Tag: sabbats

The Wheel of the Year has turned an eighth from Beltane to Litha, celebrated on the summer solstice on June 21 in the northern hemisphere.

Midsummer: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Litha is the third book in Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials series. As with the other fun, basic guides in the series, this book is an accessible, easy-to-read reference.

One of the four major fire festivals of the Wiccan Wheel of the Year, Beltane symbolizes birth and fertility.

Beltane: Rituals, Recipes and Lore for May Day is a perfect guide to ignite the spark of creativity, of growth, of love and of promise.

Ostara is associated with the Earth’s renewal and fertility after the long winter.

Coming next in the Wheel of the Year after Yule, the return of the light, is Imbolc on February 2, the time of renewal and preparation.

Imbolc: Rituals, Recipe & Lore for Brigid’s Day is a small book packed with information for Imbolc and beyond.

At Samhain we invite our ancestors to the harvest table, cook their favourite dishes and eat in silence at a ritual known as a Dumb Supper.

There is something for everyone in the pages of Samhain: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Halloween.

The Great Work is intended as a map or guidebook to accompany us along life’s journey, to help us overcome the monsters that may be lurking around the bend.

I recommend Mabon: Ritual, Recipes & Lore for the Autumn Equinox to anyone wanting an intensive on Mabon.