Open your bag of Phoenix Fire. Sprinkle the contents into a lit fire (i.e. bonfire, campfire, cauldron fire, fireplace, etc). Watch the flames come alive with color. Each 1oz. bag lasts up to 45 minutes.
IDEAS FOR MAGICKAL USE
It is quite common for witches, Pagans and covens to work magick or have rituals that take place around a fire, especially as the cooler weather approaches with Mabon and the start of autumn. Phoenix Fire will surely "liven up" your next ritual fire. One may wish to utilize Phoenix Fire powder in conjunction with various spell work, like color magick, fire scrying and fire magick. Phoenix Fire would be great to use as you cast circle and call upon the elements; upon each invocation sprinkling a bit of Phoenix Fire into the ritual fire. Phoenix Fire would also be great to use in conjunction with spell work that calls for the burning of a petition, parchment or piece of paper, as a form of sympathetic magick. Write out your spell or petition on a piece of paper or parchment, sprinkle the contents of the Phoenix Fire powder on the center of the paper. Then, fold the paper up around the powder, securing it within. Afterwards, you could seal the folded paper shut with a wax seal or stamp, a little glue or tape. When ready, throw your sealed paper within the fire. In essence, you are "releasing" the spell to the universe, in effort to manifest your intent. The fire powder will further add an enchanting display as your petition burns. *Use extreme caution when working with fire. Never leave a burning fire unattended.
Project Fey is a Pagan owned business, founded by Fey Wilde in Orlando, Florida. Amongst being a practicing witch for over 20 years, Fey is also a Pagan artist that creates gorgeous heirloom quality custom books of shadows, ritual tools and magical supplies, and is the creatrix of Phoenix Fire. 
• HAND POURED HOME BLESSING SPELL CANDLE •
ITEM 3: SPELL CANDLES.........$13.00
• WHAT: Hand Poured Home Blessing Affirmation Spell Candle
• WHO MAKES IT?: Coventry Creations
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: You can purchase at the Sabbat Box Store or via Coventry Creations.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Each spell candle from Coventry Creations is hand poured according to lunar phase and is made from high quality waxes and essential oils. They have a great burn time of 40 hours as well.
BREAKDOWN
A common theme that coincides with Mabon (as well as the fall equinox), is working magick in reference to our home and sacred space. As the days start getting shorter and our families start coming together to celebrate the harvest season (be it Mabon or Thanksgiving), many pagans will aspire to start working magick to honor the home. A simple way to do so is via candle magick. Inside each Mabon Sabbat Box, you will see that we chose to include a hand poured Home Blessing Herbal Affirmation spell candle. Each candle comes with a home blessing and has a burn time of 40 hours. Coventry's Home Blessing candles are made with Rose and Myrrh essential oils, lending protective and loving correspondences to it. Burn your candle during ritual spell work, or burn your candle any time your family comes together to bring about a warm, welcoming ambiance. Coventry Creations has been serving the Pagan community for over 20 years and make their candles according to the proper astrological and moon phases.
HERBAL CORRESPONDENCES
• Myrrh: Myrrh was used all the way back in ancient Egypt. Myrrh is said to purify sacred space, lift vibrations and create a peaceful energy. Myrrh increases power and is commonly used for blessings.
• Rose: Rose is commonly used in magick for love, healing and happiness.
CANDLE AFFIRMATION
My true home resides within the center of myself. From this place, I energize and bless my surroundings, creating a warm and balanced home.
• THE SACRED WELL GRATITUDE RITUAL POWDER •
ITEM 4: MAGICAL POWDERS.........$3.50
• WHAT: Gratitude Ritual/Spell Powders
• WHO MAKES IT?: The Sacred Well • Distributed By Devera Gifts
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: You can purchase at the Sabbat Box Store, The Sacred Well or Devera Gifts.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT? These ritual powders are hand crafted with high quality components and have a plethora of ritual uses for witches and Pagans.
BREAKDOWN
Each bag of gratitude powder contains a handcrafted mixture of potent herbs and essential oils that are blended to help you manifest your magickal intent. Ritual powders are extremely versatile as well. The Sacred Well, owned by Yeshe Rabbit and Astro Barry, is a metaphysical store that was opened back in 2007. Located in Oakland California, the Sacred Well has been using their storefront as a place to bring the Pagan community together, as well as an outlet to sell their unique hand crafted magical supplies. The Sacred Well recently teamed up with DeveraGifts.com, a distributor of phenomenal spiritual gifts and pagan supplies in order to make their ritual supplies available for purchase to everyone around the world. Devera Gifts is also the official source for Morning Glory and Oberon Zell's "Mythic Images Collection," which consists of their popular pagan statuary.
IDEAS FOR MAGICKAL USE
• Dress spell candles with powders
• Burn powders on a charcoal disk as incense
• Add to a mojo bag or gris gris bag
• Use as a house sprinkle
• Place within an offering bowl
• Use as an offering to the divine
• Place within a poppet
There are many other ways one may wish to use ritual powders. If you use yours differently, share with us in the comments below!
• SUN'S EYE RITUAL MIST •
ITEM 5: LIQUID SMUDGE SPRAY.........$3.99
• WHAT IS IT: Sun's Eye Ritual Mist 2.0 oz
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sun's Eye
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box Store or via Sun's Eye Store.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Ritual mists are a quick, easy and aromatic way to cleanse and consecrate your home or sacred space.
BREAKDOWN:
Sun's Eye is a extremely consistent with the quality they put into each of their product lines. One of the newest product lines to be featured by Sun's Eye are their ritual mists and sprays. Ritual Mists consists of a traditional blend of aromatic oils of citrus, rare spices and tropical flowers that have been hand blended together with pure water, in order to make a great smelling spray that has various applications of use. It is common amongst many to cleanse and consecrate one's sacred space prior to working magick, rituals, spells or mediation. Traditionally, cleansing and creating sacred space usually consists of a consecration (or cleansing) ritual. This ritual may include burning white sage and/or other sacred herbs, resins or incense. For some, the smoke may be too overpowering, and in some cases you may not be able to burn incense or sage...that is where Ritual Mists come in handy! With corresponding components to cleansing and consecration, Ritual Mists can take the place of burning herbs, incense or resins, which is convenient and accommodating! You may also wish to use ritual mists to switch up your typical routine.
IDEAS FOR MAGICKAL USE
• Use to cleanse and consecrate sacred space
• Imbue your intent into the spray to anoint objects
• Use during home blessings to rid negative energies
• Use in conjunction with spell work
• Spray prior to meditation to lift vibration
• Use as a simple room spray to provide a pleasant scent
There are many other ways to use Ritual Mists, both magickally and mundanely. Feel free to share some ideas about how you may use ritual mists via the comments below!
Check out some of our other ritual mists and liquid smudges.
• HAND CARVED PAGAN SYMBOL NECKLACES •
ITEM 6: PAGAN JEWELRY.........$8.00
WHAT IS IT?: Hand carved Pagan symbol Jewelry
WHO MAKES IT?: This is a handmade item imported from fair trade company.
WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box Store.
WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: These beautiful, hand carved necklaces are great as ritual jewelry or to wear day to day.
BREAKDOWN
One of the things we try to do at Sabbat Box is to offer various unique items inside each box. One of the other things we try to attempt to offer are items that appeal to you individually. From time to time, there will be items that we are able to taylor to your preference based on the information you specify to Sabbat Box when you sign up, leading to a specific item or product that will be specially suited for you. This was the case with our hand carved necklaces we featured inside this particular Sabbat Box.
Each of these necklaces where hand carved and hand stained. Featured inside was a crescent moon, pentacle, triquetra, triple moon goddess, and a tree of life. Each necklace comes with a multi strand cord and a wooden fastener.
• PAGAN MAGIC STICK INCENSE •
ITEM 7: STICK INCENSE.........$2.49
WHAT: Pagan Magic Stick Incense
WHO MAKES IT?: HEM
WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Via the Sabbat Box Store, or most metaphysical suppliers
WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Great quality incense always adds an enchanting level to any ritual, meditation or spell work.
BREAKDOWN
A common item we like to feature within Sabbat Box are things that will help invoke your senses. Pagan Magic incense by Hem are hand rolled incense made with high quality herbs, essential oils and resins. Hem has become one of the most popular incense companies around the world because of the quality of their product. They offer a slow, clean burning incense with a variety of different scents to choose from in their product lines.
We chose to feature Pagan Magic incense within the Mabon Sabbat Box because their scent truly embraces the coming of Autumn. They have a fruity yet earthy resin-like aroma and would pair nicely with your Mabon rituals. Each pack of Pagan Magic incense comes with 20 sticks, which is more then plenty to facilitate your magical sabbat workings.
• PACKING & SHIPPING •
PACKING & SHIPPING: Part of the costs of your box include the box and the packing material itself. The items listed below account for a good portion of the overall costs for the Mabon Box. Each Mabon/Autumnal Equinox Sabbat Box is lined with paper padding and wrapping to add to the surprise of what we’ve curated for you. Shipping is included in the total price. The average cost to ship the Mabon Box was roughly $8.00. With that being said, we here at Sabbat Box wish to be as environmentally friendly that we can be and do our best to source packing supplies and material from companies that have the same beliefs we do, in that we want to make as little of an impact as possible on the environment.
BOXES: Your boxes where made from high quality corrugated paper and are 100% recyclable. Try to find another use for your box. They are 9x9x3 on the inside. You could decorate your box to hold some magical supplies or use it to again to ship something to someone or save it for another time when you may need it. If you dispose of it, try to recycle it.
BROCHURE & COUPONS: Your brochures are printed on 100% recyclable 16pt paper, which is sourced from sustainable forests. They are ECF (elemental chlorine free), helping to have less of an impact on the environment.
TISSUE PAPER & FILLING: The orange tissue paper is made from 100% recycled paper and is recyclable. The filling is made from scraps of recycled "maroon" eco fill paper and is biodegradable.
STICKERS: The stickers found within your boxes where printed on vinyl with a gloss laminate.
• SABBAT BOX COUPONS •
SAVINGS & COUPONS:
Part of our goal is to provide a number of items to our members at a value far above what individuals can purchase on their own. When you add up all of the items inside your Mabon Sabbat Box, as well as costs for shipping and packaging, you are saving over $18.47 with your Mabon Sabbat Box. We believe this to be another good reason to be a member. Also, each box we create helps to support Pagan run businesses and their employees. Sabbat Box looks forward to continuing to stay within our mission to work with other Pagan businesses to supply products for each box. Coupons are another great feature you will find within Sabbat Boxes. Coupons just add to the overall value of your box and are not included in the "total savings" specified on your information sheet/brochure. This Mabon box included two coupons, one for DeveraGifts.com (seen above) and one from the Sabbat Box store. Be sure to check out Devera Gifts, as they offer quite an array of magical products, plus you get to save 10% on your next purchase, which will come in handy around the holidays.
PRICE BREAKDOWN
• Total MSRP of items inside: $50.47
• Total Savings on this box: $10.52
• Total Shipping Savings: $7.95
• Grand Total In Savings: $18.47
~Our members helped to support 6 Pagan run businesses with their Sabbat Box membership! Unlike some subscription boxes (that only use their own products inside each of their boxes), we work with other Pagans and Pagan owned businesses within the community to purchase and supply the items featured within our boxes. In the end, we want to help the community grow and share our business with companies that share our same values and standards.
TIME:
We take pride in assembling each and every Sabbat Box by hand, no matter the amount of time it takes. We don't just throw your items inside a flat rate priority mail box like some other subscription boxes out there. We want your Sabbat Box to be delivered to you as beautifully as it left us, and it takes a tremendous amount of time to complete this task.
This includes folding the boxes together, individually cutting each sheet of tissue paper by hand, weighing out the filler for each box, designing the flyers, coupons, stickers and brochures to be printed professionally by the printers, individually placing each candle within a bag, individually assembling the boxes, individually packing the tissue paper within each box by hand, taping each and every box by hand as well as individually printing each and every shipping label and sticking them to your boxes too. This timeframe doesn't even include the efforts made to manage the website, the back end billing system, social media management, customer service inquiries, accounting, marketing, purchasing, and so on.
We really do believe in what it is we are doing and we sincerely hope that each and every one of you can see that the purest of intent and utmost care goes into curating your Sabbat Box.
• OFFICIAL MABON SABBAT BOX UNBOXING VIDEO •
• MABON RESOURCES •
OTHER RESOURCES, BLOGS AND PODCASTS
• WITCHY WORDS: A fantastic Pagan blog with a real world perspective on Paganism. Witchy Words offers readers a glimpse into the life of its Pagan author Marietta, who shares with you her personal journey regarding paganism and witchcraft, as well as stunning imagery to coincide with each blog entry. The images and pictures of her altars, a favorite by many, is enough alone to inspire your inner Pagan to celebrate the Sabbats! Join Marietta over at Witchy Words and you too will find inspiration to help you further lead a magical life.
Website: http://www.witchywords.com
• DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS: Down at the Crossroads (DatC for short) is a Pagan Podcast that features one on one interviews and discussions with today’s most influential Pagan artists, authors, musicians, teachers, leaders, bloggers, podcasters, and more! The conversations are sure to be inspiring, insightful, entertaining, and always engaging. We will attempt to push the community forward and take devil’s advocate to a whole new level. Exploring topics that will turn the Pagan community on its head in an attempt to gain a new perspective on life, all while hearing some great music by today’s greatest Pagan and Pagan inspired musicians and bands. Down at the Crossroads is where today’s Paganism crosses paths with the world!
Website: http://www.infinite-beyond.com
We thank each and every one of our suppliers, vendors, customers and MOST IMPORTANTLY our members for making this possible. This wouldn't even be happening if it wasn't for our members. We really do look forward to shipping out the next boxes for Samhain. We also have so much more in the works here at Sabbat Box and continue to strive to make Sabbat Box the premier subscription box for Pagans. We look forward to continuing to serve the Pagan community at large. Blessed Sabbat!
Blessed Be,
Llyfer & Hugh
Founders of Sabbat Box & Eclectic Artisans LLC
- Aeden B
- Tags: Autumnal Equinox Home • Hearth • Harvest Mabon Mabon Box
Mabon • Autumnal Equinox Sabbat Box Theme Release 1
• Mabon - Autumnal Equinox Sabbat Box Theme •
A stag disappears into the high grass field as the sun bows to the west. As you head back toward the house, you smell a fire burning—a musky fragrance that wafts through the cooling dusky air—and then it happens: You feel that first hint of autumn, a slivered yellow moon rising in the darkening east. You hurry back toward home, a simmering dinner waiting for you on the fire. You start to notice that the veil of the night becoming equivalent to that of the day, Mabon is near~
As the sun's light starts to wane and we approach the autumnal equinox, we here at Sabbat Box are gearing up for our next shipment for Mabon. With that being said, it is time to announce Sabbat Box’s theme for Mabon: "Home, Hearth, Harvest."
This stop on the Wheel of the Year is about the abundance of the second harvest! This is the time of the year where we really start to obtain and enjoy all of the fruits of our labor and reflect on the bounty in our lives. Gratitude and appreciation for the good things of life are in order of this time of year, but it’s also an opportunity to start thinking about what we have yet to accomplish and where we want to focus our energy when “planting time” comes ‘round again. Some may consider Mabon and the second harvest "Pagan Thanksgiving," being that the two celebrations are similar in nature. Late September is the time of the year where mother nature bears her final gifts as a means for us to get through the coming cold, but not without first giving us a final feast for our eyes with the seasonal changes of fall colors. We also celebrate the Sabbat of Mabon in conjunction with the Autumnal Equinox -- the day where light and darkness are equal. An important magickal facet of the equinox is the resemblance of duality and balance; duality and balance as found in ourselves, nature and the universe.
We have started to curate some really fantastic items to be featured in the Mabon Box that will help our members celebrate the equinox as well as represent the home, hearth and harvest. Since the key to Mabon’s significance is abundance and gratuity, we’re loading up our next Sabbat Box with all kinds of unique and creative additions that will help inspire you and add to whatever you’re planning for your big harvest celebration. Whether it is at your circle, your altar, or just around your home, we believe our supply of Sabbat Box goodies will bring a little magick to your observance of this wonderful time of plenty.Due to the overwhelming popularity of Sabbat Box, we recently had to implement a waiting list for new perspective members. For those of you not yet able to join Sabbat Box and are on our waiting list, please know that we are working as diligently as possible to expand the Sabbat Box circle in order to further expand and allow for new members to join. We sincerely thank all of you for your support and we hope that we can continue to provide helpful, meaningful additions to your Pagan path.
Blessed Be,
Llyfr & Hugh
- Hugh Carey
- Tags: Autumnal Equinox Home • Hearth • Harvest Mabon Sabbat Box Theme
The Corn Dolly - The Spirit Of The Grain 4
A woman carefully selects some sheafs of barley out of the wagon. To her delight the last harvest of the season has been wonderfully bountiful. She picks through the piles of the umber grain before her with great care, chooses long stalks free of insects or bad spots. They are perfect and true.
Her sister, a season older than her, passed on only a month before. Now she is the oldest female member of the tribe, and it is the first time the most important of jobs falls to her.
She carries her final selections herself back to the village and disappears into her home. She works for an hour, maybe longer, until the bending and tying of the grains begins to take the shape she hoped would honor the spirits. Her grandchildren stare wide-eyed as she works. She admires her craft…holds it up before the fire, turning it, making little adjustments and cuts until she is satisfied.
Her small figure is placed in the central meeting house, upon the tribal altar. Its
round head and flowing skirts reflect the embodiment of Mother Earth herself. Everyone praises her work and promises to honor and protect what she has made.
After the long winter—this one not as harsh as some others in her fifty-six seasons on the earth—she returns to the meeting house. A small procession follows, anticipating. She carefully picks up her dried arrangement and carries it back to the field from where it came months before. She returns it to the ground. The farmers begin planting the seeds they had saved from the previous autumn. The cycle is beginning again, the “corn dolly”—the “spirit of the grain”—has made its safe journey, full circle. The members of the tribe celebrate the achievement, comforted that once again the gods have been honored and the promise of good harvest—like the seeds they sow—will come forth again this year.
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CORN DOLLY •
The story above is one possible journey of the “corn dolly” in the simplest form of the tradition. The word corn (as we know it today), is the name of a particular plant that bares food. In ancient times, the word "corn" really stood for the English equivalent of “grain.” Even the word “dolly” had a different meaning in ancient times: we’re not referring to the Raggedy-Ann or Barbie connotation of the word. The word “dolly” is most likely a slang for “idol,” which stems from the Greek word eidolon, which means “apparition,” or “spirit.” Hence, corn dolly really means “spirit of the grain.” Ancient cultures believed that this “spirit” would be homeless when the fields were harvested and barren, so the corn dolly was a way to give the spirit a comfortable home until the following spring.
Traditions vary from region to region in these times. Some, like the fictional example above, called for the oldest woman with children in the clan or tribe to create the corn dolly, and referred to their sympathetic magical poppet as a “Corn Mother.” Other early cultures may have set the
task to the youngest female member, one who in a physical sense a woman, but still a virgin. These young girls who blossomed into women may have referred to their works as “Corn Maidens” instead. Which tradition is “right?” Which tradition came first? We may never know, and by and large, it doesn’t matter. The practice of carrying over fruits from a previous harvest as a sacrifice for the following sowing season is documented and was practiced all over the European lands. Even some prehistoric African tribal groups followed the tradition: the “Aruseh”—“Bride of the Corn”—is known from earliest recollections.Even today the corn dolly tradition is followed particularly so in the UK, where most counties or geographical regions have their own designs and forms. The Stafford Knot, the Suffolk Horseshoe, the Yorkshire Spiral or Corn Drop are just a few of the ancient variations that survive today. While many of them don’t look like a typical “doll” in our sense of the word, their care and crafting are still imbibed with intent, a desire to protect the promise of the next growing season. Whatever shape or form they take, the “Spirit of the Grain” is still a potent Pagan custom and magical working, and you don’t even have to be a farmer to take advantage of its talismanic power. It can represent success and bounty, and the fervent hope the future will hold prosperity and abundance.
Our Lammas Sabbat Boxes included a corn dolly kit within to allow you to connect with the tradition of corn dolly making that our ancestors would partake in around the time of this Sabbat. What will your corn dolly represent? What promises, what hopes do you wish to manifest in the coming seasons? Will you make room at your altar or hearth for the “Spirit of the Grain” to ward off the lean times? The magickal power of the dolly is not merely the object itself, but the care and work put into it: a representation of the sacrifice we all make today to ensure a better tomorrow.
What better future do you work for? Whatever form of greater increase and prosperity you desire, perhaps keeping the “Spirit of the Grain” in a safe, warm place through times of lack and dormancy could help you stay opportunistic on your way to your bountiful harvest!
• HOW TO MAKE A CORN DOLLY FOR LAMMAS •
• PURCHASE A SABBAT BOX CORN DOLLY KIT •
Want to learn how to make a corn dolly? See our how to video that goes along with the corn husk doll kits we included in each Sabbat Box to learn how to make your own. Visit our You Tube channel here.
- Llyfr Glas
- Tags: Corn Dolly Lammas Lammas Box Lughnasadh Reap • Sew • Magick
Discover The Lammas Sabbat Box - Reap • Sew • Magick - Detailed Breakdown 343
• Lammas/Lughnasadh Box - Sabbat Box Synopsis •
Greetings Sabbat Box Members,
It is that time again! Lammas is quickly coming upon us as the wheel turns once more. As we travel past Midsummer and tread toward the first harvest, the sun's light slowly starts to wane again. It is at this point where the Earth starts to share its bounty with us in order to start preparing for the coming cold. The dog days of summer will soon turn into the final days summer, leading us further into the fall and the coming seasonal harvests.
Within this Lammas Box, we wanted to include items that would pertain to the first harvest, hence the boxes theme, Reap • Sew • Magick. Magickally, throughout the beginning of the year, one could say that during our rites of Sabbat celebration, we tend to lay down a magickal foundation, in essence "sewing" our will and intent. It is at this point of the year where we start to determine what has come into fruition and what has not, reaping all that we wish to continue to transpire, and working more magick to continue to further manifest our will.
Inside this box was our very first exclusive product, as well as a custom made featured product. As we continue to grow Sabbat Box, we plan on offering you all even more unique and practical products that will bring you further magickal inspiration and even more tools to add to your craft.
• LUGHNASADH-RITUALS, RECIPES & LORE FOR LAMMAS •
ITEM 1: Lughnasadh, Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Lammas.........$11.99
• WHAT: Lughnasadh-Rituals, Recipes and Lore for Lammas (part of Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials)
• WHO MAKES IT?: Llewellyn Worldwide & Authored By Melanie Marquis
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: You can purchase copies via the Sabbat Box Store or via Llewellyn.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Llewellyn has been a trusted source for books on Paganism, Magick and New Age topics since 1901. This particular book features spells, recipes, lore, invocations, correspondences, crafts and rituals that will help to inspire you to celebrate Lammas in your own unique way.
BREAKDOWN:
Part of what we wish to do here at Sabbat Box is to provide further resources for our members pertaining to paganism, witchcraft and the Sabbats. The Sabbat Essentials series are wonderful resource books and will truly help you find inspiration on how to celebrate the Sabbat in your own special way. Some may say that these books are for beginners, but you would be surprised to read how much information is packed within these books, helpful for both seasoned practitioners as well as the novice! We decided to feature Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials books when we started Sabbat Box as this line of books is a brand new to Llewellyn and they correlated perfectly with what Sabbat Box is. In fact, these first edition printings come out only a few weeks before we ship each Sabbat Box, which makes our members some of the first people to actually own and read them. The book’s author, Melanie Marquis, has written numerous books on Pagan lore and tradition, as well as contributing to many Llewellyn’s popular yearly publications like the Witches’ Datebook.
We believe that every Pagan can gain something from this collection of Lammas practices, or at least sew some seeds for your own ideas! You will find an array of fantastic information pertaining to Lammas, including plenty of rituals, spells and inspiration for your Lughnasadh celebrations.
An excerpt from the "Invocation of Danu" on page 137.
Dear Danu, great goddess!
Mother of the Tuatha!
Great Lady of the Water!
Great Ruler of the land!
Dear Danu, great goddess,
I invoke thee!
Fill me with your strength!
Fill me with your grace!
Fill me with your power!
May your eyes look through my face!
Great Danu,
Mother of the River!
Mother of the Land!
Mother of the People!
Come into my hands!
Danu, I invoke thee!
Come to me now!
Great mother, great Danu, come into me now!
These books have been a great hit within the Sabbat Box community and we continue to plan on including the Sabbat Essentials series until Ostara of next year, which at that point we will have included each book from the series within each Sabbat Box for the first year.
• LAMMAS APPLE CINNAMON SCONE MIX KIT •
ITEM 2: Lammas Cinnamon Apple Scone Mix Kit.........$6.95
• WHAT: Lammas Cinnamon Apple Scone Mix Kit
• WHO MAKES IT?: Specially made for Sabbat Box by Rabbit Creek Gourmet.
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box store. Find similar mixes via Rabbit Creek Gourmet.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: This mix is perfect for someone who would like to bring the tradition and lore of working with the wheat of the first harvest into their Lammas/Lughnasadh sabbat celebration, especially if you want to try working with something different then plain old bread.
BREAKDOWN
We included this scone mix as a way for our members to connect with and represent the crops of the first harvest by means of a little kitchen witchery. Food has played an important role in human celebrations of all kinds. In earlier times, our ancestors felt that the Earth and its bounty were manifestations of the divine, in essence making food sacred. With that being said, you could make the scones, consecrate them and use them ritually for "cakes and ale" or for the "red meal" during ritual...or you could use these scones as an offering to the divine. Much will and intent goes into cooking and baking, and what better way to incorporate the bounty of the earth and your magickal intent in your Lammas celebrations then with baking! Baking Instructions included on back of the tag.
Sabbat Box decided to feature mixes from Rabbit Creek Gourmet because they have been creating delicious, simple to use mixes for over 20 years. Though they are not a "Pagan" owned business, Rabbit Creek Gourmet shares the same values and standards of quality that we to believe in here at Sabbat Box. Sometimes, less is more when it comes to baking and Rabbit Creek Gourmet does a great job of making baking easy without jeopardizing the taste. Rabbit Creek specially formulated this Lammas scone mix, specially for our Sabbat Box members!
• LAMMAS • LUGHNASADH FIRST HARVEST CORN DOLLY KIT •
ITEM 3: Lammas • Lughnasadh First Harvest Corn Husk Doll Kit.........$6.50
• WHAT: Lammas - Lughnasadh First Harvest Corn Husk Doll Kit
• WHO MAKES IT?: You do!
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: This is an exclusive kit made by Sabbat Box. Get yours at the Sabbat Box Store.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Corn husk dolls have long been a symbol of the abundance and prosperity of the first harvest. Corn husk dolls can be used to serve many magickal purposes and make for unique altar decor.
BREAKDOWN
There is much lore and tradition surrounding Lammas and the corn dolly that we only thought it appropriate to include a corn dolly kit within your Lammas box. By creating your own corn dolly, this gives you the ability to lend your own will, intent and magick within it. There are few different ways you could use your corn husk dolly. Use it to adorn your Lammas altar, use it as a poppet, or use it as a way to represent the Earth and the divine during your Lammas rituals.
We have an entire blog article dedicated to the history and lore pertaining to the corn dolly. Be sure to check out that article to learn more about the origins and the significance of the corn dolly. We also have included a link to our instructional "how to" video with each corn husk doll kit. You can see the video below.
• HAND PAINTED/HAND DIPPED BEESWAX TAPER CANDLE •
ITEM 4: Hand Painted Beeswax Taper Candle.........$3.95
• WHAT: Hand Painted & Hand Dipped 10 Inch Beeswax Taper Candle
• WHO MAKES IT?: Aloha Bay Candle Company
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: You can purchase these at the Sabbat Box Store or via Aloha Bay Candles.
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT? These gorgeous hand dipped, hand painted beeswax taper candles will make a beautiful addition to your Lammas altar. These candles can also be used as spell candles as well.
BREAKDOWN
Many fellow cunning folk and fellow pagans prefer to use beeswax candles when working magick or conducting ritual. Natural beeswax has been used by virtually every civilization known to man to create various products, from candles to soaps and more. For bees to make one pound of beeswax, it requires 2,500 bees and 22 pounds of honey. This requires a tremendous amount of time and work from bees. Because of this, beeswax has been considered a valuable and treasured substance, both magickally and mundanely. If one were to look upon the amount of effort it takes for bees to create beeswax in a sympathetic form, some believe that beeswax holds the corresponding energies of the efforts and components that bees require to create beeswax.
With that being said, beeswax corresponds to manifestation, prosperity, will, energy, protection and healing. Because beeswax doesn't go "bad," its resilience leads many to use beeswax candles to clear sacred space and rid negativity. Compared to paraffin wax, beeswax burns cleaner and longer. In fact, beeswax candles burn about 5 times longer then regular paraffin candles.
Sabbat Box decided to include beeswax candles from Aloha Bay Candle Company for a few reasons. Aloha Bay is an eco friendly company that has been making candles with all natural components for over 20 years. Aloha Bay is dedicated to hand crafting and hand pouring each candle, which is a long process, but the end result adds to the beauty and uniqueness of their candle line. Aloha Bay also hand paints each and every beeswax candle they sell with all natural palm wax, keeping in line with their mission of providing handmade candles with all natural, fair trade and sustainable components.
Anoint your hand painted beeswax candle with the prosperity candle fixings included within your Sabbat Box. Use during your Lammas ritual or use separately as a spell candle.
• PROSPERITY CANDLE FIXING BLEND •
ITEM 5: Prosperity Candle Fixings.........$7.00
• WHAT IS IT: Prosperity Candle Fixing Blend
• WHO MAKES IT?: The Vodou Store
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box Store or via The Vodou Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Sometimes it is easier to purchase some the items you need in order to work candle magick. With the prosperity candle fixings from The Vodou Store, they are pre made and ready to dress a candle.
BREAKDOWN:
The Vodou Store was started back in 2010 by Docteur Caeli, an initiate of Haitian Voodoo, and his partner and fellow practicing witch, Hellfurian Liontari. Since then, the Docteur and the Witch have been creating and selling unique, high quality and authentic ritual and conjure supplies through The Vodou Store. Every item sold within the Vodou Store is hand crafted, using traditional formulae and magickal components, stemming from the owners' long history of practicing Voodoo as well as their extensive knowledge of other various magickal practice and lore.
There is a beautiful mix of Vodoo and witchcraft within each item they create, and one may notice the detail and passion placed within their products when actually using them. From the moment you open your candle fixing blend, you will immediately notice the quality of the fragrant and rare herbs and resins within. You will also quickly connect with the intent of their products based on the stunning artwork displayed outside of each item. One of the great things about the gorgeous artwork on their packaging is the fact that it lends you a magnificent visual aid, which will help assist you with visualizing your intended magickal result.
We chose to include their potent, proprietary blend of prosperity candle fixings because we felt that it would both pair well with your hand painted taper candle and that it would provide inspiration to add a little candle magick to your Lammas Ritual Celebrations.
HOW TO USE CANDLE FIXINGS:
Anoint your candle with anointing oil or consecrated ritual oil. For invoking or manifesting, rub the oil clockwise (Deosil) and upwards. For banishing or ridding, rub the oil counter-clockwise (widdershins) and downwards. Once that is done, you can then roll the candle within the candle fixings or lightly apply the fixings on the candle by hand. You may also wish to carve into your candle with a a porcupine quill (or other pointed object) sigils, runes or even words of intent as well to add to your candle magick.
• AMBER INCENSE •
ITEM 6: Hem, Hand Rolled Precious Amber Incense.........$2.00
WHAT IS IT?: Hand Rolled Cone Incense
WHO MAKES IT?: HEM
WHERE CAN I GET IT?: The Sabbat Box Store or via most other metaphysical suppliers.
WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: These incense, made by HEM, contain high quality oils, herbs and resins that have a long burning time and smell divine.
BREAKDOWN
As we have stated in other breakdowns from previous boxes, we do our best at Sabbat Box to include an eclectic mix of products that will aid you in your magickal endeavors, as well as inspire your ritual practice. Our senses help us to become in tune with our surroundings and help us to form our mindset, especially our sense of smell. Many Pagans will burn incense that are comprised of components or ingredients that "correspond" to the action or intent in which they are desiring to manifest. Amber is said to correspond to protection, fertility, luck, abundance and prosperity, making it a great companion to go along with the Lammas Box. These hand rolled amber incense cones are perfect to use during ritual, meditation or just to freshen the air.
HOW TO BURN CONE INCENSE
1. Take the small metal cone holder that is included within your box of incense, place it within a heat proof vessel. You don't have to use the small metal holder if you do not want to. You could place the cone incense directly within any heat proof vessel. We do recommend you place some sort of insulation in the vessel to prevent heat damage (i.e. incense sand, lava rocks, etc.).
2. Light the cone incense at the top. Keep the flame lit upon the tip of the cone incense until it starts to smoke and actually "catch." You will know it has been caught when the tip starts to turn colors and ash.
3. Let your incense burn down. Be sure to never leave burning incense unattended.
• WHITE SAGE SMUDGE STICK •
ITEM 7: Fresh White Sage Smudge Stick.........$2.00
WHAT: Fresh White Sage Torch Style Smudge Stick
WHO MAKES IT?: Mother Earth
WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Via the Sabbat Box Store, or most metaphysical suppliers
WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: Sage is a common tool used in various ceremonial practice, including Wicca and Witchcraft.
BREAKDOWN
White Sage has a long been a tool utilized by shamans, healers and cunning folk. It is common enough for most people to know that it was a sacred herb harvested and used by Native Americans and shamans for ritual and ceremonies. We decided to include a white sage smudge stick within the Lammas Sabbat Box because we wanted to further include items that are "of the land," as well as something that had a practical use, regardless of specific belief. This particular white sage is conveniently hand tied together in a small "torch style" bundle. This makes it easier to light and control when smudging. Various pantheons of belief may use different methods to "smudge" their sacred space. There are also entire ceremonies dedicated specifically to smudging as well.
It is believed that when one "smudges" their space, they are calling upon the spirits of the plant itself to aid in the ceremony. Sage is a versatile ritual herb and has many correspondences, but the most common correspondence would be that sage is said to banish negativity, purify/eliminate astral buildup and banish unwanted or negative entities. So you can see why this smudging has been adopted into the practice of witchcraft. Here is a great article with examples on when or how to smudge your home.
• PACKING & SHIPPING •
PACKING & SHIPPING: Part of the costs of your box include the box and the packing material itself. The items listed below account for a good portion of the overall costs for the Lammas Box. Each Lammas/Lughnasadh Sabbat Box is lined with paper padding and wrapping to add to the surprise of what we’ve curated for your box. Shipping is included in the total price—average cost to ship the Lammas Box: $8.00 alone. We here at Sabbat Box wish to be as environmentally friendly that we can be and do our best to source packing supplies and material from companies that have the same beliefs we do in that we want to make as little of an impact as possible on the environment.
BOXES: Your boxes where made from high quality corrugated paper and are 100% recyclable. Try to find another use for your box. They are 9x9x3 on the inside. You could decorate your box to hold some magical supplies or use it to again to ship something to someone or save it for another time when you may need it. If you must throw it away, try to recycle.
BROCHURE & COUPONS: Your brochures are printed on 100% recyclable 16pt paper ,which is sourced from sustainable forests. They are ECF (elemental chlorine free), helping to have less of an impact on the environment.
TISSUE PAPER & FILLING: The green tissue paper is made from 100% recycled paper and is recyclable. The filling is made from scraps of recycled "green" eco fill paper and is biodegradable.
STICKERS: The stickers found within your boxes where printed on vinyl with a gloss laminate.
WHEAT: The wheat sheaves that where included within your Sabbat Box are authentic, early harvest wheat.
• COUPONS •
Savings & Coupons:
Part of our goal is to provide a number of items to our members at a value far above what individuals can purchase on their own. When you add up all of the items as well as costs for shipping and packaging, you are saving over $9.39 with your Lammas Sabbat Box. We believe this to be another good reason to be a member. Also, each box we create helps to support Pagan run businesses and their employees. Sabbat Box looks forward to continuing to stay within our mission to work with other Pagan businesses to supply products for each box.
Coupons just add to the overall value of your box and are not included in the "total savings" specified on your information sheet/brochure.
• Total MSRP of items inside: $41.39
• Total Savings on this box: $1.44
• Total Shipping Savings: $7.95
• Grand Total In Savings: $9.39
~Our members helped to support 5 Pagan run businesses with their Sabbat Box membership! Unlike other Pagan Subscription Boxes (that only use their own products inside each of their boxes), we work with other Pagans and Pagan owned businesses within the community to purchase and supply the items featured within our boxes. In the end, we want to help the community grow and share our business with companies that share our same values and standards.
TIME:
We take pride in assembling each and every Sabbat Box by hand, no matter the amount of time it takes. We don't just throw your items inside a flat rate priority mail box like our competitors. We want your Sabbat Box to be delivered to you as beautifully as it left us, and it takes a tremendous amount of time to complete this task.
This includes folding the boxes together, individually cutting each sheet of tissue paper by hand, weighing out the filler for each box, designing the flyers, coupons, stickers and brochures to be printed professionally by the printers, individually placing each candle within a bag, individually assembling the boxes, individually packing the tissue paper within each box by hand, taping each and every box by hand as well as individually printing each and every shipping label and sticking them to your boxes as well. This timeframe doesn't even include the efforts made to manage the website, the back end billing system, social media management, customer service inquiries, accounting, marketing, purchasing, and so on.
We really do believe in what it is we are doing and we sincerely hope that each and every one of you can see that the purest of intent and utmost care goes into curating your Sabbat Box.
• OFFICIAL LAMMAS • LUGHNASADH UNBOXING VIDEO •
We thank each and every one of our suppliers, vendors, customers and MOST IMPORTANTLY our members for making this possible. This wouldn't even be happening if it wasn't for our members. We really do look forward to shipping out the next boxes for Mabon. We also have so much more in the works here at Sabbat Box. We look forward to continuing to expand and bring about some exciting new ideas and implement new concepts that will continue to make Sabbat Box the premier subscription box for Pagans.
We look forward to continuing to serve the Pagan community at large. Blessed Sabbat!
Blessed Be,
Llyfer & Hugh
Founders of Sabbat Box & Eclectic Artisans LLC
- Hugh Carey
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