{"id":41900,"date":"2019-08-02T16:47:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41900"},"modified":"2019-08-03T03:34:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T03:34:42","slug":"half-way-between-summer-solstice-and-the-autumn-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/08\/half-way-between-summer-solstice-and-the-autumn-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Half way between Summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August brings its warmth and warm abundance<br \/>\nTo the fore<br \/>\nHarvest time when fruits are bursting<br \/>\nAnd grains to fill our store<br \/>\nThe sun and moon together<br \/>\nResplendent in the sky<br \/>\nCorn dollies representing<br \/>\nThe harvest mother,  I<br \/>\nLove this month<br \/>\nLammas Towers made out of corn stalks true<br \/>\nRebirthing it\u2019s the essence<br \/>\nOf the celebration LUGH<br \/>\nTo Rollrights on a hill<br \/>\nIn Oxford<br \/>\nAncient standing stones<br \/>\nLooking down on Chipping Norton<br \/>\nYou can feel it in your bones<br \/>\nThe great abundance moving<br \/>\nInto the spirit where<br \/>\nThe druids decked in<br \/>\nRobes create<br \/>\nA ritual all may share<\/p>\n<p>Balf way between the Summer Solstice<br \/>\nAnd the Autumn Equinox<br \/>\nThe first harvest festival<br \/>\nSpirited how it unlocks<br \/>\nThe freedom to share noble bread<br \/>\nAnd juices of the vine<br \/>\nSoak up the warmth of Summer<br \/>\nIn an interlude divine<br \/>\nHazel picking up<br \/>\nWhere Holly left us<br \/>\nThe goddess tree<br \/>\nSuch inspiration flies<br \/>\nHonouring the sun god<br \/>\nAnd his mother<br \/>\nHe a warrior a poet<br \/>\nOf the wise<br \/>\nRevealing healing<br \/>\nPowerful energy<br \/>\nIn the open collectively we play<br \/>\nWho can throw the rubber boot<br \/>\nThe farthest<br \/>\nOr tow the rope<br \/>\nAnd open up the way<br \/>\nTo a time of true festivity<br \/>\nAnd honour<br \/>\nA willingness to participate<br \/>\nAnd earn<br \/>\nA countenance with alchemy<br \/>\nAnd each warm embrace<br \/>\nBard ovates and Druids<br \/>\nTogether learn<\/p>\n<p>And share the comforts<br \/>\nReally of an afternoon together<br \/>\nFilling lungs with laughter and with glee<br \/>\nParticipating and relating<br \/>\nTo the games of Lugh<br \/>\nCreating true respect eternally<br \/>\nThe lights stare picks out pigments<br \/>\nOf such beauty<br \/>\nA calming breeze to soften<br \/>\nAnd to show<br \/>\nThe sky as blue as ever<br \/>\nAnd balmy clouds that never<br \/>\nFail us as together they bestow<\/p>\n<p>Significance and willingness<br \/>\nTo quantify<br \/>\nTo come together sharing as we know<br \/>\nWe sanctify suggestions of just being<br \/>\nAble now to magnify the flow<br \/>\nOf energy and  the Celtic synergy<br \/>\nRevitalised and enduring we proclaim<br \/>\nA ritual to remember<br \/>\nFrom Within our sacred circle<br \/>\nAnd Lugh\u2019s presence in what is<br \/>\nHis noble flame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brings its warmth and warm abundance To the fore Harvest time when fruits are bursting And grains to fill our store The sun and moon together Resplendent in the sky Corn dollies representing The harvest mother, I Love this &hellip; 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