Moonrise Herbs Blog — lammas

Feel me now as bountiful mother;I am fertility & creativity.I am the abundance of the harvest.I am the abundance of life.I create & nurture all beings.My golden cloak is the ripening grain.Pause a moment whenever you eat;Feel my presence.I am the nurturing mother.-Lammas Blessing by Wendy Andrews This coming Monday, August 1st is Lammas/Lughnasad the day of first harvest  which was a blessed time in many pagan cultures.  Here we are are looking at some practices from the Druid/Ancient Celtic/Celtic Neopagan traditions. In earlier times and in many places around the world still, the success of the first harvest determined how successful a...