Category: Lammas

Magical Bread Making 2023

4/21/2023

Magical Bread Making

Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 6:00pm PT

Lughnasadh is the first harvest of the season and that means it’s time for bread making!! Join us on Saturday, July 15 to learn how to make tasty homemade bread that we can use in spells and rituals or to just satisfy our carb craving. Be forewarned: This event gets messy!!

We ask for a $10 donation or whatever you can afford. All donations collected will be given to a local charity. This event will be held in-person and online through Zoom. Please message us for online information ([email protected]).

As always, our events are family friendly and potluck, so feel free to bring a dish to share.

We will be at the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas.
3616 East Lake Mead Boulevard
Las Vegas NV 89115
http://www.uuclv.org/
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Magickal Bread Making 2022

7/1/2022

Magical Bread Making 2022
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM PT

Lughnasadh is the first harvest of the season and that means it’s time for bread making!!

Join us on Saturday, July 23 where we will learn how to make tasty homemade bread that we can use in spells and rituals or to just satisfy our carb craving.

Our resident baker will show us how to infuse the bread with our magical intent and give examples of what ingredients to use for which purpose.

Our events are always potluck, so feel free to bring a dish to share.

We ask for a non-compulsory $10 donation for our events. All donations collected will be given to a local charity. Please consider one of these Southern Nevada charities that we love. Or, choose your own. Please message us a picture of the receipt so that we can keep track of the donations for posterity.

Three Square
https://www.threesquare.org/how-to-help/give

Furgotten Friends Dog Rescue
http://furgottenfriendsdogrescue.org/donate

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas https://www.uuclv.org/donate.html

The Las Vegas Natural History Museum
https://www.lvnhm.org/

Find our Facebook event invite here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/332912832088308/

This event will be held in-person AND online. If you’d like to attend the live lecture, we require proof of full Covid-19 vaccination and booster.

This event will be held at the:
UUCLV
3616 East Lake Mead Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89115
http://www.uuclv.org/location.html

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If you are interested in learning more about us,
please don't hesitate to Contact Us.

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please start with our questionnaire here.

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Lughnasadh & August Newsletter

8/6/2017

The Lughnasadh & August Edition

August was originally named Sextilis by the Romans, it was renamed August in honor of the first emporer of Rome, Augustus. "According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt." August is the last of the summer months and is considered by many cultures to be the first of the month of the harvest.

August 2016 was recorded as the hottest August ever since record keeping began in 1880. It broke its previous record set in 2014.
Read the EPA report on how climate change will affect Las Vegas in the future.
If you live in the USA, there is an EPA report for each state. Type "climate change epa + your state name” to see it. Some states put out there own reports which you might want to peruse as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August - https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/09/the-hottest-august-ever/499847/
https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-nv.pdf
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue-Augustus.jpg

August Lore

If the first week in August is unusually warm,
the coming Winter will be snowy and long.

For every fog in August,
There will be a snowfall in Winter.

"Fairest of the months!
Ripe summer's queen
The hey-day of the year
With robes that gleam with sunny sheen
Sweet August doth appear."
- R. Combe Miller
http://www.gardendigest.com/monaug.htm

Lughnasadh – Lammas - Gwyl Awst
Monday, August 7, 2017 @ 0:40 AM Pacific

Lughnasadh is the Gaelic cross-quarter day that marks the beginning of the harvest. Its traditional date is Aug. 1 and the date of Aug. 7 above is the literal halfway mark between the June Solstice and the September Equinox for 2017.

Early Irish literature relates to us that the festival is named after the Irish Tuatha Dé Danann god, Lugh, “…a sun god, a storm god or a sky god.” The festival is marked with rituals, feasting, athletic games, matchmaking and trading. Offerings of the 'first fruits' are still seen today in harvest festivals around the world.

The games and feasts were funerary in honor of Lugh's mother, Tailtiu. One story tells that Tailtiu died of exhaustion after clearing the plains of Ireland for agriculture.

The Saxons celebrated Lammas (hlaefmass - loaf mass), the harvesting of the grain. “The first sheaf of wheat is ceremonially reaped, threshed, milled and baked into a loaf. The grain dies so that the people might live. Eating this bread, the bread of the Gods, gives us life.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammas
http://www.schooloftheseasons.com/lammas.html - Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tricephale_Carnavalet.jpg

See the flowers and stones of August, ways to celebrate Lughnasadh, and more about the month of August and the holiday of Lughnasadh HERE!

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Lughnasadh 2016

10/12/2016

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Lughnasadh Sabbat 2016

High Priestess: Lady Nashoba
Summoner: Lord Rand

High Priest: Lord Tanys
Maiden: Lady Satthel

As the author of the sabbat posts, I try to keep them separate from my being an instructor with the Inner Circle Sanctuary. Unfortunately, at times, it is too difficult, as it will be with this one.

The leader of our ritual was Lady Nashoba. Lady Nashoba Is Inner Circle Sanctuary's oldest first-year student. She is my oldest student. This was her first time leading a sabbat ritual. My heart swelled in love for her (and with a little pride). She is beloved by all of her peers and by her elders. Lady Nashoba has surpassed the standards we expect from students and shines a positive light on all the work we do as instructors.

So many of our members helped with the setup of the ring and were finished early enough so we could all relax and visit and revel in each others company before the ritual would start. Sitting in a round, there were stories and jokes, and great conversations. We were visited by the forestry service before the ritual was to begin and the visit was pleasant and informative. Our Lady Morgana had developed such a rapport with the rangers that we are always made to feel welcome. I am glad we continue the tradition to this day.

After the officer left, the familiar cry of "Robe Up!" rang through the air. The sea of white robes of our first years and the pepper of black and greens robes of those well on their way to second year prepared for ritual, helping each other get dressed, get belted, and with chaplet straightening.

After respects were paid, Lady Satthel swept the ring and cleared it of negative energy. I'm almost sure, in this environment, it was neglible, but she did an earnest and wonderful job. This was Lady Satthel's first leading role in a ritual. As a maiden, not only is she responsible for helping to make a sacred space, but for assisting the High Priestess in anything she may need. I'm sure Lady Nashoba truly appreciated having her friend as her maiden. (Lady Satthel is also one of my students and again, I was riddled with pride.)

The opening ritual was beautifully performed by Lady Nashoba and Lord Tanys. The quarter callers summoned the elementals, the Goddess and God were invoked and then the rest of the coven joined them so the ring could be erected. The Summoner, Lord Rand, in his role as leader and director did his job with excellence, as always, and served as another pillar of strength and comfort to his High Priestess and peer. (Lord Rand is also one of my students and again, pride crept in.) The triple ring was cast and then the Witches' Rune chant echoed through the dark. The energy built was electric and vibrated the walls of the ring by the time they finished. The High Priestess remarked that she felt like she 'had all this light coming out of every pore.'

The ritual ensued and after a tantalizing Love Chase and the sacrifice of the Holly King, the High Priestess' enchanting dance with her Bread of Life resurrected him fully, allowing him to sing the Song of Amergin with great depth and bravado. The Holly King took his rightful place as leader of the waning year.

Celebration afterwards consisted of songs, dancing, poetry and stories.

Our brethren are required to write a journal entry reflecting their sabbat experience, for their books of shadows mainly, but we elders get to read them.

"I remember starting the Charge, “Whenever you have need of anything, once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full…….” and then….I have no idea what I said, or if I said anything at all until the end when “my love is poured out upon the earth.” I hope I said it correctly, because I seriously, have no idea. It’s like I wasn’t even there during that part."
~Lady Nashoba

"...my friend, my peer, my rock, the student I look up to and try to emulate the most was our High Priestess. I wish that Lady Nashoba could see herself through my and her fellow students’ eyes. There has not been anyone in our class, or in our group since I joined that has done any more for the group as a whole, for our craft and for her own growth as Lady Nashoba. I treasure her advice and friendship dearly and am proud to have been the summoner for her first sabbat as High Priestess. She is an amazing witch, full of empathy and an inner-strength ..we all knew she was going to kill it."
~Lord Rand

" I felt a part of this Sabbat, even though I did not participate in the ring. Being in or out of the ring is uplifting and food for my soul and I hope to be a part of many more. "
~Lady Ravenfeather

"Every sabbat I attend just reinforces my commitment to the Gods and this religion."
~Lady Isaadora

As an instructor and an elder of Inner Circle Sanctuary, I am wont to congratulate each and every student in their progress to becoming witches. In weekly classes we see that they comprehend the base material and their progress, academically, is visible and lauded. But it is at these sabbats, these celebrations, these close connections to the universe where we can measure the depth of their love of the Craft, their love of the Gods, and their spiritual growth. It is all their doing... we do not make them spiritual, and I know my 'pride' is unwarranted. The pride is theirs, for they have accomplished or are in the midst of becoming what they have longed for... I just carry it for now. Right up to their initiations.

~Lady Atheona

Lughnasadh 2016 - Inner Circle Sanctuary

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Lughnasadh 2015

8/2/2015

Lughnasadh / Lammas Sabbat 2015

High Priestess: Lady Sistterwolf High Priest: Lord Tanys

What a wonderful evening we shared. Thank you to Lord Tanys for offering up his home for our ritual. Thank you to our lovely guests. We hope you had as wonderful a time as we did! Thank you to our High Priestess and High Priest for leading a beautiful ritual with lots of rare extras! There was delicious food and a TON of it, thank you to all our members for participating with such enthusiasm (as ever)!

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