| Lammas Ritual |
| Lammas is the first of the three harvest rituals. At this time the Goddess is pregnate of the God, and the God begins to prepare to travel to the Summerland. This sabbat is also reffered to as Lunghnasad. |
| Alter Decorations: Yellow and Gold Candles, Summer Flowers, Grains, Fruits of the Harvest, Sunflowers, Rye, Corn, Baked Bread, Agate, and Moonstone. Ritual Soap: Oatmeal to honour the harvest Incense: Frankincense, Oak, and Heather Cakes: Oatmeal, Multi-grain Bread Ale: Horilka Colours: Yellow and Gold. Invocation: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust We shall go as we can and do as we must. The body may die but the spirit is free To do greater wonders, so mote it be! Ashes to ashes, clay to clay We shall seek for our center and find our own way. The flesh may be blind but the spirit can see The God within all men, so mote it be! Ashes to ashes, sand to sand, We will use all our talents to heal our great land. The flesh may be weak but the spirit in me Is full with Her blessings, so mote it be. (invocation taken from A Victorian Grimoire by Patricia Telesco) Activies: - Make candles to honour the Sea Goddess and Gods. - String Indian corn - Create and bury a Witch's Bottle - Make a Corn Dolly - Bake corn bread - Collect berries - Have a magickal picnic - Bake homemade bread. - Arrange grains in God and Goddess symbols. - Draw or paint a field of wheat and grains in rich oragne, red, and marigold hues. - Have a Bonfire. Traditional Foods: Mead, beef, spinach, whole wheat bread, broccoli, and cherries. Herbs: Goldenrod, nasturtium, clover blossom, yarrow, heliotrope, boneset, vervain, Queen Anne's lace, myrtle, rose, barley, rice, garlic, onion, basil, mint, aloe, grape vine, marigold, comfrey, holly, hops, mugwort, blueberry leaf, oat, rye, corn, wheat, mushroom, Irish moss, milkweed, poppy, peony, acacia, ivy, hazelnut, meadowsweet, apple leaf, blackthron, raspberry leaf, elder, strawberry leaf, bee pollen, bilberry leaf, and sunflower. |