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THE FIRE OF BELTANE, WILD HEXENNACHT!

Beltane, when the veil between the earthly world and the spirits one is thinner, Belenus shows the power of fire every dawn, the forests are filled with life, magic and color, dancing outdoors is more pleasant than ever, Sun and Moon become eternal lovers, Freyr and Freyja are worshipped in the name of fertility and love, the fields are the seed of the harvest that we will reap later, the cattle pass between two bonfires so that the fire is an element of protection and strength, people dance around the Beltane pole as a reminder of the beginning of the cycle with the Yule log. The Green Man and the Flower Maiden represent life, love and the union between Sun and Moon, between heaven and earth, between man and woman, between light and darkness, between god and goddess. The unions and handfasting are the symbol of Beltane and the energy of this moment. Fire is a purifying, renewing element, death and birth, end and beginning. The water collects the magic of the forests, the night of Beltane the dew is different, its brightness, its aroma, its energy...and the wells are sacred places, where the power of mother earth is venerated, the water springs from her entrails to give life to the surface.

Everything is an infinite cycle, everything repeats itself, everything is the same and different at the same time. The fire glows in that glade in the forest, the bonfire is lit once more, and tonight the fire shines so bright... it is bewitching, more than ever. Now, as the wise women celebrate the cycle at the top of the hill, as they dance around the fire and their spirits link with those who visit us from the other side. That fire, the one that burns within the earth, is the same one that burns within you, and it is the one that pushes the wheel, the wheel that keeps turning..... Wild Hexennacht, Blessed Beltane!


 
 
 

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