Calendar page by Judith Hirst-Joyeux
As the months turn from July into August, the feeling of harvest becomes a reality. Pickings are available for different berries through to the first beans and peas. In some places, early corn is ready.
Our Celtic Ancestors celebrated the festival of LAMMAS on August first. Some call it the festival of the new bread. This is because in some areas, the first wheat crops are ripe and ready to harvest. The feasting celebrates the Goddess for her goodness in ensuring a great harvest. Stalks of wheat and ears of corn are offered as tributes to her generosity.
In Aboriginal cultures through North America, the Green Corn Ceremony is celebrated. Dancing and feasting and offerings to Great Spirit are made to ensure the ongoing abundance of corn, beans and squash. Mature corn that is ready to roast is the signal for the start of this celebration.
Our Ancestors also believed that with this festival, souls who had not moved on, that is, souls that are stuck on Earth, were given the opportunity, by the generous nature of the Goddess, to move on to the higher dimensions.
Judy@angelsandancestors.com See the August 2009 free newsletter at www.angelsandancestors.com See the ebook version of The Story of Light: Volume 1, Path to Enlightenment at www.thestoryoflight.com
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