A Simple Simmer Pot Recipe for Lughnasadh/Lammas

Recipe by Stacy Rapp; Edited by Amber C. Snider

A new Lughnasadh simmer pot recipe to invoke prosperity, blessings, love, and happiness, all while refreshing your home with a serene scent.
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A great way to spiritually refresh your home is to try a summer simmer bowl. And one of the best things about it is you can use the herbal water for a bath ritual later in the evening. 

Lughnasadh, an ancient holiday to celebrate the first harvest of the year, is a great time for rituals involving abundance, growth, and gratitude. Historically, this time of year is a pivotal point in the calendar for harvesting the first grain and fruits of the season, which helps ensure survival over the coming winter months. It’s also the midway point between the summer solstice and the fall equinox, and part of the eight Sabbats in the Wheel of the Year in the Wiccan religion. 

Lughnasadh is a time to celebrate all the hard work you’ve put in up until this point, get excited about the upcoming fall season and give thanks for the blessings of summer. For modern witches, Wiccans, and pagans this can also involve doing spellwork and rituals around prosperity, abundance, growth, and gratitude.

Here, head witch Stacy Rapp put together a simmer bowl and bath recipe for abundance, gratitude, and blessings for this sacred time of year. 

Lughnasadh/Lammas Simmer Bowl Recipe 

Ingredients: 
Apple peels, around 2-3 apples
Chamomile Flowers, a handful 
Juniper Berries, around two tablespoons
Meadowsweet, a couple small blossoms
Rose Petals, one cup 
Rosemary Leaf, 1/4 cup 
Sunflower or Marigold Petals, a handful 
Woodruff, two tablespoons

*Herbs and flowers can either be dried or fresh. Use what you have! 
*Do note that herbs and flowers purchased at Enchantments should not be ingested and are intended for magickal use only. 

Instructions:

Step One: Take out a large simmer pot and fill it with spring water. Set it on the stove while you gather the ingredients above. If you don't have a particular herb or flower, that's okay! Just improvise with what you have. As you place each ingredient in the bowl, focus on tapping into the energy of the plant and inviting abundance,  prosperity, and happiness into your home. Say "thank you" to each ingredient as you place it into the pot. 

Step Two: Heat the water with the plants on the stove and once it reaches boiling temperature, turn the stove down to the lowest possible setting. Do not cover with a lid. Let it simmer for 3-4 hours, but keep a close eye on the water level and refresh the water as necessary every 20 minutes or so.

Step Three: As the water boils, conduct other simple, soothing rituals around your house. Perhaps write down what you're grateful for, what you'd like to manifest in the coming season, and take note of what brings you pure, quiet joy. You can also meditate, do a stretching exercise, or light a Solar Blast candle to reign in the last energies of the summer sun. 

Step Four: Once you're done with the simmer bowl, don't discard the water! Your ritual isn't over yet. Strain the liquid into a mason jar and set it aside for the evening. Take the dried herbs and carry them outside, giving the plants back to Mother Earth. Say "thank you" as you return them to the earth. 

Step Five: Light a yellow or white candle in the evening and add the Lughnasadh herbal water to your bath. Focus on a white cleansing light around you in the bathtub as you soak in the magic you've created. 

​Blessed Lughnasadh!