This is a series of articles dedicated to earth based spiritual practices, aimed towards people that are healers, or are working with high frequency energies to reconnect with the earth, nature, and thus ground themselves to the cycles that mother earth goes through the year, hoping these practices will help balance out the sometimes taxing high vibrational work they’re engaged with, with the calm energies of nature observance.

In the Neopagan spiritual circles, the holiday based on the Neopagan Wheel of the Year called Lughnasadh, is observed on August 1^st each year.

Lughnasadh (pronounced LOO-nuh-suh) is the time of year, where people of the old used to celebrate and give gratitude for the First Harvest made of grains, fruits and other season related gifts from the earth.

In the Neopagan tradition, (at least for those who observe the Wheel of the Year) Lughnasadh is all about reaping the fruits of our labor. And for all of us sensitives, and empaths who join the celebration, it reflects our harvest, that of our progress and spiritual advancement, and being grateful for what Source has granted us.

Lughnasadh (pronounced LOO-nuh-suh) is the time of year, where people of the old used to celebrate and give gratitude for the First Harvest made of grains, fruits and other season related gifts from the earth.

Let’s explore ways to honor this day, reflect upon its themes, and internalize the gifts of this holiday through simple gestures.

So, let’s begin.

The Energetic Essence of the First Harvest Festival

Attuning to Earth’s Rhythms and Your Inner Cycles

In August, (at least where I live) the heat and intensity of summer slowly recedes, and there’s a sweetness to the warmth that is present around this time which prepares me for what is following in the coming months.

This preparation involves a type of slowing down, a theme that will be present all throughout the next season that of fall.

Also, as I am slowing down, I take some time to reflect on what I’m harvesting in terms of the goals that I have set during the months that have passed, and see which of them came to fruition and which haven’t.

Gratitude as an Energetic Frequency

Lughnasadh also represents the time of year where I like to give my gratitude towards the abundance that is displayed all around me as I harvest what has come to fruition, while acknowledging the goals that haven’t.

At the same time, expressing my gratitude is also the practice that helps me raise my vibration, which then acts as a force of attraction for all good things to come.

5 Simple and Sacred Ways to Celebrate Lughnasadh Today

As discussed above, Lughnasadh is that time of the year where you sit and reflect with gratitude on what has come to pass.

What follows are 5 ways that you can honor and celebrate this holiday, and letting its energy seep into your soul.

1. Set Intentions That Align with Seasonal Energy

Setting your intention to reach goals is something that you can do all throughout the year. But if you do so during the holidays of the Wheel of the Year, which are powerful energetic focal points, you are attuning your intention with these forces and strengthening those intentions with these energies.

This holiday is no exception. But its focus is more inwardly energetically than outwardly, in contrast, for instance, with holidays such as Beltane. It’s not about manifesting something, but more about aligning with the energies of shifting from the high vibrational energies of summer to the quiet ones that are present during the seasons of fall and winter.

For you to take advantage of this shift, you can set aside some time to reflect on what you have accomplished and what has not come to fruition.

By taking this inventory of success and failures, and by letting them go as things of the past with love, you are getting ready to charge your batteries through the quietness of the months to follow.

2. Honor Simplicity as a Spiritual Practice

Another theme associated with Lughnasadh is the idea of “less is more”.

Living in the frenzy of modern life, we have lost touch with giving our attention to simple practices, simple deeds and how meaningful they can be to our soul.

Another theme associated with Lughnasadh is the idea of “less is more”.

When you bring your attention to the present moment by practicing minimalism in your spiritual acts, you can feel a sense of power to it, where you concentrate your energy in one thing rather than scattering it all around you to outwardly distractions that try to pull your attention away from yourself.

3. Connect with the Earth Through Nature Rituals

As I mentioned many times in my previous articles concerning the holidays of the Wheel of the Year, this is again a time to connect with the earth and nature.

During Lughnasadh, a simple walk in places like a park, a garden or any other space where nature is present, and you get to observe the beauty of the late summer energy through the colors of golden hues, the ripening of crops and fruits and the shift in the intensity of light.

These walks are more than enough for you to align your energy field with that of late summer.

4. Anchor To the Gratitude of the season

As I discussed above, Lughnasadh is also the best time of the year to express your gratitude for the abundance of the First Harvest.

Preparing a feast made of food and drinks appropriate to the season, and giving thanks for all the gifts of the First Harvest is one of the best way for me to express gratitude.

As I discussed above, Lughnasadh is also the best time of the year to express your gratitude for the abundance of the First Harvest.

Of course, you can come up on your own with practices that you like to do to express your gratitude towards the gifts of the day.

5. Express Creativity as an Act of Sacred Celebration

Creativity is a gateway of expressing your innermost self in meaningful acts.

One way to express my creativity during Lughnasadh, is to decorate my home with the themes of the holiday, like placing bouquets of dried grains around the house, create corn dolls which is a custom reflecting the harvest and hang them in various places of my home, along with placing cards around the house where I’ve written everything that I’m grateful for me and my loved ones.

Creativity is a way to appreciate beauty, beauty that started showing up during the Spring Equinox till this day of Lughnasadh. Through expressing your creativity, you take your mind from all your obligations, the stresses, and the hecticness of life and turn your attention back to the center of your being, the source, which is expressed through this beauty.

Conclusion

Lughnasadh’s is all about taking a step back and acknowledging whatever is worthy of harvesting on this day. It is a time of expressing gratitude through acts of celebration and creativity.

So, take advantage of the day’s energies and bring forth your own sense of feeling “full” and being grateful for it.

Till next time, take care.