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    #170 – The Lughnasadh Issue

    Welcome Lughnasadh! We’ve got a lot of great articles for you in this issue, dear readers! We’ve got poetry, correspondences, astrology, ritual, and much more to get your summer harvest festival growing… In Book Reviews: Celtic Tree Mysteries, Crystal Basics, Spirit Speaker, The Evil Eye, Wyldwood, The Backyard Witch  — and more! In This Month’s Articles: Interview with “I Affirm My Power” Author Phoebe Garnsworthy Finding Inspiration When You’re Overwhelmed Notes from the Apothecary: all about Anemones! Introducing: Advice from Magic Myrtle Brand new webcomic An’ It Charm None Getting eye strain from the background? Just click on the Moon/Sun switch in the menu to turn on night mode and…

  • Divination Articles

    Tarot with Lady Saoirse

    Lughnasadh 2023   Bright Blessings! If you are reading this column, chances are, you have been to a psychic reader before, or you are looking into going soon. Some people do a regularly scheduled reading with a trusted reader to have good guidance for their decision making on a regular basis, and other people see readers whenever they feel like they should. Some people say the worst time to see a reader is when you are in the middle of a crisis or emotional meltdown, but sometimes, those are the times you need the support of a psychic most. Regardless of when or why you are seeing a psychic, there…

  • Monthly Columns

    Learning Lunar

    The Full Moon     How exciting to be three issues into our Learning Lunar column and already able to wax lyrical (pun intended) about the full moon! Lúnasa 2023 falls on August 1st which, this year, is also a full moon. Lúnasa, or Lughnasadh, is an Irish festival co-opted by many Pagan traditions as a time of harvest celebration, games, competitions, and other summer festivities. Another popular celebration held at this time is Lammas, the Anglo-Saxon early Christian festival of blessing the first fruits and loaves of the seasons. Having the full moon to add to these blessings can only add to their fruitfulness!   What Does the Phrase…

  • This Month's Holiday

    Lughnasadh/Lammas/Lunasa Correspondences

    Major Sabbat (High Holiday) – Fire Festival August 1   Other Names: Lunasa (meaning August), Lughnasaad, Lughnasa Celtic),First Harvest, August Eve, Feast of Cardenas, Feast of Bread, Tailltean Games(Irish), Teltain Cornucopia (Strega), Ceresalia (Ancient Roman) Harvest Home, Thingtide (Teutonic), Lammas (Christian). Laa Luanys, Elembious, Festival of Green Corn (Native American) Animals and Mythical beings: Griffins, Basilisks, Roosters, Calves, Centaurs, Phoenix Gemstones: aventurine, citrine, peridot, sardonyx, yellow diamonds, citrine Incense and Oils: wood aloes, rose, rose hips, rosemary, chamomile, eucalyptus, safflower, corn, passionflower, frankincense, sandalwood Colors: red, orange, golden yellow, green, light brown, gold, bronze, gray Tools, Symbols, and Decorations: corn, cornucopias, red, yellow flowers, sheaves of grain (wheat, barley, oats), first fruits/vegetables of garden labor, corn…

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    Mindful Living: A Connection of Mind, Body and Spirit

    The Wheel turns towards Lughnasadh (August 1st) and in the United States the Midwest is in the height of Summer. Vacations and day trips are scheduled to make one more summer memory before the grind of school and school related activities becomes the primary focus of many for the bulk of the year. Gentle buds and blossoms have given way to the hearty heat loving plants and flowers. Solace can be found under shade trees, in creeks, pools and water parks. Those who live in accordance with nature often split their days to rise early to work outside then afternoon rest and work later in the day as the heat…

  • Crafting Articles

    WitchCrafting: Crafts for Witches

    Herb Wreath   Merry meet! This issue’s WitchCrafting column offers an idea for a Lughnasadh project. By the first harvest festival, most herbs are abundant. Gathering them to make a wreath is one way to preserve them, letting them dry to decorate your kitchen and flavor your food. For this project, I bought a round wire form at the Dollar Tree, and used florist tape and green plant twist ties I already had. Sage, mint, chives, and oregano were harvested from my sister’s garden. Because it’s still May in New England, I purchased additional herbs from the grocery store: rosemary, thyme, and dill. Use the botanicals available to you, giving…

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    Poetry – Lúnasa

      We come to eat, we come to play To revel in the joy of the sun The heat of the height of the year The Solstice has come and gone. We bring in the first grains And pick first fruits to share We store away for later months We pickle and prepare. And while we feast and compete We honour those who came before By being better Being kinder Being something more For this green and graceful world Fragile in some ways But She’ll go on after us Nature stays, always stays… Let us hold the sun in our hearts Let us give space for the wild Let us…

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    Good God!

    Meet: Mercury   Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, protected travelers and transporters of goods, as well as shopkeepers and merchants, especially those dealing in grains, who would pray to him for large profits. He is chosen for this issue because Lughnasadh is the grain harvest. Mercury was the son of Jupiter, king of the gods, and Maia, goddess of the plains. He is one of the twelve major gods of the Roman pantheon. The World History website explains, “He is frequently depicted holding the caduceus, a wand used to reconcile conflicts, and winged sandals for quickly carrying messages for the gods. The wand had been given to him by…

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    Stellar Applications

    Current Astrology Using Hermetic Applications Welcome to this issue’s Stellar Applications…. In this issue of PaganPagesOrg we are celebrating Lughnasadh, the First Harvest as Summer transitions into Fall. An additional boost is the Full Moon in astrological Aquarius 2:33pm (EDT) and the Sun basking in the Fixed astrological sign of Leo, sitting mid-point between the solar transition from cardinal Cancer and Mutable Virgo. The elemental impact of this year’s Lughnasadh calls on the Fires of Leo and the movement of Air within Aquarius. Fire is fed or diminished by Air and so we have choice as to how we will proceed as we explore this first Harvest This issue we…

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    MagickalArts

    What Are the Magickal Arts? … As magickal practitioners we are all “artists” in our own ways, honing our skills of creating magick, weaving patterns of energy that affect change and calling to the most Divine of our natures as we align with cosmos, greater earth and all of the many Beings that inhabit those realms. And, I like where this trend is taking us in exploring the craft in all of forms….   Lughnasaadh brings the bounty of the year’s growth into the space of a viable harvest of opportunity. This issue we honor..   The Magickal Art of Art of Creating Abundance! As the Wheel of the Year…