Category: Lammas/Lughnasadh

Lughnasadh, also known as Lammas, is a festival that celebrates the beginning of the harvest season in the Celtic tradition. It is held on August 1st, or halfway between the summer solstice and autumn equinox, and is an official holiday in Ireland. Lughnasadh honors the god Lugh, a master of many crafts and skills, who… Continue reading Lughnasadh/Lammas

NOVEMBER 14, 2022, BY RACHEL PATTERSON READ TIME: 11 MINS When I first began my Pagan journey, I was presented with the Wheel of the Year with which it seemed most Pagans worked. I learned all the dates and correspondences, which took me ages, and I often forgot what was supposed to be where! But I duly… Continue reading A Witch for Every Season: My Version of the Wheel

Once upon a Lammas Night When corn rigs are bonny, Beneath the Moon’s unclouded light, I held awhile to Annie… The time went by with careless heed Between the late and early, With small persuasion, she agreed To see me through the barley… Corn rigs and barley rigs, Corn rigs are bonny! I’ll not forget… Continue reading Happy Lammas/Lughnasadh

Lammas/Lughnasadh Color and Incense Color: Brown=Special Favors To Influence Friendships, Animals, Home, locate lost objects and improve powers of concentration and telepathy, protection of familiars and household pets, earth and faerie magick. Incense In creating incense, a part Measurement can be as small as a teaspoon and as large a cup. It will depend on… Continue reading Lammas/Lughnasadh Color and Incense

Sandalwood Lammas/Lughnasadh Herb Sandalwood Botanical: Santalum album (LINN.) Family: N.O. Santalaceae. A small tree 20 to 30 feet high, with many opposite slender drooping branches, bark smooth grey-brown. Young twigs glabrous; leaves opposite, without stipules, petiole slender, about 1/2 inch long, blade 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long, oval, ovate-oval or lanceolate, acute or… Continue reading Lammas/Lughnasadh Herb