Post by elaine on Jul 31, 2011 23:25:03 GMT
This is a time of the first Harvest of the year. Grains are ripening, and being harvest, apples will be picked, and flowers are are forming seed pods, as tree are producing fruits and sees too.
Lughnassadh (Loo-NAHS-ah) is named for the Irish sun God, Lugh, and is usually looked upon as the first of the three Pagan harvest festivals.
Lughnasadh is primarily a grain harvest, and breads are prominently featured. Fruits and vegetables which ripen in late summer are also a part of the traditional feast. The Goddess, in her guise as the Queen of Abundance, is honored as the new mother who has given birth to the bounty, and the God is honored as the Father of Prosperity.
It is a time of rejoicing, and of gathering, be it, the harvested grain, and the gathering flower seeds, to save for the next years planting.
The Sun is loosing his strength, as Autumn is approaching, and he is weakening . The spring plants are dying now, and the sunlight is diminishing too.
This is a time when we give thanks, we bake using grains, and hang corn dollies made out of the grain over our doors, or make wreaths using the corn, and apple rings, berries, and nuts of Pine cones.
It is also a lovely time to go out walking in nature, and collect Blackberries too, they can be used with in grain recipes as in thanks too.
A nice way to mark this festival is to find a field full of Corn, wheat or Barley. Stand by it, not to ruin it. Face each other, and make your commitment, to love, respect, and grow together, showing your love for the fields, nature and the goddess too, and both eat a slice of bread, and give thanks to the Goddess.
Lughnassadh (Loo-NAHS-ah) is named for the Irish sun God, Lugh, and is usually looked upon as the first of the three Pagan harvest festivals.
Lughnasadh is primarily a grain harvest, and breads are prominently featured. Fruits and vegetables which ripen in late summer are also a part of the traditional feast. The Goddess, in her guise as the Queen of Abundance, is honored as the new mother who has given birth to the bounty, and the God is honored as the Father of Prosperity.
It is a time of rejoicing, and of gathering, be it, the harvested grain, and the gathering flower seeds, to save for the next years planting.
The Sun is loosing his strength, as Autumn is approaching, and he is weakening . The spring plants are dying now, and the sunlight is diminishing too.
This is a time when we give thanks, we bake using grains, and hang corn dollies made out of the grain over our doors, or make wreaths using the corn, and apple rings, berries, and nuts of Pine cones.
It is also a lovely time to go out walking in nature, and collect Blackberries too, they can be used with in grain recipes as in thanks too.
A nice way to mark this festival is to find a field full of Corn, wheat or Barley. Stand by it, not to ruin it. Face each other, and make your commitment, to love, respect, and grow together, showing your love for the fields, nature and the goddess too, and both eat a slice of bread, and give thanks to the Goddess.