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Posted Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:40 pm...

Lughnasadh Garden Rite

At the height of growing season it can be hard to remember that all aspects of the cycles of life, death and rebirth are still taking place around us. Even at the height of the season of growth there are things which have passed their peak and are dying back to allow other plants their turn.

Go into your garden and cut back those things which have finished their growing cycle. This represents the sacrifice of the God. Unless you are able to have a bonfire, select a token amount of this and, in a fireproof container, burn them until you have ashes. When these are cool hold them high in your hands and allow the wind to scatter them to all parts of the garden, so that the ash can return and empower the land, to represent sacrifice for the benefit of the land. Lastly take a few seeds and plant them where some of the ash has fallen, that the God might rise again and bring new growth. If possible get your family and friends to share this with you. If you do not have a garden of your own then go out to a wild place and collect your dead plants from there. Burn them carefully at home and put the ash into some soil in a pot and plant your seeds there.

Some people like to add some of the dead vegetation to a barbeque fire, eating the barbecued food in celebration of sacrifice and in honor of the God. Whichever your choice, try to include traditional harvest recipes in your feasting.

"The impossible we do now, miracles take a little longer."

~from the Real Witches Year by Kate West

If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough.-- Albert Einstein

Blessings Bright and Dark,

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