Lammas Blessings
The Mother Goddess
As we reach the beginning of the harvest and Autumn in it's traditional sense, the Sun ripening the fields of crops and warming our souls, we find the time of the "Mother Goddess".
The sacred site in Britain related to this festival celebration is Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. It symbolised a mother's pregnant womb and embodies fertilty at it's best. The Ancient Druids would journey here at the Lammas time (1st August) and celebrate the Mother Goddess at Her most fertile.
As this is a Mother Goddess celebration, the menfolk would gather together separately and celebrate Lughnasad (LOO-NAS-SAH). This celebration of the Celtic God Lugh, the god of craft, skill and master of many arts, was like the olympic games for menfolk!!
The Celtic God Lugh
Young men especially with the guidace of elders would celebrate together for the moon month. Fathers would be at the Lammas festival celebrating with the Mothers and their children.
In tradition their are many Mother Goddess' celebrated. DEMETER the mother of Persephone is also a Grain Goddess of the harvestime. Her blessed realm would be celebrated at Lammas with dancing and the making of Corn Dollys. The first ear of corn cut from the harvest was made into a Goddess' likeness and kept in the home til next year when it was planted into the fields in spring. This helped to ensure the fertility of the land and a good harvest. A fertilty dance at harvestime would help to celebrate the Mother Earth and the Goddess Ana at her most bountiful.
The sacred symbol for PEACE
Lammas Ritual
As this is the time of the harvest, it is nice to celebrate by making an offering of your harvest to the Mother Earth and the Fae. By leaving this offering you are giving thanks for all the bountiful gifts of the Great Mother. Another possibility is to have a picnic with family and friends celebrating of your harvest. Both aspects, the aspect of give-away and the aspect of enjoying yourself are always welcomed by the Mother Goddess' and the Great Mother Herself.
To quote the Native American Commandments of the Great Spirit:
"Dedicate a share of your efforts to the Greater Good"
Blessed Be
