Calendar of the Sun
12 Weodmonath
Amaranth and Quinoa Day
Color: Brown
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a brown cloth set an armload of amaranth stalks, a basket of quinoa stalks, a jug of
water, bowls of the threshed grain, amaranth flour bread and quinoa porridge.
Offering: Give food to the poor.
Daily Meal: Amaranth bread and quinoa porridge.
Amaranth and Quinoa Invocation
(The jug of water is passed and the remainder poured out as a libation.)
I sing the praises of Amaranth,
Great grain of the Mexican desert,
Sacred grain growing taller than a man
Yet with the smallest seed of all,
Abundance in the dry time
Savior in a drought,
I sing the praises of Amaranth.
(The amaranth bread is passed and the remainder scattered in the garden.)
I sing the praises of Quinoa,
Great grain of the high mountains,
Nourishment of the south continent,
Reaching closest to the sky,
Porridge and cleanser,
Ground under the gleam of gold,
I sing the praises of Quinoa.
(The quinoa porridge is passed until it is finished.)
Song: Lammas Prayer
[Pagan Book of Hours]