can i first just say
its already
august
i can hardly believe
how quickly this year is going by
August 1
is
Lammas Day
(loaf-mass day)
the festival of the wheat harvest,
and
is the first harvest festival of the year
~Food for Thought~
Lammas
is
a festival of regrets and farewells,
of harvest and preserves.
Reflect
on these topics alone
in the privacy of your journal
or share them with others around a fire.
Lughnasad is one of the great Celtic fire-festivals,
so if at all possible, have your feast around a bonfire.
While you're sitting around the fire, you might want to tell stories.
Look up the myths of any of the grain Gods and Goddesses mentioned above
and try re-telling them in your own words.
on these topics alone
in the privacy of your journal
or share them with others around a fire.
Lughnasad is one of the great Celtic fire-festivals,
so if at all possible, have your feast around a bonfire.
While you're sitting around the fire, you might want to tell stories.
Look up the myths of any of the grain Gods and Goddesses mentioned above
and try re-telling them in your own words.
Regrets
Think of the things you meant to do this summer or this year that are not coming to fruition. You can project your regrets onto natural objects like pine cones and throw them into the fire, releasing them. Or you can write them on dried corn husks (as suggested by Nancy Brady Cunningham in Feeding the Spirit) or on a piece of paper and burn them.
Farewells
What is passing from your life?
What is over? Say good-bye to it. As with regrets, you can find visual symbols and throw them into the fire, the lake or the ocean. You can also bury them in the ground, perhaps in the form of bulbs which will manifest in a new form in spring.
What is over? Say good-bye to it. As with regrets, you can find visual symbols and throw them into the fire, the lake or the ocean. You can also bury them in the ground, perhaps in the form of bulbs which will manifest in a new form in spring.
Harvest
What have you harvested this year?
What seeds have your planted that are sprouting? Find a visual way to represent these, perhaps creating a decoration in your house or altar which represents the harvest to you. Or you could make a corn dolly or learn to weave wheat. Look for classes in your area which can teach you how to weave wheat into wall pieces, which were made by early grain farmers as a resting place for the harvest spirits.
This is also a good time for making preserves, either literally or symbolically.
As you turn the summer's fruit into jams, jellies and chutneys for winter, think about the fruits that you have gathered this year and how you can hold onto them. How can you keep them sweet in the store of your memory?
As you turn the summer's fruit into jams, jellies and chutneys for winter, think about the fruits that you have gathered this year and how you can hold onto them. How can you keep them sweet in the store of your memory?
~blessing to you and yours~
11 comments:
a blessed lammas to you as well
Wise Words and Beautiful Art. Blessed Lammas to you and your family. I am hoping after our home improvement shenanigans today that we will indeed get to fire up the outdoor cauldron. I love the idea of throwing regrets into the fire.
How beautiful...both your words and the art. Blessings to you and yours.
Mary
Lovely Blessings, Ideas & words. You are so creative and inspiring in what you do and share. Many thanks...I loved the idea of what to do with the regrets. Brightest Blessings )o(
To you and your family I wish a blessed Lammas!
Terrific post on Lammas! Great art choices!
Looking forward to letting go of some things and embracing the future happiness!
May all good things settle in your life and in the lives of those you love!
wishing hubby wasn't working tonight till 8 so all 8 of us could share a fire - but still, the firepit is here - ya'll want to come over for dinner sans Rick tonight and we'll do some good old fashioned burning?
Such appreciated word ´´Lammas´´...I don´t knew that word before!
I like you wise words,my beautiful Faerwillow,absolutely agree and wish you and you familie great Lammas days:-)))*
Love and warm hugs,
***Violetta***
blessed lughnassadh to you and your family
~*~
just wanted to let you know... I had to choose another winner for one of my goodie boxes from my last giveaway because I never heard from one of the winners... and guess what.. .Its your lucky day... You are the winner of my Soul goodie box... its going out in the mail tomorrow... enjoy dear...
Hope you had a wonderful Lammas! Happy Harvest - and Happy August!
Lammas blessings to you and yours, dear Faerwillow!
Post a Comment
~your thoughts i do adore...thank you so for taking time to leave your words of wisdom~