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Happy Lammas!!

Hold on there … those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all!

Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the first of three harvest celebrations on the Wheel of the Year. But because this is a pagan holiday that does not have a corresponding non-pagan holiday, it may be one that you have never heard of.  

Lammas is also called Lughnasadh and is halfway between Summer Solstice (Litha) and the Autumnal Equinox (Mabon). In the northern hemisphere, this holiday signals the approaching darkness just as Imbolc, on the opposite side of the Wheel of the Year, signaled the approaching light. As with all holidays in earth based traditions, the holiday celebrated on August 1st is connected to what is happening with the earth. Lammas celebrates the first harvest, one of three harvests on the wheel of the year. Lammas is a time of transformation, of rebirth and new beginnings and, above all, a time to give thanks for the blessings in our lives … and the blessing of life itself.

Let’s join with the goddess’ creatures to give thanks for those blessings.

And since one can never have too many blessings (and the camelid family is so darling), here are some blessings from alpacas and vicuñas to all-a-youñas.

‘When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.’ ~ C.S. Lewis

Song: Lammas Song, Artist: Lisa Thiel, Album: Circle Of The Seasons



Give thanks for the blessings,

give thanks for the lessons

Give thanks for all that

the Goddess Provides

Give thanks for this showing

our dreams are now growing

Give thanks for the presence

of the Goddess in our lives

Thank You, Thank you,

O Great Mother Thank You…

Thank You, Thank you,

O Great Mother Thank You..

With the first Green Corn

our dreams are now taking form

We ask for the strength

to see the true harvest born

Mother of the Corn,

of Hoof, and of Horn

We thank you for the Bounty

you’ve brought to our door

Mother of the Grain,

of the Sun and of the Rain

We pray for an abundant Harvest again

We give thanks for the Blessings,

give thanks for the lessons

We give thanks for all that

the Goddess Provides

Thank You…

(Blessings and harvest hover quotes courtesy of GoodReads.com)

(Crossposted from Views from North Central Blogistan)