Here is my YouTube of my Flower Shower Full Moon Ceremonial Fire:

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Forgive me, I posted my Pictures of the Flower Shower Moon on the Wrong Thread. I posted it on my Nine Books Thread by Mistake.

Here is another Picture of the Flower Shower Moon:

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Here is my White Lady Full Moon:

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Just got back from my 2,200Km Roadtrip to the Pacific Westcoast and back and am now posting my Picture of the Love Bright Moon:

Love Bright Moon is the Name that is used for this Moon.

It’s Festival is the Alban Hefin Summer Solstice which is the Longest Day of the Year even if it this Moontide is now spending Time preparing for the Solstice. For some, this is the easiest Moon of all. Energies are High and Days are Long which allow much to be achieved such as the Growing of the Fruits & Berries and endeavours to be Creative.

The Element of the Sun is focused on and thus the Element of Fire. Outsiders of Druidism may mistake Druidry as being a Religion Based Worship of the Sun. Our Ancestors in Druidry over the past few Hundred Years are focusing on their Learning upon the Patterns of Nature as the Sun is a Most Crucial Pivot in Nature as it is our Nearest Star with it’s Light & Heat allowing the Earth to have Life.

I revere this Sun in much the same way as the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten once did and I like Celebrating the Solstice by having a Ceremonial Fire.

This is the Time of Year to start gathering the Early Harvest and I am looking forward to gathering the Berries from the local Saskatoon Patch into a Nice Wooden Bowl.

The Love Bright Moon brings the Medium of Perception of Seeing and finding Awareness around you. You go about Seeing the Clutter that we Live with such as the Skies, the Buildings and especially the Trees. As we See what we sense in the Outer Skin of the Earth and that it is made of the Cells, Molecules, Atoms, Electrons, Quarks and more. We all must be more aware of such Changes of the Earth. We all must acknowledge the Spiritual Essence of such things.

We now Identify Ouselves with the Sun being so High as it allows us to feel the Strength of our Vitality. We acknowledge our own Vitality about what Fuels it and what Drains it. What do we all do with our Energies. Allow yourself to Self Expression in the way that you Behave. We all should take Pride in the Creative Energies that we all Express.

The Environment is full of Petals and I had to rake up a bunch of Cherry Blossom Petals at my Aunt’s House the other day. Such Petals is the Avatar of the Fruits & Berries that are about to start Growing. It is also the time of Year to go off to the Countryside allowing your Soul to be Nourished by the Non-Human World which is one of the reasons why I Packed Up and moved to Rural NE Saskatchewan.

This is also the time of year that one takes Inspirational Creativity and do Encourage the Muse that one Created in the Previous Full Moon. This is the Time of the Year that we look at the Most Potent Word in Druidism: ‘The Awen’.

This is Full Moon in which we all Focus on our Social Contract of Humanity that surrounds us and how we all relate to the World. The Bright Sun & High Energy all too often Encourage Pride & Arrogance. Where we all lacking is enough Confidence to be Honourably Assertive. Aggression is sometimes used which gives rise fo Confrontations & Conflicts during the Summer’s Heat. Thus is is the time to Pause and become Meditatively Mindful.

The Ethics of Peace is the Phrase for this Moon not only in terms for Peace within Ourselves. When we see Conflicts of Others, we should ought to check our own States of Peace.

This is also Time of Full Moon that we all should Reflect on what we have all done in the past Month and I can Chronicle that I came upon the Humboldt Bronco Crash Site and decided to stop off to see how things are doing. I discovered that the Coach Darcy’s Wooden Cross had it’s Base gone Rotten and it had Fallen Apart. I got out my Magical Box of Useful Items and got the Cross Repaired. In the Past Month, that is my Most Prideful Thing that I have done.

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Here is a Picture of my Field Poppy Moon Fire:

I did my Full Moon Fire between 5 and 6pm while there was a break in the Rain Storm that was taking place that evening.

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This is the Claim Song Moon and it is the Moon during which the Harvest is Celebrated truthfully acknowledging our own Investment in the Crops. Its Festival is Lughnasadh, Lammas Gwyl are names for this Festival Celebrated in around August 1st. It is to Celebrate the Wheat & Barley but I have been Celebrating it by Harvesting the local Rhubarb, Raspberries and Saskatoons and making Jam out of them. So far, I have made 10 Jars of Rhubarb Berry Jam so far. One considers what you personally can give in return for this Gift of Sustenance. This afternoon, I gave a couple of Buckets of Water to 2 Twin Deer Fawns who were in the Hot Summer Heat.

This is the Waxing Start of the Harvest which all are Dependent on regardless if one is residing in the City or not. Has there been enough Rain this year or not? What is the State of the Land? If you are in the City, take a trip out into the Country to a Sacred Site and sit yourself down to appreciate where your Food comes from.

Through each Moon, we have focused on different ways in which we have perceived the World and in this Moontide’s Focus is to Dance. We may think of Dance as an activity, but in Druidry, Dance is also a Medium through which we Experience our own Life and the World around use. That is not just about our movement, but about the way in which all of Nature moves. To what Rhythms is Nature Dancing? How can you improve the way you hear or feel those Rhythms? Listen to the Earth, to Gravity, to the Heartbeat of Life. Find a Deeper, Sacred More Meaningful way of Dancing.

The Element of the Claim Song Moon is Water. We have changed the Focus of Elements from Fire to Water and in this Moontide, we look at Water in Everything. Just as it is possible to see Earth and Sunshine in all of Nature, so it is possibl to acknowledge the Element of Water.

Scientists now Speak of the notion of Water having Memory to Homeopathy and other Natural Medicines thus is the True Spirit or Song of Water, how much of your Brain is Water, how much of the Earth’s Surface is Water. Be Aware of the Water in the Food you Eat with an understanding of where that Water came from. What about the Water you Drink – was it Bottled, Transported Miles or Drawn from your Kitchen Tap. What is the effect on your perception of Life with this consciousness of Water? How does Water change your Behaviour?

This Moon shows Humanity’s Connection with the Fluidity of Water. Druidry Teaches us that we are all connected through Blood, Stories, Breath, Love, Grief and Landscape, we are all linked to our Ancestors and our Descendants. Through Food, Tears, Laughter and Song, we are Linked to the Land & Seas. Through Energy and Consciousness, through the Molecules and Subatomic Particles of our being, we are Connected. It can be hard to imagine the threads that make up the complete Web of Life seeing them as currents within Water can be easierr. Similarly, when we are used to feeling the Threads Existent in Space, to shift that awareness to Water can also be a useful and potent change of Perception.

In the Environment we have Verdancy and the Holly Tree is noted by some at this time. Although Holly is not so prominent in the Forest or Hedgerows as it is in the middle of Winter when other Trees ae Bare, it is associated with the Harvest and Sacrifice. Can we feel that Link?

Growth is Heavy at this time of Year on the surrounding Farms of Saskatchewan. Soon, the Hints of Darkness and Decay will start creeping in. This is when such Feelings start. Leaves are Rotting underneath the Lush Green Growth, Petals and Fruit are Falling and the Fields are Newly Harvested. In terms of Trees, Plants and the Wild Creatures, they seem at their most Awake & Vibrant at this Claim Song Moontide.

Self Sacrifice is the Key Focus of the Claim Song Moon as we rise to Celebrate the Gifts of the Land, of the Ancestors and the Universal Deity. Yet the Word ‘Sacrifice has Negativee Connotions in Secular Modern Culture. Many Druids consider it to be a Key Part of their Practice. Talk to others in Druidism on the Traditions.

How do we define ‘Sacrifice’ in a Positive Way? As an Offering that you make during Thanksgiving maybe? Can it be the Taxes that we Pay to the Government, the Alms we Pay to our Temples or Donations paid to your Temples? Can such Gifts be simply Poems that we Write to be Recited to our Muses?

This is the Time to take account of the Ethical Donations to Charities that need our Support. Recently, I gave support to a local Connaught Fair that was held in the Area in which I made some Money doing Census Work last May & June.

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