05/01/2022
Blessed , Sea Witches! We have made it to the start of SUMMER!
Beltane is an eclectic, cross-quarter pagan holiday that owes most of its themes and customs to the Irish Lá Bealtaine and Scottish Latha Bealltainn, with echoes of the hedonistic Roman festival Floralia. This is a time to celebrate, a time to fully unfurl and face the sun!
We are a part of this planet. We are in it and of it, affected by it and able to influence it. Now is the time to celebrate and embrace our inherent role in it! As the world around us bursts into life and color, we are invited to fully embrace our connection to the rhythms and cycles of this planet.
We might not have any cattle that need to be moved out to summer pastures, but we can all feel the waxing warmth of the sun, hear the birds returning from winter migration, see the suddenly bright green new leaves on yesterday's naked trees, and relish in the increasing freedom of longer days.
This is a time for boldness, newness, and enthusiasm. Time to clean up and redecorate, go for a new haircut or some daring new duds, and shake off the last remnants of winter. This is a time for nature walks and picnics in fields of wildflowers, ritual baths with blossoms from your garden, shameless nudity, gratuitous flirtation, and sensual romance.
