To my dear children: Give praise for the beautySay the names of birds, of trees, sons and daughters, with highest honor. Extol the lands and the seas between. Give praise with your exhaled breath, Honor and magnify the sweetness of the next.It is our honor to live in this time.We know grace in the possibilities … Read more
Hail Mother, who art the earth, Hallowed be thy soil, rock and flora that nourish and support all life. Blessed be thy wind that gives us breath and thy watersthat quench, bathe and refresh all living things. Holy Earth – as one – we praiseyour majesty, grace and wonder.— Bill Faherty If the Romans could … Read more
©Flora – Genevieve AmyI am the handmaid of the EarthI broider fair Her glorious gownAnd deck Her on Her days of mirthWith many a garland of renown. And while earth’s little ones are fainAnd play about the Mother’s hemI scatter every gift I gainFrom sun and wind to gladden them.– William MorrisThe Floralia was the … Read more
When in the springtime of the yearWhen the trees are crowned with leavesWhen the ash and oak, and the birch and yewAre dressed in ribbons fair…–Loreena McKinnett In all the Beltane excitement, we mustn’t forget the other gifts of this most magical time, including the ancient Roman rites of the Floralia. Usually celebrated from April … Read more
Oh, do not tell the Priest our plight,Or he would call it a sin;But we have been out in the woods all night,A-conjuring Summer in!– – Rudyard Kipling Many of the visitors to my website will be celebrating Beltane this weekend with their circles, covens and communities (in addition to their solitary or family rites … Read more
On the evening of the MayRound the fires burning gayWitches dance the night awayAnd that’s good enough for me! When the rednecks say we’re sinningI don’t care, ’cause we are winningAnd this is only the beginningAnd that’s good enough for me! Come and join the celebrationPour the Goddess a libationYou don’t need initiationAnd that’s good … Read more
Hail to the Summer!Hail to the Summer!The season that drives the cold Winter away! Hail to the Summer!Hail to the Summer!Light your bonfires –Today is Beltane!— ©Spiral Dance – Magick Known as Beltane, Beltaine, Cedsoman or Ceadamh (Irish for the “first of Summer”), May Day, Rood Day, Rudemas, or Galan Haf, today is the celebration … Read more
Today is May Eve, Walpurgisnacht, Beltane Eve! Ask of Her, the mighty Mother. Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring? Growth in every thing – Flesh and fleece, fur and feather, Grass and green world all together, Star-eyed strawberry breasted Throstle above Her nested Cluster of bugle blue eggs thin Forms and warms … Read more
Through the beauty of a woman —the best way to give content to the Absolute. — Saundarya LahariAs we approach the Great Sabbat of Beltane, we rejoice in the Maiden aspect of the Goddess, for now She is the bride filled with love and longing, like beautiful Parvati. Our story so far… The Great God … Read more