Saturday 11 October 2008

Ritual Of The Harvest


Ritual Of The Harvest
Lammas Blaze

In Detention with my Lammas/Lughnasadh tone I hail to have a joint household with you today a Yield ritual which is hand-me-down to honour the bring in and the character that comes from the bring in.

"note* You may take in noticed I use apiece Lammas and Lughnasadh for describing this anniversary, communicate is a departure in the midst of the two, If you commemorate Lughnasadh you are a worshipper of Lugh, if you commemorate Lammas furthermore you can use any bring in deity that you sadness."

Grain is one of the fix symbols of Lammas, and footpath the beginning of the bring in come through in masses societies. Being the character is threshed and milled and the bread has been backed and dead furthermore it is time to honour the spirits and the Grain Gods in charitable blessing for a wasteful bring in.

Underside is a ritual which celebrates the bring in and the sacrifices ended each meeting. It to boot celebrates the willing victim of the character god. To begin this ritual experimental titivate your altar with symbols of the come through (Sickles, Scythes, Ivy, Grapes, Corn, Poppies, Dry Grain, Old Autumn foods, ect).

Ceremony OF THE Yield

Items you could do with

~Loaf of Lammas Bread

~Chalice of water (wine if you purpose the ritual to be traditional)

~Peices of straw or shrub stuff (lots for each form attending the ritual to make a miserable doll)

~Fire ( if you are feat the ritual out-of-doors, a dismiss works, If you take in a tree-plant dire chimney corner you can use that, just be lock and observe all fire strength)

~String

1. Set up your items in your altar and make comprehensible the fire is dire and does not dependence bother.

2. If you tradition calls for it cast a circle now.

3. If you are feat the ritual solo you shall roll up the role of the high priest/priestess, if you are feat the ritual in a group removal rolls previously you begin the ritual, or if you are in a coven and take in a voted high priest and priestess furthermore that works too.

The Murmur Priestess Speaks.

"It is the time of meeting like the bring in is upon us.

the come through is life, growth, death and rebirths.

They take in all come full circle subsequently over


The bring in god take in died subsequently high-class

so that we may eat and wastage him

and provide us with capability and adequately in the months to pursue"

4. The Murmur priestess furthermore goes to each member handing them each a stack of straw.

The Murmur Priestess speaks

"Let us now award dolls in our image

A icon of our selves, who we are,

our masses sides and aspects.

and all the bits and pieces that we spread slow this meeting.

All we let go and unshackle


so that we may blush and bloom

perpetually burgeoning in the coming months firmly"

5. Every person furthermore creates a doll to gain themselves. As you are creating your doll lavish yourself and strengthen the doll with your personally energies and personality about yourself. Shield the doll with your soul. Moreover gratify the doll with bits and pieces you wish you spread slow, behaviours, raid, nasty emotions. Shield it all with the doll. This is the soul that is to be sacrificed so that you may be reborn as the bring in god is each meeting.

Being the dolls are all conclude the Murmur Priestess speaks..

"The character god is dying

the crops are proper for bring in

the vegetations proceeds to Mother Scrabble

tonight we carry on upon the gods of the Yield

and ask for their blessings

Tammuz and Lugh,

Adonis, Dumuzi,

Cernunnos and Attis,

Mercury, Osiris.

For each meeting you are instinctive


stay in the fields

and are sacrificed during this cycle"

6. Now puff up the energy of the ritual. Every person is manifestation mettle circle the fire (or the altar) three times in a postpone clockwise information. Commencement off walking slowing and amount up reserve to build the energy. (You are moving in a counterclockwise information while it is v the patterns of the sun).

"NOTE* ONE THINS THAT CAN BE Varnished TO Swell THE Authority OF THE Ceremony OS TO Say. Existing ARE In the least Working class ONES.."

"Hoof and horn, hoof and horn,"

" all that dies shall be reborn."

" Corn and character, corn and character,"

" all that cataract shall satisfactorily over."

or:

"Scrabble my outline,"

" water my blood,"

" air my insinuate and"

" fire my spirit."

Bestow are masses ways you and your group can spiraling the energy of the ritual, you can sing the chants, or sing your own chant, be creative use your eyesight.

7. Following you take in circled the fire/altar and raised the energy each form in the group mettle means the fire one at a time. They mettle furthermore cast their doll featuring in the fire. They can speak out jarring what it is they mettle willing victim this meeting or they can say it to themselves an the gods. The rest of the group stands in a circle rudely the fire as each form casts their doll in, directing all energies towards the animate.

8. Being everyone has ended their willing victim the Murmur Priestess holds up the Lammas bread and speaks..

"In the germinate we planted seeds

nurtured them and watched them be a picture of health on the summer

we tended the fields

and now we win what we sow

and are blessed with adequately.

The bring in is trendy


We transport blessing to the loss of the bring in

For the gifts take in yet to come


We eat this bread

character, altered by fire, in your name

We honour you and the sacrifices that you ended."

9. The Murmur Priestess them breaks off a tang of bread for herself and passes it rudely the circle to everyone. Every person eats the bread furthermore passes rudely the chalice of water/wine. If you wish as the cup is passed you can say whatever thing next to.

"May you win the blessings g the bring in"

10. Being everyone has had their bread and drank from the chalice, reduced-size a calculate to stand in unobtrusive, and deliberate upon the meeting and what you take in harvested for yourself this come through. Weigh up about all you take in tended to all the way through the meeting, and watched draw from and the rewards that you take in reaped from your time and hard work. It may possibly be whatever not just crops, but a enterprise, a leak, whatever that you take in put your time featuring in and nurtured. Weigh up about the adequately that has come from it and how you can bear witness to that shameless.

11. Being the Ceremony is conclude, end it as you normally would, and move on to your one time Ceremony Festivity. A lot of Pagan take in a Cakes and Ale Procedure, but you can do whatever you sadness.

Playful Castings!

Akelta


 

Lessons on Wicca And Spirituality Blak Magik is Designed by productive dreams for smashing magazine Bloggerized by Ipiet Adapted by Occult Library © 2008