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Celebrate the Bounty

August 6, 2019 By admin Leave a Comment

The Golden Lions of Lugh

On August 7th, we will reach the halfway point between summer solstice and autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere. This is one of four “cross-quarter” days that occur in our annual trek around the Sun

Many of our ancestors celebrated the harvest at this time of year. The Celtic people in the British Isles paid homage to the Sun God Lugh at this time. The first sheaf of wheat was harvested and ceremoniously ground and baked into bread for the festival of Lughnasadh. Bonfires were lit to honor the fiery energies of the Sun. The fruits of the harvest were celebrated and shared by everyone.

Later in Britain, the festival of Lughnasadh became Lammas Day. The festival of Lammas was held to honor the wheat harvest. The word Lammas comes from the Anglo-Saxon hlaf-mas  or  “loaf-mass.”  On the day of Lammas it was customary to bring a loaf of bread made from the new crop to church in celebration and gratitude.

Many centuries before Lugh or Lammas existed, the Goddess Arinna was worshiped by ancient tribes living in the region that is now Turkey (1400 BCE).  Arinna was their main solar deity and her consort was the weather god, Teshub. Arinna was honored for creating the natural abundance of our Earth and making human life possible.

Whether through honoring Arinna, Lugh or Lammas, our ancestors took time to express their gratitude for the bounty of the harvest every year. Their ceremonies were ritualized ways for the community to acknowledge and honor the food that grows when Father Sun unites with Mother Earth. Our ancestors lived closer to the Earth and the cycles of the seasons. They understood that all life on Earth depends on the magical union of sun, seed and earth.

What have you harvested this year? What are you grateful for? During this sacred time, take a few moments to express gratitude for all the abundance in your life.

And take time to thank Mother Earth and Father Sun for life itself.

🌞 🌎

Filed Under: Seasons of the Sun, Share Ideas and Practices Tagged With: abundance, cross-quarter, harvest, Lammas, Lugh, Lughnasadh, summer, sun, wheel of the year

Blessings of Beltane

May 1, 2019 By admin Leave a Comment

Life bursts forth
Flowing all around
Tiny green buds
First flowers of spring
Magical new Life.

Ancient dance
Fertile dance
Yin & Yang unite
Life blooms
With natural joy.

☾☽

May Day, or Beltane, is the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. This date marked the beginning of summer for the ancient Celts. It was a day of dance and song – a celebration in gratitude for fertile fields sprouting with new life.

Blessings to our beautiful Earth on this magical Beltane cross-quarter day. So grateful for our original Mama, the planet who birthed us all.

🌍 ❤️

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Sacred Earth, Seasons of the Sun Tagged With: abundance, Beltane, cross-quarter, fertility, gratitude, love, magic, nature, sacred mother, union, wheel of the year

Celebrate Life

May 1, 2018 By admin Leave a Comment

Today is Beltane in the northern hemisphere.  Celebrate the dance of Life!

All around us, yin and yang, male and female dance and merge to create the new life that is springing forth all around us.

☾☽

#NaturalMagic

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Seasons of the Sun, Share Ideas and Practices Tagged With: abundance, Beltane, cross-quarter, elemental fire, fertility, grow, passion, ritual, season, wheel of the year

Prayer for Mama Earth

December 5, 2017 By Nelle 1 Comment

Filed Under: Dream a New Earth, Inspire Nature Love, Sacred Earth, Share Ideas and Practices Tagged With: abundance, gratitude, mama earth, mandala, prayer, ritual, sacred mother

Sacred Solstice

June 19, 2017 By Nelle Leave a Comment

Artist unknown

Turn your face to the Sun
And let the shadows fall away…

☀️

Summer Solstice is upon us!

Summer Solstice is sacred Sun time. Here in the northern hemisphere, it normally falls between June 20-22 each year.  It denotes the longest day and shortest night of the year.

Young children dance with the Solstice Sun.  They run and jump and scream with sunny joy. They beg to stay up just a little longer so they can squeeze every last drop of living out of the long sunlit days.  Children intuitively understand the power of this sacred Sun time.

Let’s follow their lead. Go outside!  Soak up the sacred rays that bring life to this beautiful blue planet.  Enjoy the green fields and flowers of early summer.  Revel in Nature’s abundance. Get up early and watch the sunrise.  Pause and honor the sunset at the end of another long luscious summer day.

Allow the sacred abundance of summer to bless you.

 

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Seasons of the Sun, Share Ideas and Practices Tagged With: abundance, Gaia, joy, light, ritual, sacred mother, solstice, summer, sun, wheel of the year

Sunshine, Freedom and a Little Flower

October 17, 2016 By Nelle Leave a Comment

Fall Rose

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Sacred Earth Tagged With: abundance, autumn, divine, flower, Hans Christian Andersen, sacred mother

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