Beltane is on April 30th. In this time of abundant growth, we dance around the maypole and crown the May Queen and May King. The Crow Women love Beltane! Our first Beltane composition, Song of Beltane, expresses that joy. Beltane Spirits Come to Us depicts scenes at a Beltane festival. We have two songs about the balefire, a sacred fire pagans leap over on Beltane. Those are I Am Flame and Nine Sacred Woods. Our handfasting songs, Join Together and Chalice to Blade were written for handfastings that happened on Beltane, but could be used for a handfasting at any time of the year.
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Beltane blog posts:
I Was the May Queen
I was the May Queen. It was a Beltane more than two decades ago, now. I remember standing in the circle while the reigning May couple strolled along, gazing at possible successors. I was humming as if a deep chord was playing me, using my nervous system for strings. I...
A Healing Circle at Beltane
This post is dedicated to my crowsister Donna Pauline. Remembering you, the magic and the love. -“The Other Dona” Sister Dearest, I was thinking of you and our walks along the river path. Walking, talking, sharing secrets. And singing, of course. Singing the tunes we sang with our CrowSisters. The...
Beltane Spirits Come!
I wrote the first couple of verses of Beltane Spirits Come to Us several years ago. Actually, they were what are now the last two verses. Sometimes I’ll start on a song and get a couple verses, then it sits for months until I get motivated to write more verses...
Sexy Beltane Potion
Beltane is one of my favorite holidays. By May 1st springtime has really arrived, the flowers are bursting forth and joyful sexy energy is upon us. The symbolism of the Maypole being placed in the earth and sheathed by ribbons, while being a fun and joyful ritual in its own...
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