Mark your calanders and make sure you come to the Lughnasadh Ritual Tuesday ~ August 1, 2006 At:  Mstikal Seasons Open Circle Chatroom.  5pm Pacific/7pm Central/8pm Eastern Be sure to read the etiquette page and take the full day to prepare for this very special Sabbat Ritual.  It is important that all students and dedicants come to this ritual as it is an important part of your training. So please clear your calanders so you may come and join us in this special Circle.

Hand-make some bread..either a mix or frozen to oven..but do make it..actually kneading the bread is a ritual that will bring this harvest in the to realization of what it means.

As you mix the grains and knead the dough, you will see that we must be thankful for what is grown during this summertime. It is harvested at Lughnasadh so that you can actually have the grain to feed your body and your family for the coming winter. As you make this bread , you watch it rise and grow full as the Goddess belly does as she readies for birth...and smell the aroma as it cooks....Think of it as the aroma of past generations and how they did not always have a store to go to at midnight..They harvested and ground the grain. They gathered the eggs and milked the cows whose calf nursed what was left. These ingredients came together to make the sustanance that fed families and livestock alike. It was important to be thankful and always to save a enough grain for springs' planting...this, Dear Ones, was life. We do not think of it as it is all done for us now...but we must be thankful for the ones that came before that made it possible for each wheel to turn that brought us into being.

Go out and see what you can harvest...Is there a market that has something you can pick from the vine..or from the field...I would like to see you harvest it yourself , if at all possible. This will be part of your personal harvest.

Prepare your Alter

 ... This should have on it, the things you harvest as well as homage to the aging Lord & Lady. You may choose to have incense burning, if so, something earthy...patchouli , cedar, frankinsence or sandlewood are good choices...