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Discover the 2019 Lammas Sabbat Box • Hearth Witchery 10329
• 2019 LAMMAS SABBAT BOX • HEARTH WITCHERY • BOX BREAKDOWN •
Hail and Welcome, Sabbat Box Members and Friends!
We have arrived at the point of the year where the longest day is past us, and the slow waning of the day begins to give way to the longer nights. But summer is still very much in full swing and power and growth from the Sun is still in full effect. As we leave the summer solstice behind, we move toward the next stop on the Wheel of the Year—that halfway point between the solstice and the autumnal equinox known by many on the Path as Lammas or Lughnasadh. This festival historically is about abundance and the first harvest of crops, but in modern times we take this time to look spiritually at the return on the work put in at the beginning of the year and the harvest we hope to gain from it!
• BOX SYNOPSIS •
All of the items that we curated for you inside this box correspond with -or- may help assist you with the following forms of magick:
- Hearth magick
- Protection work
- Household spellwork
- Prosperity magick
- discovering new ways to enchant the home
While the harvest fields are an important focus in celebration of Lammas and Lughnasadh, there is also where the harvest ends up: the home and hearth. No matter where our lives take us, we all want a place to call home where we can refuel, recharge, and revitalize ourselves when our work or life stresses take from us. While hearth is generally referring to a fireplace or kitchen space, the term itself brings up images of warmth, security, and peace. It’s no coincidence the term hearth is close to heart, because what makes any structure where we reside a home is the heart and soul that we bring to it. It is where we gather with family and friends to share in our successes, lament our failures, and strengthen our connections with our fellow loved ones.
It is this idea—the hearth or soul of where we live—that we considered when curating items for this year’s Lammas Sabbat Box. We wanted to provide a collection of items and information on how we can better walk our paths when it comes to enchanting our homes and hearth!
• THE HOUSE WITCH BOOK •
ITEM 1: HOUSE WITCH BOOK.................$16.99
• WHAT: Hearth Witchery Book
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sourced via Simon and Schuster
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at The Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A fabulous book written on the topic of hearth witchery and how to enchant the home.
BREAKDOWN
What makes a place a home? Is it the feeling of safety and security from the outside world or is there more to it? For many magickal practitioners, the home is the epicenter of their spiritual workings and the "home base” of their magickal path, so we wanted to include a more in-depth collection of information and lore surrounding the home and hearth. That’s when we found this great addition for your magickal library! Author Arin Murphy-Hiscock wrote and gathered extensive information for all things witchy in the home with this beautifully written guide on hearth and home witchcraft. Within its pages you’ll find rituals, spells, recipes and applications that you can add to your own practice and help to keep your home magically tuned, safe, and prosperous. Whether you want to know how to build different hearth fires for specific rites and occasions, to making corn dollies and other home arts and crafts, learn about herbal, color, and food ingredient correspondences, or gain a deeper understanding of the cauldron and its connection between magick and cooking, this book is a great addition to any library. At over 250 pages, this small (but packed!) book is a excellent compendium of things witchy for the home and hearth.
• BESOM PENTACLE PLAQUE •
ITEM 2: ALTAR PLAQUE..........$19.95
• WHAT: Besom Pentagram Plaque
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sourced Via Eclectic Artisans
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A detailed plaque portraying beloved Pagan imagery.
BREAKDOWN
Since this Sabbat Box is all about the home and hearth, we thought to add a lasting addition to your altar or sacred space with this beautiful plaque. The design includes five besoms—common tools in the home to both practically and spiritually “sweep out” bad things. These besoms are arranged in a pentagram or star-shape, which are commonly used to represent the five interconnected elements of water, fire, air, earth, and spirit, but also can represent the complete person and the five aspects of nature and our place in it. This decorative display is an all-in-one way to evoke protection and security, banish negativity or evil, and signify that your home is protected by hearth and home witchcraft! Another use for the pentagram can be the placeholder for deity or higher power if the practitioner does not name or signify a specific god or goddess in their practice. This beautiful plaque is made from cold-cast resin and is hand painted. This plaque will make for a great addition to your home or altar decor. Prop this unique and charming piece up on your altar or hang it on a nearby wall with its built-in hanger. How will you incorporate your besom pentagram into your home?.
• HOME BLESSING INCENSE •
ITEM 3: LOOSE INCENSE..........$6.00
• WHAT: Home Blessing Incense
• WHO MAKES IT?: Wicked House Merchantile
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at Wicked House Merchantile and the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A traditional blend of purifying and cleansing herbs suitable for any spiritual working.
BREAKDOWN
One thing that makes a hearth or home a welcome place is its scent: a wonderful meal bubbling on the stove, the smoky crackle of a home fire, or even a sweet baked treat cooling on a windowsill. Since our theme is “hearth witchery,” we thought we’d provide a way to create a cozy aroma for your dwelling or to accompany a ritual or working. Home Blessing incense is a handmade blend of pine, cedar and sage that not only evokes an earthy scent, but also provides a natural blend of smoke great for protection and cleansing your homestead.
ABOUT THE VENDOR:
Wicked House Merchantile offers a huge variety of over 1,500 items such as candles, tools for your apothecary and altar, herbs and flowers, statues, incense blends, teas, spell kits, one of a kind trunks and so much more...that is just waiting to be added to your magickal space. Come and sit a spell and get lost in all that Wicked House has to offer!
Learn more about this vendor in the featured vendors section below...
• RITUAL SALT SET •
ITEM 4: RITUAL SALT SET.........$12.00
• WHAT: Witches' Hearth Salt Set
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sabbat Box w/ Custom Palo Santo from Earthen Alchemy
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at The Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A special kit of three ritual salts.
BREAKDOWN
While the use of salt in the kitchen and hearth as a mundane spice and preservative is common, the spiritual practice of using salt is just as diverse and useful. Our Witches’ Hearth Sacred Salt Kit includes a pack of black, Himalayan pink, and white Dead Sea salts, as well as a stick of laser engraved Palo Santo wood for clearing sacred space and helping to aid to various spiritual workings. We also included a skeleton key that can be incorporated into workings as a way to open doors or offer shelter for positive energies and spirits (or to lock out negative energies).
• SELENITE CRYSTAL BOWLS •
ITEM 5: CRYTSAL BOWL.................$9.95
• WHAT: Selenite Bowls
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sourced via Kheops International
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at the Sabbat Box Store
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A beautiful crystal addition to any altar or sacred space.
BREAKDOWN
Since we included our custom made Sacred Salt Set in this box, we thought we might provide a permanent tool for your altar or sacred space that can be used as a vessel to hold it, and this selenite bowl fits that bill. Selenite, a natural soft gypsum crystal, is believed to provide energies of protection, peacefulness, and positivity as well as healing. Also, selenite is a cleansing stone and these little bowls are a great way to spiritually cleanse and charge other stones and small objects. Perfect to use on your altar to spiritually cleanse your space.
• HEARTH WITCHERY INSERT •
ITEM 6: BOOK OF SHADOWS PAGE..........$3.95
• WHAT: Hearth Lore Book of Shadows Page.
• WHO MAKES IT?: Sabbat Box
• WHERE CAN I GET IT?: Available at Sabbat Box
• WHY WOULD I WANT IT?: A small guide on the lore of hearth witchery and lore.
BREAKDOWN
This box’s guide is all about the hearth and its practices, rituals, and lore from around the world, as well as information about house spirits and their history among pagan and witchcraft communities. Learn about different beliefs and practices from history all around the world with this convenient, all-in-one place reference that would be a great addition to any practitioner’s grimoire or book of shadows.
• PACKING & SHIPPING •
PACKING & SHIPPING: Part of the costs of your box include the box and the packing material itself. The items listed below account for a good portion of the overall costs for the Lammas Sabbat Boxes. Each Lammas Sabbat Box is lined with paper padding and wrapping to add to the surprise of what we’ve curated for you. Shipping is also included in the total price for Sabbat Box members. The average cost to ship boxes is roughly $9.90. Also, we here at Sabbat Box wish to be as environmentally friendly that we can be and do our best to source packing supplies and material from companies that have the same beliefs we do, in that we want to make as little of an impact as possible on the environment, while also keeping the content of your boxes safe as they make their journey to you.
BOXES: Your boxes where made from high quality corrugated paper and are 100% recyclable. Please try to find another use for your box. They are 9x9x3 on the inside. You could decorate your box to hold some magickal supplies or use it again to ship something to someone or save it for another time when you may need it. If you have to get rid of it, please try to recycle it.
BROCHURES: Your brochures are printed on recyclable 16pt paper, which is sourced from sustainable forests.
TISSUE PAPER & FILLING: The tissue paper inside is made from 100% recycled paper and is recyclable. The colored filler inside each box is made from scraps of recycled colored crinkle paper and is biodegradable. The filler comes from an eco friendly, woman owned company.
STICKERS: The stickers found within your boxes where printed on vinyl with a gloss laminate.
• SABBAT BOX SAVINGS & COUPONS •
SAVINGS:
Part of our goal is to provide a number of items to our members at a value far above what individuals can purchase on their own. When you add up all of the items inside your LAMMAS Sabbat Box, as well as costs for shipping and packaging, you are saving over $25. We believe this to be another good reason to be a member. Also, each box we create helps to support Pagan run businesses and their employees. Sabbat Box looks forward to continuing to stay within our mission to work with other Pagan businesses to supply products for each box.
MIDSUMMER SABBAT BOX PRICE BREAKDOWN
• Total MSRP of items inside: $68.84
• Total Savings on this box: $18.89
• Total Shipping Savings: $9.90
• Grand Total In Savings: $28.79
Our members helped to support 6 small/Pagan run businesses with their Sabbat Box membership! We work with other Pagans and Pagan owned businesses within the community to purchase, curate and supply the items featured within our boxes. In the end, we want to help the community grow and share our business with companies that share our same values and standards.
• SABBAT BOX FEATURED VENDOR - WICKED HOUSE MERCHANTILE •
COMPANY: WICKED HOUSE MERCHANTILE
ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY SELL: We are a mother/daughter duo that has been running Wicked House since 2011. We are an online shop only that resides in the beautiful trees of the Pacific Northwest. We love catering to witches on a budget, We understand what that's like therefore, we offer layaway plans that are created with you and your budget in mind. We strive to be a one stop shop for all your apothecary needs and one of a kind items that are sure to add a little extra magick whether you are a beginner or experienced in your chosen path..
Wicked House Merchantile offers a huge variety of over 1,500 items such as candles, tools for your apothecary and altar, herbs and flowers, statues, incense blends, teas, spell kits, one of a kind trunks and so much more...that is just waiting to be added to your magickal space. Come and sit a spell and get lost in all that Wicked House has to offer!.
- WEBSITE: http://wickedhousemerchan.wixsite.com/wickedhouse
- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wicked_house_merchantile/
- FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Wicked-House-Merchantile-286563011408609/
• SABBAT BOX FEATURED VENDOR - ECLECTIC ARTISANS •
COMPANY: ECLETIC ARTISANS PAGAN MARKETPLACE
ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY SELL: Located in Pinellas County Florida, Eclectic Artisans is the sister company to Sabbat Box, and offers over 3,000 products from a myriad of pagan vendors and businesses. Discover a variety of unique ritual tools, spell supplies to help aid you along your spiritual journey!
- WEBSITE: https://eartisans.net
- FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/eclecticartisansofflorida/
- TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eartisans
- PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/EArtisans
SABBAT BOX EXCLUSIVE VENDOR COUPON CODE: "SABBATBOX"
Use the code above at ECLECTIC ARTISANS and receive 10% OFF your next purchase!
• TIME •
TIME: We take pride in assembling each and every Sabbat Box by hand, no matter the amount of time it takes. We don't just throw your items inside a flat rate priority mail box like some other subscription box companies out there. We want your Sabbat Box to be delivered to you as beautifully as it left us, and it takes a tremendous amount of time to complete this task.
This includes folding the boxes together, individually cutting each sheet of tissue paper by hand, weighing out the crinkle paper for each box, designing the flyers, coupons, stickers and brochures to be printed professionally by commercial printers, individually placing each item within their corresponding bags, individually assembling the boxes, individually packing the tissue paper within each box by hand and also putting together and creating product packing. This timeframe doesn't even include the efforts made to manage the Sabbat Box website, the back end billing system, social media management, customer service inquiries, accounting, marketing, purchasing, networking, and so on. This is a labor of love and we enjoy serving the community!
We believe in what it is we are doing and we sincerely hope that each and every one of you can see that the purest of intent and utmost care goes into curating each Sabbat Box.
• OFFICIAL 2019 LAMMAS SABBAT BOX UNBOXING VIDEO •
• 2019 LAMMAS UNBOXING VIDEO •
We would like to thank each and every one of our suppliers, vendors, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, our members, for making Sabbat Box possible. This wouldn't even be happening if it wasn't for our members. We hope to continue to serve the Pagan community at large and continue to provide you inspiration to celebrate The Wheel of the Year! Have a Blessed Lammas!
Blessed Be,
Llyfr & Hugh
Founders of Sabbat Box
- Aeden B
- Tags: Hearth Witchery Lammas Lammas Box Lughnasadh
Lammas 2019 Sabbat Box Theme Release • Hearth Witchery 112
• 2019 LAMMAS • SABBAT BOX THEME • HEARTH WITCHERY •
Boxes ship: 7/19 ~ We have arrived at the point of the year where the longest day is past us, and the slow waning of the day begins to give way to the longer nights. But summer is still very much in full swing and power and growth from the Sun is still in full effect. As we leave the summer solstice behind, we move toward the next stop on the Wheel of the Year—that halfway point between the solstice and the autumnal equinox known by many on the Path as Lammas or Lughnasadh. This festival historically is about abundance and the first harvest of crops, but in modern times we take this time to look spiritually at the return on the work put in at the beginning of the year and the harvest we hope to gain from it.
Lammas, or “Loaf-Mass” is a celebration of the reaping of crops and the first summer harvest. While we may not all be farmers or work literal fields, we all have our own work and sowing our intentions and patiently waiting for growth and a return on our efforts regardless of the time of year. So on the first day of August, we take the time to acknowledge our actions and choices and celebrate those that have brought us prosperity or security as well as examine those actions and choices that have not.
The other name for this sabbat, Lughnasadh (pronounced LOO-NA-SAH), has a more specific purpose, as it is believed that the first festival was held by the god Lugh as a funeral feast for his deceased mother Tailtiu and an athletic competition. This time also became a time of sacrifice as well, as it was important to offer the first crop cuttings to the gods in gratitude for the harvest itself. Here in parts of North America at this time there are literal “first fruits” such as the beginning of the blueberry harvest season.
While the harvest fields are an important location in celebration of this sabbat, there is also where the harvest ends up: the home and hearth. No matter where our lives take us, we all want a place to call home where we can refuel, recharge, and revitalize ourselves when our work or life stresses take from us. While hearth is generally referring to a fireplace or kitchen space, the term itself brings up images of warmth, security, and peace. It’s no coincidence the term hearth is close to heart, because what makes any structure where we reside a home is the heart and soul that we bring to it. It is where we gather with family and friends to share in our successes, lament our failures, and strengthen our connections with our fellow loved ones.
It is this idea—the hearth or soul of where we live—that we considered when curating items for this year’s Lammas Sabbat Box. We wanted to provide a collection of things and information on how we can better walk our paths when it comes to our homes and hearth, and we hope that you will enjoy what we have put together. This year, as the harvest begins, make sure you remember what all that planting and harvesting is for: to make your own little piece of the world the most prosperous and happiest it can be, to make your residence the very example of hearth, home, and soul.
- Aeden B
- Tags: Hearth Witchery Lammas Lughnasadh Sabbat Box Theme
