Took a while to get around to posting these, being on dial-up is a pain.
Beltaine
Fire festival
Date: April 30th – May 1st, or first Full Moon in Taurus. The Scottish tradition of PectiWita celebrates their Sabbat on May 15th. The astronomical date for Old Beltane is usually May 5.
Pronunciation: “BELL-tayn”, “bell-tan”, “BELL-tain”, but also can be “BEEL-teen”, “BEEL-tawn-uh”, or “B’YAL-tinn”.
Etymology: Beltane derives from the Irish Beáltaine or Scottish Gaelic Bealtuinn; both from Old Irish Beltene “bright fire” from belo-te(p)niâ), where belo- is allied to the English word bale (as in bale-fire), the Anglo-Saxon bael, and [...]
(Leader script, not the abberviated version for particpants. Without proper formatting because converting to make Wordpress happy is a pain and I’m tired)
Processional In
Building the Belfires
Brooms Stand Guard
Fire Blessing & Fire Dance
Meditation
Inviting Guardians
Sacred Landscape
Planting the World Tree
Parting the Veil
Lady at the Cross Roads
Lord of the Gates
Ancestors Join Us
Flower Maiden & Greenman
Beltaine Poems: Flower Maiden & Oak King
Seed Blessing
Honouring Danu & Bile
Offerings
Housle
Open Floor to Group
Oracle
Farewell Summer Queen & Greenman
Farewell Ancestors
Closing the Veil
Lowering the World Tree
Sacred Landscape
Meditation
Removing Brooms
Processional Out
Building the Belfires
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Looks like we are going to have a good amount of people coming out. Awesome!Between a vet bill for a horse and a vet bill for a dog we will not be roasting a pig, but a couple of chickens, wieners and some hamburgers instead.
For vegetarians we will have roast potatoes, carrots, and other veggies.
And probably some rice, along with what people bring.
I did make room in my refrigerator.
And plumbing will be cabin in the woods style lol
One of the [...]
This is the last you’ll see of me for a week I’d say.
Cheers!
I Love the Whole World
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Friday we will have an opening ceremony around 4 or 5, and the Bell Branch workshop will start around 6.
Saturday we will start with games at noon followed by the Crowning of the May Queen and King. Then the ritual and Belfire dance around 4 or 5 and the feast after that.
Sunday we will have a leftover lunch around noon, followed by a ritual [...]