Lammas/ Lughnasadh Blessing

If you do not have a Corn Dolly Follow instructions here 

Corn dollly Step by Step tutorial here
http://teawithlucy.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-creative-space-make-corn-dolly.html 

How to make a Corn Dolly for Lammas Video Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV12nUgKK_k

Another Tutorial here
http://www.stonewylde.com/images/lammascorndolly.pdf

Corn husk dolly
http://www.snowwowl.com/naartcornhuskdolls2.html


Okay now that you have your Corn Dolly and you Decorate them any way you want 

What You’ll Need:

4 tea light candles
Your corn dolly
Dried corn kernels (popcorn)

Directions 

Form a 5-6 inch diameter circle with your handful of dried corn kernels.  Place each tea light just outside of the circle at the four compass points: east, south, west, and north.
  Hold your hands, palms down, over the circle and say the following incantation:

Goddess ( insert name of your Goddess , I honor Gaia ) of Harvest Home
Lend the spirit of the gnome,
In this circle of the corn,
May your blessings thus be born

God ( insert name I call the sun God Sol or Lugh) 
Lugh, I call upon your strength
Lend Strength to the spirit of the Gnome
in this Circle of the Corn
May your blessing thus be born

Lord and Lady ( insert names 
I Thank you for your love, Protection , Wisdom and Guidance
Courage to speak the words
That are forbidden–and yet necessary
Courage to give life to ideas
Knowing they are blessed
From a higher Source than myself.
I ask for your guidance in discipline

To know and follow the Way on this day
Blessed be.

Once you are done, set the dolly within the corn circle, allowing it to stand upright. Light the four candles. Silently regard this small ritual for a few moments, then extinguish the candles. Whisk the corn kernels into a glass jar and store them away for use in a magical practice that you will do on another day.


Finally, if you place the dolly near your hearth or in your kitchen, you will invite the blessings of the Earth Mother and all kindly spirits and energies of bounty


Next you will need Bread  its Traditional to bake bread  for Lammas/ Lughnasadh 
bake it in the shape of a  Goddess or God   Spiral goddess example here

this is a simple thing to do you can even  use frozen  bread dough and just shape it into the shape



Blessing Chant
you just need the bread and a Candle  

say the following  

"I come to this space in celebration Within the Sacred Garden of the Gods & Goddess .
The Sun God Lugh, He gives forth light and the energy of life to all.
Through the Goddess and from the Goddess All things grow and mature.
It is She who is the bearer of life and rebirth of the Harvest to come.
The land is full and must be tended. Let me now share Her bounty."

Break off a piece of bread and eat it.
 Prepare a candle for lighting, saying:

"I must open myself to change. To do so, I must abandon my faults, Refresh and revitalize the body and spirit, And embrace growth as I prepare for what is to become; For what the future holds, Yet for me to grow it is necessary for a part of me to die."

Light the candle, declare any faults you would like to be cleansed of, and stick the candle in the ground before you.
 The Energy Circle is raised and at its climax blow out the candle. After a moment of meditation, say:

"Out of the death of this small part of me, life begins anew."
The ritual is complete and the circle is released.