Lammas

I got this online, it's not mine and I left the copyright tag to show credit for the dear lady who wrote it.  It is a nice little passage on what Lammas is.  Next will be in September, it's called Mabon. Brightest Blessings Peeps. I'm working on that cold that's been under the surface for over a week.  Early to bed for me. 

In the Northern Hemisphere, the celebration of Lammas or Lughnasadh is August 1 but the festivities usually begin the eve before with sacred bonfires, and this year that falls on the second Full Moon or Blue moon in July bringing a very powerful and potent energy to this time.

This is the first of two harvest festivals it is also called “First Harvest”. It is at this time that we begin to see fields of early harvest being gathered. The greens of the fields begin to ripen and gold starts to show up in amber waves. The Summer air is still hot but the days are waning, as is the light.

There is a deep awareness during this time as we see the changing world around us and we know the Winter is coming. We see all that was born in the Spring maturing and feel the changing Earth around us. Here we really tap into the essence of the transformation of the world around us and begin to feel the shift of the seasons.

This is a time of celebrating the abundance, both literally as we are blessed with vegetables, fruits and grains that are being brought in off the fields, but the abundance that manifests in our own lives.

Here we take the time to give thanks for all that has come into our life in the last year, all the changes that have brought with them lessons and growth. As the fields ripen in sunlight, so do all that we plant in our own world.

Some easy ways to celebrate would be to gather friends and family together with some of the bounty of the natural world. spread your table with newly harvested foods and give reverence and thanks to the Earth Mother and the Sky Father for their continued blessings. Get everyone to bring a dish and enjoy the merriment.

You can celebrate with sacred fire as well, writing on strips of paper what has blessed your life in the last year and offer them to the fire with a word of gratitude. Offer some sacred bread from the bounty of the Goddess in reverence for your blessings

This is a good time for working with intentions and energy surrounding drawing abundance, especially under the light of the extremely powerful Aquarius Full Moon/Blue Goal Moon (July 31) which is ending a month of full of transition and transformation. This is a great time to focus on what you would like to draw in and shine a light on the shifts occurring around you and to out these plans into the Universe

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