Lammas Late Summer Collection

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Celebrate Lammas with the perfect all-natural fragrance for late summer. What is Lammas and when is it celebrated? Lammas is a seasonal pagan celebration marking the approximate halfway point between the midsummer solstice, or Litha, and the autumnal equinox, also known as Mabon. It is celebrated annually on August 1. Lammas marks the first harvest of the season, and the waxing transition of an abundant summer into a fruitful fall. Also known as Lughnasadh or Lughnasa, this pagan holiday is derived from the ancient Celtic festival celebrating the god Lugh and his late foster mother Tailtiu, a goddess indigenous to Ireland and instrumental to their harvest. The word Lammas comes from the old English hlāfmæsse, or loaf mass: Since the grain harvest from this season dictates the success of farmers’ crops to sustain their communities throughout the winter, the first loaves of bread from the harvest are consecrated at Lammas. Where does Lammas fall on the Wheel of the Year? The Wheel of the Year includes four Quarter Days and four Cross-Quarter Days, including the winter and summer solstices, vernal and autumnal equinoxes, and four midpoints bisecting each of these quarters. The dates of these eight points derive most directly from the pre-Christian Celtic calendar, a solar-lunar ritual calendar dating from the second century AD that divided the year into eight roughly-equivalent seasonal sections. In order throughout our modern annual calendar, the eight division points on the Wheel of the Year include: Imbolc (late winter), celebrated on February 1 Ostara (early spring), celebrated at the vernal equinox (on or around March 21) Beltane (late spring), celebrated on May 1 Litha (early summer), celebrated at the summer solstice (on our around June 21) Lammas (late summer), celebrated on August 1 Mabon (early fall), celebrated at the autumnal equinox (on or around September 21) Samhain (late fall), celebrated on November 1 (often beginning at dusk on October 31) Yule (early