This isn’t Rosmerta’s statue, hers is being repaired after having fallen during the move, but this statue stands in for any divine feminine when I need to!

Rosmerta, for those who aren’t Celtic or Gallic/Brythonic pagans is a special lady.  She is the abundant one, an entity tied to the cycles of fertility, harvest and merry making.  My discovery and connection to her came at random and sort of upset my strangely intense tie to the Gaelic gods, but she fits right in lol.

There simply aren’t enough salmon berries in the world.  I don’t care for the taste much but i LOVE the colors

On this wonderful waxing day (like I give a damn about the moon, it just sounded nice to say lol), I set out an altar in her honor- mainly because Andrew is working on the new devotional I designed (well, not new, some of you remember me talking about this months ago).  She’s already looking beautiful, and we were just looking to make offerings for inspiration.  Hope she likes it  cause I sure the hell do.  I’ll post the early sketch soon but it’s going to be loaded with symbolism, just like the Morrighan’s devotional, but the style will be slightly different.  Food, wine, liquor, meat, mead, fire, flowers and wealth- abundance all around.

Just because her name is Rosmerta doesn’t mean she’s associated with roses, the roses are there because she’s a being tied to the values of fertility and desire- so rose it is.  Liquor and food complete the offering to this joyous spirit!  A lot of cultures believe in leaving alcoholic beverages as offerings to spirits and gods; this probably arose because it alters the mind and releases one from their sense of self in many ways.  It isn’t always a recreational drug, sometimes it’s just a gift to be shared safely.  I left Rosmerta apricot liqueur among the potato, nectarine, cherries, bell peppers and unripe pears.  My favorite comfort foods for my comfort spirit.