Dramoor's Garden

This is the Grain Harvest.  If you planted wheat in the spring, then you can ritually cut it with a scythe or crescent-shaped knife to make solar discs (Brigid's cross).  Dry cornhusks and help the kids to fashion an American corn dolly.

Lugh is the Celtic deity of light and wisdom whose holiday seems largely lost.  Lugh is called the 'many skilled' and 'inventoror all arts,' including magic and warfare. He is the guardian of roads, travelers, moneymaking, and commerce.   He is the god who governs social contracts, like handfastings.

Making a special loafof bread to eat at ritual is symbolic of the sacrifice of the god as he is being transformed into the abundance of the harvest.  Find a recipe with many grains and nuts.  It's very important to share what we have,produce from our garden or dry goods for you local food pantry.

This is definitely aday for outdoor ritual.  Hold an art festival or invite neighbors to play volleyball and arrange sack races along with plenty of singing and dancing.  Outline your ritual space with cornhusks, baked fresh corn in the ritual cakes, and serve berry pies, oat scones, or barley cakes.

-         K.D. Spitzer