“Lammas Night”

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“Lammas Night”

I stood before my altar at Lammastide, and asked the Lord and Lady to be my guides…

“Please show to me a vision that I may see… what sacrifice is worthy to give to Thee.”

They showed to me an apple without a core… They showed to me a dwelling without a door… They showed to me a palace where They may be, and unlock it without a key…

How can there be an apple without a core? How can there be a dwelling without a door? How can there be a palace where They may be, and They may unlock it without a key?

…My spirit is an apple without a core… …My mind is a dwelling without a door… My heart is a palace where They may be, and unlock it without a key…

I stood before my altar on Lammas night… and gave my Lord and Lady bright… the sacrifice They asked for – with spirit free… Upon that Lammas evening, I gave Them me…

Blessed Be…

—-Author Unknown

 

The Goddess Book of Days for Wednesday, August 1st

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The Goddess Book of Days for Wednesday, August 1st

Wiccan Sabbat, Lammas, or Lughnasadh, for the Harvest God or Horned God. In Ireland, the Sabbat is dedicated to Goddess Tailtu, and her games lasted the month of August. Harvest Gods are Lugh, Baal, Attis, Adonis, Tammuz, Damuzi, Heme, Pan, Bacchus, Dionysus, Ra, Damballah, Quetzalcoatl. Goddesses are Tailtu, Abonde, Habondia, Aida Wedo, Demeter, Ceres, Mawu, Spider Woman, Chicomecoatl, the Com Mothers, Huruing Wuhti, Changing Woman, Tonantzin, Rhea, Gaia, Ge, Ops, Macha, Juno Augusta, Our Lady of the Dark Gates, Bloddeuwedd.

 

Goddesses Associated with Wednesday

For Woden: Isis, Demeter, Ceres, Spider Woman, Bona Dea, Oya, Devi-Kali, Hella, Rhiannon, Coatlique, Maman Brigette

Source

The Goddess Book of Days
Diane Stein

 

The Wicca Book of Days for August 1

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The Wicca Book of Days for August 1

Lughnasadh or Lammas

 

On August 1 Wiccans and Witches celebrate Lughnasadh, or Lammas (to give it its Christianized name), with a Sabbat. This ancient Pagan festival marks the harvesting of the year’s first sheaf of wheat or corn, and with it the self sacrifice of the Horned God in his incarnations as the Corn King, or the Lord of the Harvest. As its name suggest Lughnasadh (‘The Games of Lugh”) was originally linked by the Celts of Ireland with Lugh, their God of Light and possessor of a magical sling and spear, who reputedly established the original festivities in honor of his foster-mother, the Earth Goddess Tailtu.

 

First Fruits

It is acceptable to place fresh fruit on your altar, instead of corn, for your Lughnasadh rite. After you have given thanks to the Horned God and Goddess, and have partaken of the fruit, plant the seeds within in a pot today and encourage them to germinate.

The Pagan Book of Days for Wednesday, August 1

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The Pagan Book of Days for Wednesday, August 1

At this festival of the first harvest, the first corn is cut, bakes into a loaf, and offered to the goddess in thanksgiving. Lammas is the eighth and last station of the year, completion, sacred to Odin and Frigg. Celebrants would ascend the spiral path of the Lammas hill, on their way to Lammas festivities.

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Today is Wednesday, August 1st, Lammas

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Today is Wednesday, August 1st, Lammas

Wednesday is the day of the Teutonic deity known as Wodin or Odin, an aspect of the Allfather, god of knowledge, wisdom, enlightenment and combat, the parallel of Hermes, the planet Mercury.

Deity: Woden

 

Zodiac Sign: Gemini & Virgo

 

Planet: Mercury

 

Tree: Ash

 

Herb: Cinquefoil

 

Stone: Emerald & Sardonyx

 

Animal: Raven & Cat

 

Element: Air

 

Color: Red & Blue

 

Number: 6

 

Rune: Odal(O)

 

Celtic Tree Month of Tinne (Holly) (July 8 – August 4)

 

The Runic Half Month of Thorn (July 29 – August 12)

 

Goddess of the Month of Kerea (July 11 -August 8)

 

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

The Magick of Lammas

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The Magick of Lammas

Also called: Lughnasadh, Lunasdal, August Eve, The Festival of Bread, Elembiuous, Lunasa, Cornucopia(Strega), Thingtide(Teutonic)

Date: August 1 or 2

Symbols: All grain breads, threshing tools, berries (especially blackberries)

Primary spellwork: Bread harvest, first harvest, grain harvest, games of sport, blessig and saining rites, payment of debts, weather magick.

Popular mythos: Marriage of Lugh to the Goddess(varies), sacrifice of fruits to the soil, season of handfasting.

 

Lammas – The Funeral Games of Lugh

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“‘Lughnassad’ means ‘the funeral games of Lugh’, referring to Lugh, the Irish sun god. However, the funeral is not his own, but the funeral games he hosts in honor of his foster-mother Tailte. For that reason, the traditional Tailtean craft fairs and Tailtean marriages (which last for a year and a day) are celebrated at this time. As autumn begins, the Sun God enters his old age, but is not yet dead. It is also a celebration of the first harvest. The Christian religion adopted this theme and called it ‘Lammas’, meaning ‘loaf-mass’, a time when newly baked loaves of bread are placed on the altar. An alternative date around August 5 (Old Lammas), when the sun reaches 15 degrees Leo, is sometimes employed by Covens.”

– Wiccan Holidays, Lughnassad