Video Recording of this free Presentation1st installment of the Loaf mas Ceres
At this Cross-quarter, the cycle of life turns past the peak of growth, into the time of release. In astrology, the moon, five-eighths past new on the way to full - is called the “disseminating moon”. During this phase, what has built up in the waxing cycle begins to be released into the environment. We start to see the results of our work. At Lammas, the Sun is five-eighths of the way around the Wheel from the Winter Solstice. Growth is reaching its peak, & the life of the Sun God has begun to bleed off into the fruit & grain.
Just as the Sun goes into the grain, The cosmic light is ripening each of us - preparing us for the threshing floor… Learning from the yield - gathering in - We Self-harvest So even as we take in the bounty from the fruits of the Earth to nourish our bodies, we become the spiritual fruit that will sustain the World-Soul … We can consciously store up the essence of the Summer of Sun within us - as Soul-strength. We digest the comic Summer expansion now, in memory – looking with a discerning eye - with appreciation, & compassion - at our current crop…Asking: Am I, a fit food for the gods? Am I ripening well? Am I Feeding – Am I being fed?
And really, in essence – this is the time to ponder the mystery of the wheat = That which dies - will live again - That which is cut down – will rise again - Like the Sun- Who will rise again? We will rise again And Yes, like John Barleycorn we are sure to fall - in his case into the evils of indulging in too much alcohol – another by-product of the grain harvest – the opposite of the staff of life - the crutch of alcohol – So, yes, there are dark aspects to this Festival which is meant to lead us into the dark half of the year – So perhaps this is why there is a negative modern connotation to the ritual burning the ‘Wicker Man’ - equating it with human sacrifice – a false rumor stared BTW by Julius Ceaser when he sought to conquer the Druids - So interesting how ancient rituals, depicted thru malicious materialistic thinking, become horror movies – a debasement, making a mockery of what was purely an offering of thanksgiving by the people who lived in accordance with the Cycle of the Seasons. The practice of making an offering of gratitude for a bountiful harvest is part of our human heritage - & Yes, it’s true that every impulse from the past has become degraded if it is not consciously reclaimed & renewed - & that yes, human sacrifice is a corrupted debauchery of those earlier impulses, a confused materialistic Black-Magic overlay of what the true concept of a Free-will Sacrifice is meant to be – exemplified by the Christ event.
Our community will be making a Scarecrow – a Straw-Man or ‘Wicker Man’, if you will – during our Lammas Festival at Zinniker Farm – to give thanks for the biodynamic grain, especially the Pfeiffer Wheat grown on that sacred land – along with singing together w/ UVA, & making an offering of the Harmonizer Preparation as a gifting to the Elementals & the Spirit of the Land – We will contemplate the parable of the Sower - & the feeding of the 5000 as well.
I envision this building of a human figure filled with straw, as a symbol of the Sun-force that fills the human being with vitality & light - In fairy tale, straw is spun into gold – symbol of the Sun. So by co-creating our own Straw-Man, we are committing an act of community service that encourages us to set intentions, to offer reverence, garner good will, alongside any need to acknowledge grief, or loss - a creative way of facing ourselves – a true accounting of what we have sown – ‘They shall know you by your fruits’ The Harvest Festival of Lammas, is about stepping up to do the inner work needed to manifest, & preserve, what feeds our body, mind & soul. Tune in tomorrow for another Lammas installment, watch the recording & come join us on the Farm xox ~hag 
Saturday 2 August 2025Lammas Festival on Zinniker Farm3 pm - Gather for the Harmonizer Prep Stir – & gifting to the Elementals & the Land5 pm – Seasonal Activities w/ Ultra-Violet Archer & FriendsBonfire – Make & burn the ‘wicker man’ / Parable of the Sower / Song Circle w/ Garrett & UVA…6 pm - Potluck dinner$30 Donation
31 July 2025 - “Speaking with the Stars”
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Thursday, 31 July 2025
Self-Harvest
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