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Lammas Newsletter
It's the season of Lammas (or Lughnasa), celebrated on 1st August and marks the first harvest of the year. It is a time when all the hedge grows are bursting, so unsurprisingly the themes of this Sabbat are abundance and warmth, success and prosperity, gratitude and patience. Traditionally this time is celebrated by harvesting the wheat and baking bread with it, but unfortunately, (unless you're rocking a flour mill in your house ) we have to work with what we've got. lol! It is all about intention, after all! This is also a time to gather round the fire... well let's face it every Sabbat has a fire involved, but this is actually the third fire festival of the year, You can play games with your nearest and dearest and drink mead (or sloe gin) and then offer it to the Earth as a thankyou if you want! Do it quietly though, we don't want the neighbours thinking we're nuts!
***Have a wonderful, blessed Lammas season***
Celebrate Lammas
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Lighting fires
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Baking bread and blackberry pie
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Make corn dollies
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Write a gratitude journal or make a jar
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Harvest what is already grown.
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Buy and sell something to increase wealth.
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Go to the farmer's market
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Play games
Herbs and Essential oils
Sandal wood
Patchouli
Chamomile
Lavender
Saint John's Wort
Heather
Rosemary
Sunflower
Crystals of the season - Citrine, Carnelian and Tigers eye.
Bless the earth, that grows the grain,
Bless the water, that gives us rain.
Bless the wind,that seeds the spread,
Bless the fire, that bakes the bread.