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Simple Recipes and a Prosperity Spell

Why apples for Mabon?

Across Celtic and Arthurian lore, apples symbolize healing, abundance, and the Otherworld — even the fabled Avalon is the “Isle of Apples,” from Welsh afal/avallen (apple/apple tree). Reference to the apple's relationship to healing and the Otherworld appears throughout Druidic and Arthurian traditions. Encyclopedia Britannica+1 

Magical correspondences

Themes: abundance, love, longevity, wisdom
Planet/Element (common assignments): Venus or Sun / Water or Earth
Deities (often associated): Morgan le Fay (Avalon streams), harvest gods/goddesses

Kitchen witchery: Baked Equinox Apples

Serves: 4 | Active: 15 min | Bake: 30–35 min at 375 °F

Ingredients:

4 firm apples
4 Tbsp rolled oats
2–3 Tbsp chopped nuts
2 Tbsp raisins
2 Tbsp honey or maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon; pinch salt
2 Tbsp butter (or coconut oil)
Splash cider

Steps:

1. Set your intention: Throughout the process of mixing and baking, speak: “Sweetness and sustenance, multiply in my home.”
2. Core apples (don’t pierce bottoms). Food safety tip: remove any apple seeds you dislodge; they’re not for eating in quantity.
3. Mix oats, nuts, raisins, cinnamon, salt, sweetener, and butter.
4. Pack into apples; set in a baking dish.
5. Add a splash of cider.

Bake 30–35 minutes until tender.

Easy Stovetop Spiced Cider (ritual beverage)

Simmer store-bought cider with orange slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and freshly grated nutmeg. Server warm. Serve to all human occupants before a house-blessing ritual or sip before doing your own personal workings.

The Apple-Star Spell (prosperity + guidance)

Supplies:

Apple

Knife

Bay leaf

Fine tip maker

Coin

Ground cinnamon

Gold colored thread

Shovel

Steps:

1. Cut an apple crosswise to reveal the five-pointed star.
2. On bay leaf write a single financial intention (clear + specific).
3. Place coin, bay leaf, and a cinnamon pinch between the halves; tie with gold thread.
4. Bury at the base of a healthy tree or in a potted plant: “From seed to fruit, from wish to wealth; as roots take hold, so too my health and wealth.”
5. Leave a piece of bread or cider as thanks to the land spirits.

Please share your favorite apple spell or recipe in the comments.