Beltane

Beltane is approaching!! Sunday is May Day, one of my FAVORITE Wiccan holidays...here's what we do to celebrate!

Also known as May Eve, May Day, and Walpurgis Night, happens at the beginning of May. It celebrates the height of Spring and the flowering of life. The Goddess manifests as the May Queen and Flora. The God emerges as the May King and Jack in the Green. The danced Maypole represents Their unity, with the pole itself being the God and the ribbons that encompass it, the Goddess. Colors are the Rainbow spectrum. Beltane is a festival of flowers, fertility, sensuality, and delight.

Prepare a May basket by filling it with flowers and goodwill and then give it to someone in need of healing and caring, such as a shut-in or elderly friend. Form a wreath of freshly picked flowers, wear it in your hair, and feel yourself radiating joy and beauty. Dress in bright colors. Dance the Maypole and feel yourself balancing the Divine Female and Male within. On May Eve, bless your garden in the old way by making love with your lover in it. Make a wish as you jump a bonfire or candle flame for good luck. Welcome in the May at dawn with singing and dancing.

You know, it wouldn't surprize me if you and I are the only ones in this group who know anything about Beltane.

Well, maybe, Reichieru, rather than attempting to give you a sense of superiority or something, she was trying to inform other people about it.

Anyway, it sounds cool. I'll probably end up playing D&D on Monday *rolls eyes*

*raises hand* I know what it is I celebrate it.

Galatea wrote:Beltane is approaching!! Sunday is May Day, one of my FAVORITE Wiccan holidays...here's what we do to celebrate!

Also known as May Eve, May Day, and Walpurgis Night, happens at the beginning of May. It celebrates the height of Spring and the flowering of life. The Goddess manifests as the May Queen and Flora. The God emerges as the May King and Jack in the Green. The danced Maypole represents Their unity, with the pole itself being the God and the ribbons that encompass it, the Goddess. Colors are the Rainbow spectrum. Beltane is a festival of flowers, fertility, sensuality, and delight.

Prepare a May basket by filling it with flowers and goodwill and then give it to someone in need of healing and caring, such as a shut-in or elderly friend. Form a wreath of freshly picked flowers, wear it in your hair, and feel yourself radiating joy and beauty. Dress in bright colors. Dance the Maypole and feel yourself balancing the Divine Female and Male within. On May Eve, bless your garden in the old way by making love with your lover in it. Make a wish as you jump a bonfire or candle flame for good luck. Welcome in the May at dawn with singing and dancing.

Oh yeah its coming up. I forgot because I have so much going on. Gonna celebrate it.I'm pagan

Yeah, Firestarter is right. Not a lot of people understand Wicca, and I'm always trying to educate my peers about my religion. I like to make Wicca and Paganism as non-threatening as possible. Most people have a warped sense of what it means to be a Child of the Goddess, and I try to alleviate that concern by sharing myself openly with others.

I've always been interested in paganism, since Britain was so before Christianity came over, but I know nothing about it.

Sounds cool Gal! Much like the celevrations around here

I think it will be so much fun! I love welcoming Spring. I'm a pure blooded Earth elemental, so I feel like I come to life during Spring and Summer months.

you know, in ireland i always have Beltane marked on the calendar but in america i havent found any (commercial) ones with it marked on.

it's a very cool celebration, i know a lot of people back in ireland who celebrate it. i know ireland is meant to be like crazy catholics everywhere, but a lot of people i know are wiccan. and even people who aren't celebrate it. it's coz us irish are so cool (!).

it's weird because i am not wiccan, or religious at all, but that is one thing i have always celebrated.

anyway, i'm happy that you're excited. i hope you have a greatgreatgreat day.

plus may=best month ever (it's my birthday soon )

It's a pagan holiday, likely begun by the Druids, which would explain it as a long-standing tradition in Ireland.

yeah, i figured as much.....oh god i miss ireland so much.

woo, ok. breathe.

so you know, you said you're a pure blooded Earth elemental. what does that mean exactly?

everyone's personalities are effected by which element they relate to the most. the vast majority of folks are mixed, 2 sometimes 3 elements. Like fire with air tendencies. When it comes to elementals, I'm pretty rare. I exhibit all traits of earth elements, and no traits of other elements.

I know about Beltane!!!
I'm celebrating it! Quietly though...
Why does it have to be within the school term?
I can't wait to celebrate though.

Galatea wrote:everyone's personalities are effected by which element they relate to the most. the vast majority of folks are mixed, 2 sometimes 3 elements. Like fire with air tendencies. When it comes to elementals, I'm pretty rare. I exhibit all traits of earth elements, and no traits of other elements.

How do you know that you are have earth traits? this sounds very intresting.