Star Nations Radio Network

July 23, 2014 Balancing Heaven and Earth with Denise Iwaniw @ 8 PM EST Get ready to join Denise this Wednesday for another edition of Balancing Heaven and Earth.  This week's topic is "Answering the Call of Spirit".  It will be another 60 minutes of empowering conversation. Sacred Hoop with Neshi Lokotz @ 9 PM EST Lughnasadh - On the Celtic Wheel, we are nearing the celebration of Lughnasdh July 31 – August 1. Neshi’s guest is our dear friend, Amantha Murphy. Amantha is back on Sacred Hoop to share about the Lughnasadh festival or celebration. The Lughnasadh festival is said to have been begun by the god Lugh as a funeral feast and athletic competition in commemoration of his mother (or foster-mother) Tailtiu. Tailtiu may have been an earth goddess who represented the dying vegetation that fed mankind. The festival also involved trading, the drawing-up of contracts, and matchmaking. There were trial marriages agreed upon at the festival. These trial marriages similar to hand fasting lasted a year and a