Lughnassadh
Submitten by
Lady of the Lake, Priestess of the Coven of Avalon
Special Notes: The turning point in Mother Earth's year; a harvest festival in the northern lands. The waning God and the waxing Goddess.
Spellwork for good fortune and abundance is especially appropriate .Altar Supplies: incense, burner, chalice of water, salt, pentacle, athame, 4 elements candles, chalice of wine, wand, plate of bread. Cauldron with an orange or yellow candle in it. Fall flowers, ivy and leaves for decoration.
Cast circle
Light the cauldron candle, say:
O Ancient Gods of the Celts, I do ask you presence here. For this is a time that is not a time, in a place that is not a place, on a day that is not a day, and I await you.
Set the plate of bread on the pentacle. Stand still and breathe deeply for a few moments. Concentrate upon the cleansing power of the breath and air. When you feel ready, say:
I have purified myself by breathing in the life force of the universe and expelling all evil from me.
Lift the plate of bread high, then set it back on the altar. Say:
I know that every seed, every grain is a record of ancient times, and a promise to all of what shall be. This bread represents life eternal through the cauldron of the Triple Goddess.
Eat a piece of bread. Put the chalice of wine on the pentacle. Hold high the wine chalice, then set it back on the altar. Say:
As the grape undergoes change to become wine, so by the sacred cauldron of life shall I undergo change. And as the wine can give man enchantment of the divine or sink him into the lower realms, so I do realize that all humans rise or fall according to their strength and will.
Drink some of the wine and Say:
As in the bread and wine, so it is with me. Within all forms is locked a record of the past and a promise of the future. I ask that you lay your blessings upon me, Ancient Ones, that this season of waning light and increasing darkness may not be heavy. So mote it be.
Close the circle
