The Faolan Girl's Lughnasadh Celebration~

Hi everyone! I hope your Lughnasadh celebrations were lovely.

One of my Full Moon Goals was to whip up something yummy for the Sabbat~ Cookies are my specialty, but I decided to try my hand at biscuits! I used several fresh herbs from my witchy garden to make these cheddar & herb biscuits. Judging by how quickly they disappeared, I'd say they were a hit with my family! I also made a jug of strawberry-mint iced tea.



I harvested a bit of my catnip plant as well. I was going to dry it for my kitties, but I think I'd also like to use it for tea!

The energies were perfect for divination! I did a three card reading for the winner of The Faolan Girl's give-away. It was such a lovely reading and I enjoyed it a lot.

Enjoying tea and a movie with my mom! We watched Left Behind, which is decidedly very un-Pagan, but I liked it. This tea is my favourite from DAVIDsTEA!

An oracle reading for myself~ I've been in an odd mood lately, making some very un-Faula-like decisions, and I decided to see what my oracle had to say about it. The reading? Turn Back!

Blessings,

Faula.

Celebrating Lughnasadh: Activities for the Harvest Festival.

♥ Collect rain and storm water for use in spellwork or to empower objects. Add dried herbs and store in glass bottles.

♥ Harvest fruits and vegetables from your garden, or pay a visit to a Farmer's Market for some yummy home-grown produce.

♥ Sacrifice bad habits and unwanted things from your life by throwing symbols of them them into the Sabbat fire. (You can either use a representation or write it on a piece of paper.)

♥ Celebrate the first harvest by eating a meal with foods of the season, such as grain and blueberries.

♥ Take a nature walk!

 ♥ Bake a loaf of bread and share it with your family and friends.

♥ Read poetry. (Whether aloud or in your head!)

♥ Make corn husk chains and corn dollies

♥ Research some of the deities celebrated on this day.

♥ Do some spellwork for releasing energies, blessings, and strengthening relationships.

♥ Hang crystals and/or sun catchers in windows. They will absorb and break up the colors of the sun and thus deflect any negative energy coming in.

Brightest of Lughnasadh blessings to all of my sister-witches, soul sisters, family, friends and readers. May your harvest be abundant and your table be blessed with love, health and happiness!

Faula.

Celebrating Lughnasadh: Decorating Your Altar ☆

Lughnasadh - August 1st.
Lughnasadh (or Lammas) is the first of the three harvest festivals. At this turn of the Wheel of the Year, we celebrate not only the generous bounty of our Mother Earth, but the fruit of our own labour. We honour our strength, our skill, and our vision which allow us to produce a harvest of abundance for ourselves, our families, and our communities.

Lughnasadh (pronounced LOO[d]-nass-ah) is the holy day dedicated to the Irish god Lugh. Lugh is a solar deity, but he is also the god of craft and skill. So at this Wiccan Sabbat we honour the gifts of the Sun, as well as of our own labour.
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While decorating your altar for this Sabbat, think of what the first harvest brings to mind. Is it bright, sunshiney colours? Delicious seeds and grains? Late summer flowers? Incorporate these representations into your decorations or choose a few from the selection below!

Colours: Yellow, orange, red, and brown.

Flowers & herbs: Heather, oak leaves, rosehips, sunflowers, marigolds and corn stalks.

Crystals: Citrine, carnelian, cat's eye, aventurine, obsidian and clear quartz.

Symbols: Corn dollies, threshing tools, baskets of fruit/vegetables, braids of grain, bread, grapes and wine.

Brightest of Lughnasadh blessings,
Faula.