BELTANE is an ancient fire festival marking the point in Spring when Winter is finally defeated and the journey into Summer truly underway. The last vestiges of the dark half of the year were burned away in the Beltane fires, and Maypole dances whisked up a spirit of revelry and celebration. Of all the paganContinue reading “Beltane Rites: A History”
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BELTANE 2021
All Change! All Change! All is Changing at Beltane! Take a ribbon, take a chance, let Nature lead us into the Dance! At Scorpio Full Moon the shadows are illumined, the past is released, We commune at the fire with spirits both living and deceased. Dis Pater Pluto takes a four month seat at theContinue reading “BELTANE 2021”
The Great Maypole of London
“Depriv’d of Root, and Branch, and Rind, Yet Flow’rs I bear of ev’ry Kind: My Head, with Giddiness, goes round; And yet I firmly stand my Ground: All over naked I am seen, and Painted like and Indian Queen.” (Jonathon Swift, ‘The Maypole‘) The British quite naturally come in for plenty of criticism for theContinue reading “The Great Maypole of London”
THE ECSTATIC RITES OF SPRING
Equinox is the turning point – the inward pull of the Winter energies gives way to the growing, vital, impulse of the rising Spring. We can see in nature just how dramatic this shift is, and as humans we can learn from nature – to bring human minds, hearts and bodies in tune with theContinue reading “THE ECSTATIC RITES OF SPRING”
