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Items needed:
One tall Gold God
Candle
One tall Silver
Goddess candle
Sandalwood
incense
Cauldron
loaf of
bread
Chalice of wine or
juice
cup of
water
bowl of
salt
athame and/or
wand
4 corner
candles
sunflowers
orange, yellow and
green decorative votive candles
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(Cast circle and
call the corners in your usual manner and then light the incense. Invoke God and
Goddess) -
INVOCATION OF
THE GOD: (light the tall GOLD candle)
"I now do call upon
the eternal God in the ancient way, as God of the Grain,. You whom I call
Father, Lord, Lover and Consort to the Lady, but above all the vital half within
that brings completeness. May I carry your light always within me. As it is
willed, so mote it be."
INVOCATION OF
THE GODDESS: (light the tall SILVER candle)
"I now do call upon
the eternal Goddess in the ancient way, as Corn Mother. You whom I call Mother
Earth, Lady, Lover and Consort to the Lord, but most of all the vital half of
life within that brings completeness. May I feel your love always within me. As
it is willed, so mote it be."
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Lugh is a Celtic
Sun God and the word, "Lughnasadh" simply means, "the chase of Lugh." Lammas is
a more Christianized version of this sabbat and its' translation is "loaf
mass."
"Tonight I honor
our deities in Their aspects as the Grain God and the Corn
Mother,
Blessed be this
season of Lughnasadh and the bounty of the First
Harvest,
Fruit of the womb
of the Mother -
Blessed be Mother
Earth,
Blessed be Father
God!"
(Place one hand on
your heart and say) -
"I am grateful for
so many things which our gracious Lord and Lady have bestowed upon me. Our
Father has generously given us His light and protection at Midsummer so that our
loving Mother could bless us with Her essence once
again."
(The Symbolic Great
Rite) -
Pick up your athame
and slowly dip it into the chalice of wine or juice while
repeating:
"Chalice to
athame
As Goddess is to
God,
Father is to
Mother
As man is to woman
-
Behold the sacred
union of The One!"
(Pick up the loaf
of bread and say):
"I will count my
many blessings on this sabbat of bounty."
(Break off a piece
of the bread and then recite all the many things that you are thankful for. When
finished, take a drink from the chalice. Then place the items back on the altar
while saying) -
"Blessed be the
fruitful Mother,
Blessed be the God
of the Harvest!"
(Set a piece of
bread on a plate aside to give back to the Earth after ritual, then say)
-
"I give this bounty
of the land back to our Mother Earth and Her consort and ask that it be shared
with the Faeries of the Fields and the animals of the woodland
-
Offerings given in
love return three-fold,
Blessed be this
gift."
"I am a child of
deity,
I am part of the
creative life force which moves the Universe;
I am part of all
that is.
Though we are
apart, we are ever together -
For we are one in
the spirit of the Goddess and God,
Merry meet, merry
part and merry meet again -
Blessed
be!"
(Close ritual,
thank the deities and open the circle - remembering to give back to the
Earth)
