As the sun begins its slow descent and the days start to shorten, we reach the first of the harvest festivals in the Wheel of the Year. Lammas, or Lughnasadh, falls around 1 August and invites us to pause, give thanks and honour the sacred balance between effort and reward. This is a moment of…
Lammas arrives not with a bang, but with a hush. A soft shift. A golden hour that lasts a little longer than expected. Celebrated around 1 August in the northern hemisphere, Lammas is the first harvest in the Wheel of the Year, an ancient festival rooted in the gathering of grain and the gratitude for…
As the Wheel of the Year turns toward Lammas, the air thickens, heavy with the glow with late summer light. Seeds have swollen. Fruits are ripening. Grasses turn to gold. It is the first harvest, a time to gather what has grown, give thanks, and prepare for the slow descent toward autumn. In this post,…
In the Wheel of the Year, Lammas is the first harvest. A sacred pause in early August when the effort of the year begins to bear fruit. In ancient times, people would gather to bake bread from the first cut of grain, offer thanks, and feast together. In modern life and soulful business, Lammas offers…
Around 1 August each year, as the sun begins to lower in the sky and the first fruits ripen in the fields, we arrive at Lammas on the Wheel of the Year. It is the first of three harvest festivals, an ancient moment of seasonal transition that invites us to pause, reflect and give thanks….
At Lammas, we reach the tender turn of the season. The sun still shines high, but the light begins to slip each day. Since summer solstice, a shortening has been taking place, almost imperceptibly at first, yet something within us senses the shift. I love this time of year, being led by light at Lammas….
Lammas is the ancient festival of first fruits, celebrated around 1 August. As the Wheel of the Year turns, we find ourselves standing between the vitality of summer and the first whispers of autumn. The air holds a golden weight. Grasses are tall, seeds are ripening, and hedgerows hang heavy with the first signs of…