Lammas, or Lughnasadh occurs on on 1st August, although some celebrations happen on 31st July and 2nd August, or more recently the Sunday closest to the 1st. Lammas is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning loaf-mass, or bread, and the most commonly-used name for this sabbat. This is a time to celebrate the First Harvest; the first grains and the first fruits, but primarily this is a grain festival.

Lammas is the first of the three harvest sabbats and a celebration of the Earth’s fertility. Corn, wheat, potatoes and other crops harvested around Lammas are considered fertility plants and can be used within Lammas rituals.

For your Altar, Include ripened wheat or barley ears in any floral decorations, or make a corn doll. You can also bake some Lammas Bread and use it in a protection spell. In the old days, the Lammas bread once baked would be broken into four pieces and placed in each corner of the barn to protect the harvested crops. In your spell you can break the bread into four pieces and place it in the corners of your home instead and work it into your protection spell. Another activity is to collect seeds from sunflowers or other ripe grain or seed plant and keep to plant out in the next growing season. Giving thanks for abundance and replanting so that there is plenty for the next harvest is key.  Seed bundles also make excellent gifts for others at Yule!

For herbs, adding fresh mint and coriander to your altar for abundance, good health and fertility. It will also smell delicious!

For crystals, work with green aventurine, emerald, Unakite, dragon’s blood, citrine, orange calcite, picture jasper, yellow jasper, yellow jade (butter quartz).

For colours, including candles, pick gold, yellow, green and orange.

Please remember, if you are harvesting seeds and grains, please make sure you leave enough behind for wildlife.

Lammas Bread recipe: https://moodymoons.com/2018/07/22/lammas-artisan-mini-herbal-bread-rounds-recipe-lughnasadh-vegan/

New shop stuff!

I’ve had several large deliveries of crystals over the last few weeks, so please do go and check them out. I’m officially holding over 80 lines and that doesn’t include any of the crystal jewellery from the Sigrid’s Lair range.  You can find the crystals HERE.

In addition to what is on the website, I also stock raw crystals. These are not on the site yet because I sell them by weight and they are all different shapes and sizes. You can buy from me in person in the meantime, and my next stall is at Charlwood Village Hall in Horley on 23rd July 2022, from 11am – 3pm.

As a footnote, I do not order crystals in bulk from China so although my crystals may be a little more expensive than other places, you will know where your crystal comes from before you buy it.  This also means that sometimes I’m unable to get hold of a specific crystal for ages, for example, citrine only came back in stock this year after being unavailable since Covid, and translucent white quartz is now difficult to source. Buying crystals ethically is difficult, because we don’t always know if the mine uses unpaid labour, however I have checked through all of my supply chains and all have anti slavery policies in place, including myself.