How do we celebrate Lughnasadh in modern times? The festival is in honour of the great Lugh, Lord of Light and the first of the three harvest Sabbats which celebrate the ripening grains and corn. Lammas, or Lughnasadh, celebrates the early harvest. It’s a time to honour the spirit of the grain harvest. In the …
Black Cat – AllPosters In Western culture, black cats are often looked upon as a symbol of bad omens, and we hear of such superstitions as a black cat crossing one’s path bringing bad luck. Originally, the superstitious believed the luck of a black cat to be good luck. It was Christianity which deemed cats, …
Lughnasadh Lughnasadh is celebrated in the quarter of the year following Beltane. Tradition, and Julius Caesar, set the date as 1st August, but since the Ancients Celts passed their days from sundown to sundown, for some people, the celebration might begin the night before on July 31st. In the Southern hemisphere, Lughnasadh is celebrated on …
Is the eye of Venus herself? She emerged from the volcanic rock of Herculaneum, at the feet of Vesuvius, after a sleep of very close to two thousand years. Seventeen years before the well documented eruption of 79 CE, the Basilica at Herculaneum was almost entirely destroyed by an earthquake, and the Proconsul, Marcus Nonius …
St Patrick gets a lot of publicity. He had an excellent theatrical agent in the old days and his slick promotional material, backed up by Roman gold, was of the very best quality. Repeat something often enough and half of the population will believe it (just look at politicians, ancient or modern.) Forget that the …