The Harvest Festival Sabbat of Lughnasadh

August 1st/2nd

Lammas, also known as Lughnasad, or Lughnassadh, is known as a pagan holiday or Sabbat, that reveres this day as a celebration of the First Grain Harvest, a time for gathering with loved ones, expressing gratitude, & celebrating abundance. It is one of the eight yearly festivals that observe the equinoxes and turning points in the seasons known as the Wheel of Year. Pagans & Witches also recognizes this day as the great festival for the Celtic Sun God, Lugh & the Great Grain Mother, Tailtiu; who died of exhaustion from clearing the plains in Ireland for agriculture. The other origin story is that Lughnasadh was a celebration of Lugh’s marriage.

Lammas is a great time to reflect & celebrate on what you have accomplished so far this, but also to remember what you are still striving for.

HERBS FOR LAMMAS

Incorporate these herbs for your spells, rituals, cooking, adding to your altar space, as offerings, burn as incense.

• Wheat or Any Grains

• Heather

• Bay

• Fennel

• Rosemary

• Myrtle

• Basil

• Yarrow

• Mint

• Mugwort

• Comfrey

• Hops

CRYSTALS FOR LAMMAS

Incorporate crystals into a crystal grid, add to your altar space, use as a charm or ward, use in rituals and spells, gift to a friend.

• Citrine

• Peridot

• Tiger’ Eye

• Carnelian

• Lodestone

• Amber

• Adventurine

• Moss Agate

• Yellow Topaz

• Clear Quartz

• Malachite

  ALTAR IDEAS FOR LAMMAS

  Inspiration to incorporate into your personal altar space.

• Gold, Yellow, Orange, Brown Candles

• Sunflowers or any fresh cut flowers

• A Sun Wheel

• Scythe or Sickle Blade

• Flower Garlands

• Dried or Fresh Seasonal Fruit

• Gourds

• The Sun Tarot Card, 10 of cups Tarot Card, 10 of pentacles Tarot Card

• Corn Husk Dolly

• Deceased Loved Ones & Ancestor Photos

• Cornucopias

• Bread

ACTIVITIES FOR LAMMAS

• Bake Fresh Bread or Cook a Meal with intention

• Make a Corn Husk Dolly

• Ground Outside Barefoot or Meditate Outside

• Go on a Nature Walk

• Learn a new skill

• Write a Gratitude List

• Support local farmers & shop at a local farmers market

• Decorate your Altar & Home or Make Crafts

• Nourish Plants

• Have a Bonefire with loved ones

• Enjoy a potluck

• Cast your spells or Manifest using the Sun

• Stargazing

• Enjoy a Beer or Mead with loved Ones

AUGUST CORN POTPOURRI

4 Ears Corns for luck & protection

2 teaspoons Sea Salt for protection & blessing

Spring Water

Remove the husks and silk from the corn and rinse it clean. In a large pot, bring water to boil. Add the salt and then add the corn, cooking until tender, about 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the corn from the water with tongs and set aside. Add the husks and silk to the pot and turn the heat down so that it just simmers. You can leave the pot simmering for as long as desired, adding water if needed. Serve the cooked corn with butter, as it can become food magick for luck, protection, and transformation.

LAMMAS INCENSE RECIPE

1 Tablespoon Basil for love, money, & banishing

1 Tablespoon Rosemary for protection, cleansing, & blessing

1 Tablespoon of Dried Apple Peel for love & healing

1/4 teaspoon Barley for love & protection

1 Pinch Whole Wheat Flour for abundance & fertility

Combine the ingredients and grind the herbs together into a fine powder. Charge with your intention and bottle and label for use.

BRIGID BLACKBERRY PIE RECIPE

Blackberries, a plant sacred to the Irish Goddess Brigid and to the Norse Thunder God Thor, ripen in July & August, and gentle blackberry wines are made from them and dedicated to these deities before Mabon. In Ireland there was, and still is, a folk taboo against eating blackberries after Mabon. Other regions have similar taboos against any simmer berries or grapes after that date, but all berries made into wines for a Goddess or God have always been permissible to keep and use.

4 Cups fresh Blackberries (thawed frozen in okay)

1 1/2 Cup Sugar

1/3 Cup Flour

1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon Salt

Pre-made / Unbaked Pie Crust

Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a deep dish with pie crust, or purchase a commercially-made one. Set aside. Mix all other ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. If it appears too “wet”, mix in a little more flour (about 2 Tablespoons). Turn the fruit into the pie shell and dot with butter or margarine. You can bake the pie as is, or cover it with another pie crust. If you do this, pinch down the ends to hold it to the other crust. Then score the top several times with a sharp knife. Bake for 1 hour, or until the top crust is a golden brown.

RITUALS FOR LAMMAS

• BONEFIRE RELEASING RITUAL - Make a list of everything you want to release or banish from your influence. Take time to write all names, memories, bad habits, limited or toxic mindsets, emotional wounds and traumas, etc. that you feel no longer serves your highest good. It helps to pour all your emotions into the paper as your writing this. Place banishing herbs and oils (angelica, basil, black pepper, cedar, cumin, dragon’s blood, garlic, oak, pine, rowan, rue, garden sage, salt, thistle, thorns, yarrow) on the list and fold away or crumble into a ball away from yourself. When you are ready, speak your peace and throw your list into the bonefire.

• GROUNDING OUTSIDE WITH MOTHER EARTH - Watch to Learn How

• UTILIZE THE WEATHER TO MANIFEST - View Here to Learn How

• BANISH SEXUAL TRAUMA & PAST SEXUAL PARTNERS OUT OF YOUR AURA - View Here to Learn How

• MAKE A MONEY SACHET CHARM - Write your name and date of birth three times on a piece of paper. Optional, anoint the piece of paper with a money or attraction intention oil & Draw a Money Currency Sign or Money Symbol on the back side of the paper. Gather 3 shiny pennies, dried basil or fresh pine needles, citrine or pyrite, and a green drawstring fabric bag. Cleanse & Charge each item with your intention. Put each item in the green bag and keep in your pocket, altar, wallet, or purse to attract money and wealth to you.

Have a Blessed Lughnasadh !