Church of the Wild - Lùnasa Gathering

One of the many reasons why Church of the Wild exists is to create spaces where we re-member our primary interconnectedness in intimate relationship with the rest of the living world. In a time of drastic climate collapse, extinction of species, depleted soil and waters, one of the most beneficial actions we can take is to restore relationship. 

Robin Wall Kimmerer says, "Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond." 

This feast day of Lammas, or Lunasa, is an ancient Celtic festival of thankgsiving for the first fruits of the earth. It is noticing the earth loving us. For our ancestors, the first corn was cut, the first wheat was made into loaves of bread, the cows and…