Welcome to the 54th episode of Reaching for the Moon, the podcast brought to you by the Witches and Pagans of Everglades Moon Local Council. The Wheel continues to turn and we find ourselves at Lammas!
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This episode features a workshop entitled “The Magic of Bees” presented by Lady Bridget, Lord Riekin, and Lady Arianhwen at Merry Meet 2018. If you were ever interested in beekeeping, or just more information about these wonderful ladies, this workshop is for you!
This eposide also features music! Our wonderful workshop is bookended with music of the season. To start, we have “We are Sisters” by Crow Women. This song comes from their album, “Crow Goddess” (click the album title to purchase!).
After the workshop, be sure to listen to “Round and Round” by Aradia from her album, “Songs for all Seasons” (which unfortunately is no longer available for purchase.
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Lammas is a Christian church celebration. Lammas is short for “loaf mass.” The pagan holiday is Lughnasadh. Just like the word “Christmas” means “Christ mass” and Candlemas means “candle mass” and they are really SPECIFIC Christian church days. It was part of that whole “let’s appropriate the pagan festivals and holidays to convert them into Christians” deal.
Yes, while some folks are not wanting to associate this word with the holiday, despite it’s origins, many Wiccans do use “Lammas” to refer to this holiday. Lughnasadh is a Celtic name for the holiday, and not all traditions are Celtic.. In prior episodes we have named the podcast Lughnadadh, so this year we called it Lammas. Perhaps it continues to be used because it is easier to spell?
Hello. I discovered this podcast about a month ago thanks to Stacy from the Mystic South official group. I’ve really been enjoying your podcast and I love the workshops and all of the various segments. I really appreciate your hard work and thank you very much and I hope all of you make it through the storm safe and sound.
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Charles
Thank you, Charles, for your kind words! <3