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Samhain/Beltane Masterpost
Northern Hemisphere
Samhain History
Samhain Facts
Samhain Correspondences
Samhain Crystals
Samhain Colors
Samhain Plants
Samhain Incense & Oils
Samhain Animals
Samhain Food
Samhain Ritual & Magick
Samhain Deities
Samhain Altar
Samhain Activities
Last Minute Samhain Ideas
Southern Hemisphere
Beltane History
Beltane Facts
Beltane Correspondences
Beltane Incense & Oils
Beltane Colors
Beltane Crystals
Beltane Plants
Beltane Animals
Beltane Altar
Beltane Food
Beltane Deities
Beltane Ritual & Magick
Beltane Activities
Last Minute Beltane Ideas
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🌼Beltane🌺
I’m so ready for Beltane this year! My friends and I plan on celebrating together by having a picnic and spending quality time together. Here are some correspondences and fun ways to celebrate!
Colors 🌈
Red
Green
White
Any bright colors!
Altar decorations 🔥
Flowers
Vegetables
Mini Maypoles
Animal figurines
Rose quartz
Red candles
Brooms
Flower crowns
Objects that symbolize fire
Spell themes🪄
Cleansing
Love
Abundance
Manifestations
Fae work
Glamours
Plants 🪴
Hawthorn
Lilies
Rowan
Daisies
Birch
Roses
Tulips
Food 🍲
Bread
Oats
Berries
Milk
Salad
Cheese
Ice cream
Activities ☀️
Make a flower crown
Have a picnic
Dance around a maypole
Take a nature walk
Have a spa day
Take a bath
Make music
Write songs and poetry
Spend time with people you love
Have a bonfire
I hope everyone has a wonderful Beltane! Let me know if you try anything on this list🌳💐
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Beltane (May 1st) is almost here, we celebrate spring being at its peak and everything around us being in bloom.
The sun is shining bright again, and the days are now longer.
Beltane correspondences:
Symbols | bonfire, lots of candles, sun, flowers and flower crowns, maypoles, colored ribbons
Colors | yellow, white, green, pink, reds
Spells | fertility, love, cleansing, spellss for creativity and beauty
Crystals | rose quartz, carnelian, jasper
Herbs and flowers | tulips, violets, mint, rosemary
Foods to make | salad, cake or pie, dishes with honey, breads, nuts
How to celebrate | Light a bonfire, go out in nature, make love, dancing, make a maypole
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Witchcraft 101: Wicca & The Wheel of The Year
Paganism - An umbrella term for many nature-based and polytheistic spiritual traditions. Note that not all pagans practice witchcraft.
Wicca - A pagan, nature-based religious movement. Wicca blends aspects of witchcraft, nature veneration, and ceremonial magic. It places a strong emphasis on honoring nature and follows a duotheistic belief system often known as the Triple Goddess and Horned God.
Wheel of The Year
The wheel reflects the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth in the natural world and is central to the rituals, spells, and celebrations of many pagan and witchcraft traditions. The Wheel of the Year is divided into eight significant points, which correspond to the Sabbats or festivals:
Samhain (October 31st): Also known as All Hollow's Eve, marks the beginning of the Wheel of the Year and is associated with the end of the harvest season and the onset of winter. Samhain is a time for honoring ancestors, reflecting on mortality, and recognizing the thinning of the veil between the physical and spirit worlds. Samhain is a time to acknowledge the cyclical nature of life and death and to connect with the spiritual realm.
Yule (Winter Solstice, typically around December 21st): Marks the rebirth of the sun, with a focus on light, hope, and renewal during the darkest time of the year. Yule customs include lighting candles or a Yule log, feasting, gift-giving, and spending time with loved ones. It's a significant part of the Wheel of the Year, emphasizing the cyclical nature of life and the changing seasons.
Imbolc (February 1st): Marks the early signs of spring and the gradual return of light and warmth. Imbolc is associated with the Celtic goddess Brigid and is a time for purification, cleaning, and preparing for the coming season's growth. It's often celebrated with rituals, candle lighting, and dedication to Brigid. Imbolc highlights the theme of renewal and the awakening of life after the winter months.
Ostara (Spring Equinox, typically around March 21st): Marks the arrival of spring, where day and night are in balance. Ostara is a time for celebrating fertility, new beginnings, and the growth of life. It is often associated with themes of rebirth, renewal, and the awakening of nature. Common customs include egg decorating, planting seeds, and celebrating the return of warmth and longer days.
Beltane (May 1st): Celebration of fertility, love, and the union of the goddess and god. Beltane is often observed with rituals, bonfires, Maypole dancing, and other festivities that emphasize the vitality and growth of life in the natural world.
Midsummer (Summer Solstice, typically around June 21st): Also known as Litha, marks the longest day of the year when the sun is at its peak. Midsummer is a time for harnessing the sun's energy, celebrating the abundance of nature, and enjoying outdoor festivities. Common customs include lighting bonfires, dancing, and gathering herbs and flowers for magical and medicinal purposes.
Lughnasadh (August 1st): Also known as Lammas, marks the first harvest of the year and is associated with the Celtic god Lugh. Lughnasadh is a festival dedicated to expressing gratitude for the Earth's bountiful harvest and agricultural abundance. Traditional practices during this time involve crafting corn dollies, enjoying meals made from freshly harvested crops, and engaging in various games and competitions.
Mabon (Autumn Equinox, typically around September 21st): Marks the second harvest and a time of balance when day and night are equal. Mabon is a festival for reflecting on gratitude, giving thanks for the fruits of the Earth, and preparing for the darker months ahead. Common customs include feasting on seasonal foods, making offerings to the land, and creating altars with symbols of the season.
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Persian Love Cake for Beltane
This honey syrup soaked cake adorned with rose petals and fragrant with cardamom is the perfect dessert to represent an amorous holiday full of love. While traditional recipes include bannocks and honey cakes, this persian delicacy truly fills the senses and corresponds beautifully with the height of spring.
You can find the full recipe here from the above photo, but my version is below.
For the cake:
3/4 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
3 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 cup almond meal
1 cup all purpose flour
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
For the syrup:
1 cup honey
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup cold water
1/2 teaspoon rose water
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9 inch square pan.
In a large bowl, mix 3/4 cups sugar, canola oil, and eggs, until well combined.
Add the remaining dry ingredients and stir until smooth. Pour into the cake pan and bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
While the cake is baking, combine all syrup ingredients into a pot over medium high heat and bring to a boil. Turn down to low heat and simmer 5 - 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to sit until cake is out of the oven.
Allow the cake to cool for ten minutes and then slowly pour honey syrup over cake. It will take a moment for the cake to absorb all of the syrup, so if you pour all of it right away it may spill over!
Let cake come to room temperature before cutting. Serve warm or cold! Adorn with chopped pistachios and edible rose petals optionally.
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The Celtic Tree Zodiac: Find Your Tree Sign in the Celtic Tree Calendar
⛤ The Ogham Grove ⛤
The Ogham Grove is a modern way of working with the Ogham, as both a year wheel and as a sacred circle, or grove; for both solitary rituals and group work within a sacred landscape - and as an internal, astral sanctuary, within one's own mind - one's inner grove.
Whilst the Ogham Grove is a modern way of working with the Ogham, it is actually based upon the oldest known tree sequence attributed to the Ogham; that which was recorded in The Scholar's Primer - which was compiled into the Book of Ballymote circa 1390 AD.
Of course the Ogham may have corresponded with specific trees long before 1390 AD
but there is no earlier evidence. The oldest evidence of the Ogham writing system is that of inscribed pillar-stones; the oldest of which appear to date to the 4th century.
Simply, the Ogham Grove is created by placing the trees of the Ogham, evenly spaced (every 18 degrees), around a circle; when one does this, all manner of meaningful patterns begin to emerge - aligning trees (and their mythological lore) with specific stars, deities, and times of the year. This opens up exciting new fields of research into Celtic studies.
knowledge across arts, music and poetry, as well as science, language, and environment. They understood that human life was a small part of a much larger pattern, and that these rhythms could be worked out by careful observation, and strict adherence to an annual cycle – the Celtic Ogham Wheel of the Year.
The inner wheel represents the Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,3,5,8,13.
1 – the single point, the centre of all things
2 – the spiral stirring within the cauldron
3 – the Triskellion, the three maidens attending the cauldron
5 – the Rose, the Queen of every hive
8 – the Fire Festivals
13 – the Ogham lunar sequence
The Outer Wheels depict the current calendar months, the signs of the zodiac, and the full grove of the 20 Ogham trees in their natural order, beginning with Birch.
THE FIRE FESTIVALS
The eight Fire Festivals take place at the solstices and equinoxes of the solar year, and help to bring a deeper connectedness and understanding of the world around us and the importance of living in harmony with that world.
The Festivals are as follows:
Winter Solstice (Yule): 20th December
Imbolc: 1st February
Spring Equinox (Ostara): 19th March
Beltane: 1st May
Summer Solstice (Litha): 21st June
Lughnasadh/Lammas: 1st August
Autumn Equinox (Mabon): 21st September
Samhain: 31st October
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grimoire organization 2022
Greetings, everyone! This is how I've organized my grimoire for 2022. I use Obsidian to write it digitally.
This is just my personal preference for organization, so no worries if yours looks different! There are as many ways to organize a grimoire as there are witches and wizards in the world.
Tell me what you think! What parts do you like? What do you think I should add? Anything I'm missing or suggestions to make it better? Feel free to comment how you organize your grimoire below!
Farewell, and good tidings!
Branwen
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01.00 introduction
01.01 book blessing + protection
01.02 devotion/dedication
01.03 codes/rules/tenets
personal code
code of celtic druidism
the celtic commandments
01.04 intentions and goals
goals
intentions
01.05 learn more/add to grimoire (notes)
02.00 about author
02.01 names
02.02 personal craft
02.03 life path number
02.04 birth tarot card
the emperor
02.05 astrology birth chart
sun in leo
moon in capricorn
ascendant in aquarius
mercury in virgo
venus in leo
mars in pisces
jupiter in leo
saturn in cancer
uranus in pisces
neptune in aquarius
pluto in sagittarius
02.06 celtic zodiac
hazel “the knower”
02.07 personal beliefs (brief)
02.08 favorites
color
magical tools
herbs
crystals
02.09 relationships with spiritual beings
02.10 psychic abilities (clair-)
02.11 personal signature/symbols
02.12 ancestry
02.13 how i want to be remembered
03.00 basics
03.01 types of spells
cleansing
saining
warding
enchanting
verbal spells
invocation
evocation
candle spells
sigil spells
jar spells
ratchets
rituals
03.02 ritual work
the ritual model
intent
visualization
consecration
meditation + grounding
directing energy
clockwise vs. counterclockwise
03.03 types of correspondences
protection
healing
cleansing
banishing
luck
mental clarity
03.04 sabbats
about sabbats
yule (winter solstice)
imbolc
ostara (spring equinox)
beltane
litha (summer solstice)
lughnahsadh
mabon (fall equinox)
samhain (halloween)
03.05 altars
03.06 spirit guides
about spirit guides
ancestor guides
ascended masters
archetype guides
guardian angels
animal guides
03.07 auras
about auras
chakras
03.08 alphabets + code language
ogham alphabet [not featured here]
03.09 symbols
celtic symbols
03.10 about divination
04.00 nature
04.01 the three elements
nwyfre
gwyar
calas
04.02 talking to nature
04.03 lunar phases
full moon
new moon
waxing crescent
first quarter
waxing gibbous
waning gibbous
last quarter
waning crescent
blue moon
black moon
lunar eclipse “blood moon”
solar eclipse
moon void
04.04 herbs
tips
for saining
medicinal
misc
how to dry + store
04.05 gardening
companion plants
herbs
night-blooming plants
04.06 waters
rain water
storm water
dew water
snow water
moon water
sun water
river water
sea water
spring water
lake water
well water
swamp water
rose water
florida water
salt water
rosemary water
how to make moon water
04.07 aromatherapy
essential oils
custom for calm
05.00 minerals
05.01 crystals (by intention)
ones i own
ones i do not own
05.02 stones
precious stones
hag stones
wishing rocks
heart stones
05.03 jewelry
05.04 amulets
about amulets
charging amulets
05.05 charging
05.06 cleansing + care
05.07 salts
purposes
06.00 spirits
06.01 relationships with the spirits
06.02 when making offerings…
06.03 offering ideas
06.04 spirit guides
how to contact
talking to spirit guides
questions to ask
06.05 the fae
about the fae
offering ideas
(some) types of fae
07.00 altars
07.01 layouts
07.02 what to use/ideas
07.03 for the elements
nwyfre
gwyar
calas
07.04 for sabbats
yule (winter solstice)
imbolc
ostara (spring equinox)
beltane
litha (summer solstice)
lughnahsadh
mabon (fall equinox)
samhain (halloween)
08.00 recipes
08.01 general tips
08.02 infusions
tips
herb-infused oil
rose oil
08.03 foods
lughnasadh herb bread
litha orange honey cake
rosemary-honey shortbread
enchanting flower and herb spread
08.04 drinks
fire cider
08.05 potions
08.06 natural remedies
elderberry syrup
08.07 lotions
rose hip lotion [personal]
08.08 cleaning products
pine needle spray
08.09 misc
incense
four thieves vinegar
09.00 spells + rituals
09.01 affirmations
lunar affirmations
09.02 sigils
passive sigils
active sigils
creating sigils
charging sigils
09.03 sachets + jars
anti-anxiety sachet
09.04 prayers
simple opening prayer [personal]
druids prayer
09.05 blessings
old irish blessing
blessing lavender tea [personal]
garden blessing
seedling blessing
09.06 lunar rituals
new moon
waxing crescent
first quarter
waxing gibbous
full moon
waning gibbous
last quarter
waning crescent
09.07 sabbat rituals
yule (winter solstice)
ostara (spring equinox)
beltane
litha (summer solstice)
lughnahsadh
mabon (fall equinox)
samhain (halloween)
09.08 birthday ritual
09.09 solitary dedication ritual
10.00 divination
10.01 astrology birth charts
sun
moon
ascendant
mercury
venus
mars
jupiter
saturn
uranus
neptune
pluto
10.02 zodiac signs
aquarius
pisces
aries
taurus
gemini
cancer
leo
virgo
libra
scorpio
sagittarius
capricorn
10.03 celtic zodiac
rowan
ash
alder
willow
hawthorn
oak
holly
hazel
vine
ivy
reed
elder
birch
10.04 basic tarot card meanings
major arcana
minor arcana, cups
minor arcana, swords
minor arcana, staffs
minor arcana, discs
10.05 tarot spreads
10.06 cleansing the tarot deck
10.07 omens
10.08 psychic abilities
about psychic powers
what to use them for
developing psychic abilities
11.00 library
11.01 dictionary/encyclopedia (?)
11.02 science and magic(k)
matter and energy
11.03 celts
deities
celtic clothing
celtic days
hand-fasting
11.04 druidry
about druidry
bard
ovate
druid
druid organizations
11.05 paganism + animism
11.06 types of divination
augury
astragalomancy
biorhythms
cartomancy
tarot
cleromancy
rhabdomancy
numerology
osteomancy
sacred geometry
tasseomancy
theriomancy
11.07 types of witches/witchcrafts
green witch
eclectic witch
kitchen witch
solitary witch
cottage witch
grey witch
hedge witch
sea witch
religious witch
moon witch
sun witch
elemental witch
fire witch
earth witch
water witch
air witch
swamp witch
faery witch
cosmic witch
divination witch
crystal witch
secular witch
urban witch
literary witch
forest witch
music witch
chaos witch
shadow witch
techno witch
desert witch
art witch
natural witch
hereditary witch
11.08 types of psychic ability
clairvoyance
clairaudience
clairecognizance
clairsentience
clairalience
clairgustance
psychometry
11.09 tree lore
oak
hazel
hawthorn
11.10 animal lore
salmon
cranes
serpents
bees
ladybugs
butterflies
dragonflies
owls
hawks
crows
spiders
11.11 misc correspondences
shapes
colors
weekdays
elements
12.00 inspiration
12.01 legends and myths
fionn mac cumhaill and the salmon of knowledge
12.02 poetry
celandines
alder dance
the oak tree
augeries of innocence
putting in the seed
hermitage
to the cardinal, attacking his reflection in the window
nature aria
the gray heron
12.03 artwork [not featured here]
12.04 photography [not featured here]
13.00 shadow book [personal]
13.01 affirmations
13.02 recipes
13.03 cleansing
13.04 warding
13.05 enchanting
13.06 verbal spells
13.07 candle spells
13.08 sigil spells
13.09 jar spells + sachets
13.10 crystals
13.11 rituals
13.12 tarot divination
readings
getting to know the field tarot deck [archive]
13.13 dreams
13.14 craft challenges
13.15 holiday celebrations
13.16 miscellaneous
13.17 craft advice
from mickey
14.00 personal beliefs
14.01 personal beliefs (expanded)
14.02 creation of the universe
14.03 death + otherworld
14.04 time
14.05 “spirituality”
14.06 magick
15.00 index of personal contributions
16.00 list of sources of information
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April Magick 🌷
Hello darlings 🥰
As the season changes and spring blooms, it's a great time to refresh your magical toolkit. Here are some herbs, spices, crystals, and other tools that you can incorporate into your magic this April and their corresponding properties:
🌿HERBS & SPICES:
Lavender: calming, promotes relaxation and sleep
Mint: energy, mental clarity, and focus
Rosemary: protection, purification, and memory enhancement
Cinnamon: abundance, warmth, and love
Chamomile: prosperity, good luck, and relaxation
Thyme: courage, strength, and purification
💎CRYSTALS:
Clear Quartz: clarity, amplification, and healing
Rose Quartz: love, harmony, and peace
Citrine: abundance, success, and creativity
Amethyst: intuition, spiritual connection, and relaxation
Black Tourmaline: protection, grounding, and transformation
Selenite: purification, clarity, and spirituality
🔥INCENSE:
Jasmine: love and sensuality
Lavender: relaxation and healing
Rose: love spells and self-care rituals
🪔 ESSENTIAL OILS:
Citrus oils: uplifting, energising, and new beginnings (eg. lemon, grapefruit, and orange)
Peppermint and eucalyptus: clarity and focus
🕯️CANDLES:
Yellow: represents the sun and new beginnings
Green: growth and abundance
Pink: love and self-care rituals
Red: use to incorporate a bit of the Beltane energy
🔮OTHER TOOLS:
Tarot cards: divination, self-discovery, and guidance
Pendulum: divination, decision-making, and energy balancing
Remember, the magic is within you, and these tools are here to support and enhance your practice. Use them with intention, gratitude, and respect.
With love, from a Sappy Witch 🔮💕
Blessed be. 🕊✨
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May correspondences
Rose
Cats
Earth
Personal growth
Foxglove
Emerald
Taurus
Air
Amber
Lily of the valley
Beltane
Gemini
Flower moon
Diamond
Swans
Sandalwood
Hawthorn
Lynx
Faeries
Carnelian
Intuition
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May Masterpost
This post will contain links to my posts connected to May, it’s energies, astrology, full moon etc.
I hope you will like this post!
Some of the dates my vary depending on where you live..
The Magick of May
May 1 - Beltane
The History of Beltane
Beltane Facts
Beltane Correspondences
Beltane Incense & Oils
Beltane Colors
Beltane Crystals
Beltane Plants
Beltane Animals
Beltane Altar
Beltane Food
Beltane Deities
Beltane Ritual & Magick
Beltane Activities
Last Minute Beltane Ideas
Pluto Retrograde Begins
May 5
Flower Moon 🌸🌕 (Scorpio)
Lunar Eclipse
May 6
Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower (Both Hemispheres)
May 14
Happy Magickal Mother’s Day
May 15
Mercury Rx Ends
May 19
Taurus New Moon
May 21
Happy Gemini Season!
Gemini Sun
The Decanates of Gemini
Gemini – The Magician
The Cusps of Gemini
Gemini Crystals
The Perfect Scent For Gemini
Gemini Food
Gemini and Animals
Witchcraft by signs – Gemini
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#spells • #spell work • #spell jars
#rituals • #energy work
#elemental magic
#chronically ill magic
DIVINATION
#divination • #tarot • #runes • #pendulums
#astrology • #moon magic • #solar magic
#numerology • #sacred geometry
#sigils • #symbols
#ancestors
DEITIES, SPIRITS, ANCESTRY
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#norse • #greek • #roman • #egyptian • #slavic • #celtic
PATHS & PRACTICES
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Lughnasadh
Learn about the holiday of Lughnasadh and how you can celebrate!
Photo Credit: Polina Rytova
What is Lughnasadh?
Pronounced LOO-nah-sah, Lughnasadh is an old Gaelic festival named after the god Lugh. The name “Lughnasadh” is Old Irish for (roughly) “The Gathering of Lugh”.
Also called Lúnasa (modern Irish), Lùnastal (Scottish Gaelic), and Luanistyn (Manx Gaelic).
Lughnasadh starts at sunset on July 31st and ends the night of August 1st, being halfway between the Summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox; the holiday is one of four known Seasonal Festivals of the Gaelic-speaking people, the others include Beltane, Samhain, and Imbolc.
Note: The Holiday is held on January 31st – February 1st in the Southern Hemisphere!
Who is Lugh?
Lugh has many epithets, including (but not limitied to) Lugh Lámfada “of the long arm”, Ildánach ”the Skilled God” , and Macnia “the Youthful Warrior”.
He is the god of many skills, art, and justice. Though he also had a trickster side.
Lugh is also linked to lightning and the sun due to the etymology of his name; Lugh has been suggested to translate as “light” and one of his many epithets is “The Shining One”.
Feel free to read more about Lugh in this Deity Guide I wrote for him or look at the references and further reading section below!
History, Lore and Traditions
The Holiday may be named after Lugh, but one of the more popular myths around Lughnasadh is that Lugh had created it in honor of his foster mother, Tailtiu, who died of exhaustion after readying the fields for agriculture.
Competitive games, particularly the Tailteann Games or Áenach Tailten (modern spelling: Aonach Tailteann) were held during this time.
Feasts were had, as the holiday originated in legend as a funeral feast for Tailtiu.
Holy wells were visited during Lughnasadh, much like the other Celtic holidays. People would pray and offer coins (or clooties) while walking around the well clockwise.
As Lugh is also the god of oath-keeping and justice, contracts were signed and diplomatic meetings were held during Lughnasadh.
Matchmaking and hand-fastings were held on Lughnasadh. Specifically trial marriages were started on this day, with a trial period of a year and a day; you could finalize it after the year’s end or end the marriage.
Bonfires were sometimes lit but were not necessarily a huge part of this particular holiday.
Traditionally for Lughnasadh, folks would take the first corn of the harvest and climb to the top of a hill or otherwise high location to bury it as an offering.
A sacred bull would also be sacrificed sometimes, and the meat of the bull would be a part of the feast. The bull would then be replaced by a new, younger bull for the next year’s festival.
The exact traditions of the holiday would vary based on the culture, location, and even family of those celebrating it.
A Note on Lammas
Often conflated, Lammas, the two holidays share many similarities but are different in origin and history. Lughnasadh is Gaelic and Pagan whereas Lammas is Anglo-Saxon and Christian.
In the References and Further Reading section below you can read a great blog post about it titled “A Little History of Lammas” in which the author puts it perfectly:
Conflating these two holidays:
"...is not just an oversimplification but also culturally tone-deaf; even if they have linked origins - and that's a big if - the Irish and English festivals have very different histories, and have to be understood within their different cultural contexts.”
Modern Day Lughnasadh
Correspondences
Note: Any historic or traditional offerings will be marked with a (T). Your offerings do not have to be historic to be valid, this is just my way of categorizing!
Deities
Lugh is obviously the main deity for this holiday historically.
Other deities that honor harvests and agriculture and such could also be celebrated on this day. A few examples include:
Osiris
Demeter
Ceres
Freyr
Colors
Warm colors like orange, yellow, and gold.
Warm brown tones.
Earthy Green
Herbs and Plants
Corn (T)
Wheat (T)
Basil
Calendula
Chamomile
Echinacea
Fennel
Lemon balm
Marjoram
Nasturtium
Rosemary
Sage
Sunflowers
Sweet alyssum
Thyme
Yarrow
Stones/Metals/Crystals
Gold
Citrine
Tiger’s eye jasper
Ruby
Hematite
Spell work
Spells that deal with justice and fairness
Creating contracts with spirits or deities
Spells that deal with abundance
Prosperity spells
Offerings
Coins (T)
Corn (T)
Bilberries (T)
Blueberries
Pies (specifically bilberry or blueberry pies)(T)
Wine (T)
Cake (T)
Activities
Play Cornhole
Play athletic/competitive games
Bake a cake
Prepare a feast (T)
Take a walk and appreciate the coming change of the seasons
Research Lugh, his foster mother, and Celtic history
Climb a hill and bury an offering (T)
Set up or decorate your altar using items from the list above (or your own correspondences!)
These are only some offerings, correspondences, and activities that you could do for Lughnasadh. If you want to celebrate in a different way you certainly can!
Citations and Further Readings
Lughnasadh - New World Encyclopedia
Lugh - Mythopedia
A Little History of Lammas by A Clerk of Oxford
July Garden - Tenth Acre Farm (used for herbal references)
Lammas - Britannica
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Lugh, of the Light, by Forest Rogers 2020
"Lughnasadh or Lughnasa is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. In Modern Irish it is called Lúnasa, in Scottish Gaelic: Lùnastal, and in Manx: Luanistyn. Traditionally it is held on 1 August, or about halfway between the summer solstice and autumn equinox. In recent centuries some of the celebrations have been shifted to the Sunday nearest this date.
Lughnasadh is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along with Samhain, Imbolc and Beltane. It corresponds to other European harvest festivals such as the Welsh Gŵyl Awst and the English Lammas.
In Irish mythology, the Lughnasadh festival is said to have begun by the God Lugh (modern spelling: Lú) as a funeral feast and athletic competition (see funeral games) in commemoration of his mother or foster-mother Tailtiu. She was said to have died of exhaustion after clearing the plains of Ireland for agriculture. Tailtiu may have been an Earth Goddess who represented the dying vegetation that fed mankind. The funeral games in her honour were called the Óenach Tailten or Áenach Tailten (modern spelling: Aonach Tailteann) and were held each Lughnasadh at Tailtin in what is now County Meath."
-taken from wikipedia
#lughnasadh#celtic gods#celtic mythology#pagan#paganism#sculpture#figurine#statue#celts#celtic#history#art#tailteann#tailtiu#forest rogers
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After the great fail of OneDrive, I've not been up to having rewrite work I've already done once before so I started a writing exercise. Write some words for any concept that I'd like to tackle. In true Way fashion, it has...grown.
So, here is about 700 words of about 5k. M for language and implications of future dubcon (A/B/O dynamics [A!K and O!P]). Marriage of convenience. Just for interest, in this universe, the wolves do descend from Gaelic roots as wolves as we know them don't exist in Thailand and hence the familiarity with (summer) Beltane (and Bel) as well as the hunt (Cernunnos). Not that it matters at all as it's more the basis for events rather than a huge mythos piece.
Porsche has been dreading his last wedding celebration with an itch in his canines to rip into everyone and everything. A marriage of convenience, they said. Whose? Definitely not his. Not his husband who comes home smelling of other more obliging omegas. Despite coming so far into the 21st century, some wolves refuse to let go of their traditions and their base instincts. Families bred for power over a true desire to bond. No, this was a marriage of necessity. One he instigated but the further it progresses the more he understands how poor a decision that was.
“We’ll drive out to the campsite before sunset,” Kinn tells him in the sunroom downstairs over coffee and an assortment of breakfast foods.
The only comfort he has is the sickening twist that Kinn looks just as uncomfortable as he feels. All the preparations, the parties and the egregious handholding, were scheduled so that their last feast and hunt would fall on the first day of May, coinciding with their prayers to their ancestral gods Bel and Cernunnos for a hearty bounty in the coming year. Since his new husband doesn’t farm, the bounty they wish for is for a healthy pup inside him. All things befitting a marriage not as doomed as theirs.
Fuck if I let him touch me. Porsche grunts and pushes melon around his plate with a fork. Kinn folds up his napkin and puts it over the top of his plate, pushing back his chair to stand and rebutton his suit jacket. Today’s is different from yesterday's and the days before that. Porsche is sure Kinn has more suits than he has underwear.
“One more night and we can be done with each other,” Kinn says quietly.
“You can be done with me,” Porsche says as he tips his head up to look at Kinn, “You can do whatever you want. Me, I’m stuck with you.”
Kinn searches his face and Porsche fights to keep his face passive and not scowl. In another time, another world, he might have found Kinn attractive.
“You’ve made that clear.”
Porsche narrows his eyes because he doesn’t understand the tone, “Am I wrong?”
It’s the one concession he can make. The day Kinn put the gold wedding band on his finger, he should have placed a corresponding bite on his nape…but he didn’t. The moment he does, Porsche’s future dies with him. All Porsche’s heats are Kinn’s heats; his children are Kinn’s. Less than a slave, he’s a vessel for someone else’s desires.
“You know where the door is,” Kinn stares at him, giving him a hard look and Porsche sighs and leans back in his chair. Everything his family received; the money, the protection, the status in the pack, all disappears.
“Don’t expect me to slick my asshole for you,” Porsche knows he’s being vulgar and Kinn flinches in the way Porsche has come to know him to. His face doesn’t move but his eyes flicker, almost as if his wolf answers Porsche’s anger rather than the man. “Don’t expect to get anywhere near me.”
Porsche realizes that maybe he has pushed too far because Kinn leans down, hand on the table, “If you really thought you stood a chance, you’d have stopped taking those extra strong suppressants.”
Just because he realizes, doesn’t mean he can stop himself: “Sorry if I don’t want the stench of you following me around while I’m trying to eat.”
Kinn leans back and stands up again, “Pretend all you want. You signed yourself up for the task and refused the exit. Your asshole, anyway it comes, is mine.”
Porsche is practically seething and Kinn adjusts his cufflinks, "You'll prepare yourself as you're expected to and we will act out this farce."
"Why are you doing this?" Porsche can't help but ask.
"You asked for my help, not my reasoning," Kinn turns and proceeds to the dining room door before disappearing. Porsche watches him go and sighs, with relief or frustration, he isn't sure.
Marriage of convenience, marriage of the borderline insane, he decides and spears a piece of melon onto his fork before popping it into his mouth. What's done is done and Kinn, despite Porsche's recalcitrance, is right. Porsche chose this repeatedly in the last few weeks and now he has to pony up and deliver.
#way writes#kinnporsche#fic#text#m rated#a/b/o dynamics#alpha!kinn/omega!porsche#everyone is a wolf#and they're gaelic wolves because weres likely don't exist in thaliand#not yet but there will be inherent dubcon#AND IT WAS A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE
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How I Incorporated the Greek Gods into the Wheel of the Year - Neopagan
Welcome back to my page. Today I'll be discussing how I embraced neopaganism and revivalism to create my own Pagan path. This was really difficult for me to do but I'll link and write as much as I can to tell you how I got where I got.
Sources
Holidays, Dieties, etc. Notes from Book of Shadows
What is Imbolc?
Celebrated either Feb 1st or 2nd -> marks the halfway point between winter solstice and spring equinox -> marks beginning of spring -> pagan fire festival -> time to honor fertility -> associated with pregnancy and cleaning
How to celebrate
-> light candles in every room
-> plants seeds
-> bake oatcakes
-> make Brigid dollies or crosses
-> decorate altar with symbols and colors for imbolc
Gods to worship (only Greek ones)
-> Aphrodite
-> Athena
-> Hestia
What is Ostara?
Marks the beginning of spring -> March 19-23 -> good time to literally and figuratively plant seeds for the future -> good time to start new goals and ideas you thought about on yule and imbolc -> good time for spring cleaning
Ways to Celebrate
-> spring clean the house
-> decorate altar with ostara colors and symbols
-> take time to meditate and journal and think about your intentions for the next few weeks
Gods to Worship
-> Aphrodite
-> Athena
-> Persphenone
-> Apollo
What is Beltane?
Mark of returning summer -> may 1st -> lighting of bon fires -> time of courtship rituals and celebration of one's fertility -> about casting out darkness and introducing light to the world
Dieties of Beltane
-> Artemis
-> Hera
-> Aphrodite
-> Apollo
What is Litha?
Marks summer solstice -> between June 19-22 -> believed to be where fairy folk come out at twilight and offer blessings -> time to celebrate the abundance and beauty of Mother Earth
Time to acknowledge your success thus far that you've built over the course of the wheel of the year -> good time to align yourself with the powerful energies of the sun and summertime -> expand on ideas, businesses, goals or desires -> thank all for successes so far
Ways to Celebrate
-> make floral wreaths for front door
-> host a bonfire and potluck for family and friends
-> gather and dry herbs to use throughout the coming year
-> take time to meditate and give thanks for the blessings you have in life
-> build a fairy house in the woods
Dieties
-> Hestia
-> Apollo
What is Lughnasadh and Lammas?
The first of three autumn celebrations -> August 1 -> marks the first harvest of the season w/ gathering grains and baking bread
Ways to Celebrate
-> bake bread from scratch and incorporate seasonal herbs
-> make fruit preserves
-> make beer or enjoy artisan beer
-> make corn dollies
-> host a family and/or friends dinner and bonfire
Dieties
-> Demeter
What is Mabon?
Known as the pagan Thanksgiving -> marks autumn equinox -> a time of balance, equality and harmony -> celebrates the second harvest -> celebrate and give thanks for the abundance both literally and spiritually -> good time to reflect on the wheel of the year, recognize successes and letting go of things that no longer serve you over the year -> set intentions to end bad things in your life, let go of unhealthy relationships, unhealthy habits, or self destructive beliefs -> Sept 21 to the 24
How to Celebrate
-> decorating home with fall decorations
-> host a huge meal if you can - take turns saying what you're grateful for and what you hope to accomplish this year
-> if it's by yourself, try and find a quiet space outside to meditate and journal before treating yourself to a nice meal
Dieties
-> Perspehone
-> Demeter
-> Hermes
-> Dionysus
What is Samhain?
3rd and final fall festival of the year -> witches new year -> veil between the worlds is the thinnest -> Oct 31 -> celebrate the dead, while celebrating the end of the harvest and comeback of the darkness and cold
How to Celebrate
-> leave offerings out for fae folk
-> do protective magic
-> feasts and suppers on the eve of Samhain
-> celebrate ancestors and embrace the passage into a more introspective season
-> cover clocks
-> carry nails in pocket for protection
Dieties
-> Hekate
-> Demeter
-> Perspehone
-> Hades
-> Dionysus
What is Yule?
Celebrates winter solstice - is one of two solstices - summer and winter -> Dec 20-23 -> celbrates shortest day of the year, midwinter, return of the sun and festival of rebirth -> time of reflection and celebration
How to Celebrate
-> give mistletoe
-> light lights on a yule log
-> have a feast, ale involved
-> wreaths
-> think about resolutions, intentions for the coming year, light a candle speaking those out, let it burn as you visualize it coming true, then write down actionable steps to get your wishes to come true
-> clean
Dieties
-> Aphrodite
-> Demeter
-> Helios
-> Dionysus
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⛤ The Ogham Grove ⛤
The Ogham Grove is a modern way of working with the Ogham, as both a year wheel
and as a sacred circle, or grove; for both solitary rituals and group work within a sacred landscape - and as an internal, astral sanctuary, within one's own mind - one's inner grove.
Whilst the Ogham Grove is a modern way of working with the Ogham, it is actually based upon the oldest known tree sequence attributed to the Ogham; that which was recorded in The Scholar's Primer - which was compiled into the Book of Ballymote circa 1390 AD.
Of course the Ogham may have corresponded with specific trees long before 1390 AD
but there is no earlier evidence. The oldest evidence of the Ogham writing system is that of inscribed pillar-stones; the oldest of which appear to date to the 4th century.
Simply, the Ogham Grove is created by placing the trees of the Ogham, evenly spaced (every 18 degrees), around a circle; when one does this, all manner of meaningful patterns begin to emerge - aligning trees (and their mythological lore) with specific stars, deities, and times of the year. This opens up exciting new fields of research into Celtic studies.
The Celtic druids were masters of knowledge across arts, music and poetry, as well as science, language, and environment. They understood that human life was a small part of a much larger pattern, and that these rhythms could be worked out by careful observation, and strict adherence to an annual cycle – the Celtic Ogham Wheel of the Year.
The inner wheel represents the Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,3,5,8,13.
1 – the single point, the centre of all things
2 – the spiral stirring within the cauldron
3 – the Triskellion, the three maidens attending the cauldron
5 – the Rose, the Queen of every hive
8 – the Fire Festivals
13 – the Ogham lunar sequence
The Outer Wheels depict the current calendar months, the signs of the zodiac, and the full grove of the 20 Ogham trees in their natural order, beginning with Birch.
THE FIRE FESTIVALS
The eight Fire Festivals take place at the solstices and equinoxes of the solar year, and help to bring a deeper connectedness and understanding of the world around us and the importance of living in harmony with that world.
The Festivals are as follows:
Winter Solstice (Yule): 20th December
Imbolc: 1st February
Spring Equinox (Ostara): 19th March
Beltane: 1st May
Summer Solstice (Litha): 21st June
Lughnasadh/Lammas: 1st August
Autumn Equinox (Mabon): 21st September
Samhain: 31st October
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