Lammas marks the first of the year's three harvest festivals, the point where the sun still burns strong but has quietly begun to loosen its grip on the year. Traditionally, it was a day of gathering the first grain, baking the first bread, and taking honest stock of what had actually grown from the intentions planted back in spring. It asks a gentler question than most sabbats: not what are you building, but what have you already been given.
This ritual is built around a money bowl, one of the oldest and simplest forms of prosperity magic, updated here to hold the specific energy of the first harvest.
What You'll Need
A green or gold candle
A small bowl for your altar
Our Money Magick Ritual Kit, which includes the herbs and pyrite you'll use below
Our Prosperity Anointing Oil
A Citrine Tumbled Stone, for abundance
Our Golden Ray Sun Spoon, for scooping the herbs into your bowl (a small detail, but a fitting one for a harvest ritual)
A slip of paper and a pen
Setting the Space
Cleanse your altar and your materials however feels right to you, whether that's incense, sound, or simply your intention. Place your bowl at the center, with your candle just behind it. If you can, work near a window so the last of the summer sun can reach your space.
The Gathering
Using your Sun Spoon, scoop a small pinch of each herb from your Money Magick Ritual Kit into the bowl. As you do, think of this as your own act of harvesting, gathering the small pieces of effort and intention you've put in since spring. Add your pyrite to the bowl, and place your citrine beside it.
The Naming
On your slip of paper, write down one thing that has genuinely borne fruit for you this year. It doesn't need to be large. A habit you kept, a relationship that deepened, a fear you moved through. Fold the paper toward you three times, once to name it, once to honor it, once to let it grow, and tuck it beneath the bowl.
The Anointing
Anoint your candle with the Prosperity Anointing Oil, tracing it from the wick down to the base to draw abundance toward you. Light the candle and let it sit beside your bowl.
The Reflection
Sit with the flame for a few minutes. Ask yourself what you are ready to reap next, now that the hardest part, the planting, is already behind you. Let the candle burn down safely, or extinguish it with intention and return to the ritual over the following days.
Reflection: What have you been given this year that you almost didn't notice?
However you choose to celebrate the harvest this year, we hope it feels abundant. If you're looking to carry this energy further, our Manifesting Abundance Bundle is a beautiful next step, or explore Manifest Your Reality and Call In Abundance for more tools to support the season.