Our dedication for this issue:

May the great and glorious Goddess watch over you and keep you well...May the long hand of Lugh surround you with brightness...May the healing hand of Brigid cup your heart in her hands...and May the eternal love of Isis beat strong in your spirit... ~*breathe the starlight and be at peace...blessings...and love..always love...find your stars...and be well..~*

Amethyst

Many of you have said you didn't know what was inside the article, until you visited each and every page. Following is an index of articles, and which page you can find them on. Just click on the buttons at the top of this page:

SECTION I - HOLIDAY LORE
Lughnassadh (Lammas) and Its Lore - StormWing
LAMMAS: The First Harvest - Mike Nichols
LAMMAS - Baboo Kyra Finch
Lammas Recipes - by Luna

SECTION II - FAMILY ISSUES
Promoting Pagan Family Values - Selene SilverWind

SECTION III - STORY-TIME
CatCorner - How much love is enough? - Sorcy SummerWind
Fiona & Julian - The Wake - Selene SilverWind
Meagan's Lammas - Kat Dyer

SECTION IV - ASK AUNTIE
Auntie Ahn's questions and answers

SECTION V - ONLINE RESOURCES
Astrology News for Lammas - Sarlota
Herbs - Dor <Doggrell by Baboo Kyra Finch>
Wicca 101 - Lesson #1 - Rhia
Shopping Corner - Dor

SECTION VI - PAGAN EVENTS
Events List - Selene SilverWind

SECTION VII - THE CAULDRON
Dedicated to Cerridwen - BirdLady
Public Paganism - by De-Anna Alba
What Does It Mean to Be a Druid? - by ladytoad

Publisher's Comments
By Midnight Grey Wolfpup

Greetings and Merry Meet everyone ....

A field of corn stands tall in the shimmering heat of an August first afternoon. Overhead a hawk circles, and everywhere there is the hum and buzz of insects. As the month begins, we celebrate the festival of Lammas, the celebration of the first harvest. The Grain harvest. Featured in many traditions is the gathering of grain heads, and the making of the Corn or Grain Mother.

This is a wonderful time of the year. The days start getting shorter, the heat of the summer starts to wane, and soon we'll have frosts. Seems so far away sometimes with 98 degree heat, but the cycle keeps turning. And in the turning of this wheel of the year we see each Sabbat and each month as part of the continuous story of the Goddess and the God. The story tells us that the first is deathless, and the second must die to be reborn.

This issue takes you through this wonderful story. We have articles from StormWing, Mike Nichols, and Baboo Kyra Finch to help you on this journey. And Luna graces us with some wonderful Lammas recipes. What a wonderful celebration this will be.

Selene SilverWind give us another issue of Promoting Pagan Family Values, a Fiona & Julian that will bring another tear to your eye, and as usual her wonderful events list.

Sorcy SummerWind asks us the question "how much love is enough" when it comes to pets. An age old question that can never be answered. Our lovely young one Meagan is with us again too. This is the issue that will help you through many different phases of this season. From holiday lore, to new and different ways of thinking. What a wonderful journey.

It's also the time for two new beginnings. First of all, CyberStreet has given us a gift. Almost a year ago they rescued our publication when we lost our server. Now, they've taken in our web site. Yep, notice the above URL, it's new. :-) We thank them so very much for everything they do for the Wiccan's and the Pagan's of the world. The second new beginning is we now feature Rhia's Wicca 101. Long ago it was announced that it would be coming, and now it's here. Lesson #1.

Last issue I anounced a wonderful poem that I personally liked very much. It was brought to me by a very special friend, Luna. Written by BirdLady, it's titled Dedicated to Cerridwen. Like I said, it was very beautiful. Timeless. Due to my own mistake, it wasn't included in the issue even though it was listed in the index. I'm very sorry you didn't get to see this wonderful treasure, but I did include it in this issue. It's here, I promise.
:-)

There are many more wonderful submissions from very wonderful people in this issue. I know you'll enjoy them as much as we enjoyed bringing them to you. Now, without anymore from me, enjoy your harvest issue of Cauldrons and Broomsticks. The Lammas 1999 issue ....

Blessings, Warmth and Love in your life .....
Midnight Grey Wolfpup
Editor/Publisher
Cauldrons and Broomsticks Ezine
http://eris.cyberstreet.com/cauldronsandbroomsticks/