In certain parts of the world, the seasons and mid-points between the solstices and equinox were at one time marked by festivals and gatherings.
Beltaine (the Gaelic spelling) is the halfway point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. It is marked and celebrated May 1st or thereabouts.
I had a dream to be at one of the largest Beltaine festivals in the world, Scotland and/or Ireland, visit ancestral lands and sacred sites while I was there. Last year I went to Ireland with the intent to honor the two great-grandparents who were born in Ireland and to experience their Beltaine Fire Festival on the sacred lands called Hill of Uisneach.
But what does this matter to anyone without Celt lineage.....well..
Fire has been used for various ceremonial purposes across the world. When fire itself is celebrated on or about May 1st, as in Beltaine gatherings, it is a symbol of our own inner Fire. It is about recognizing and honoring, the Passion, Fire, Light and Sexual Energy in our human bodies. This is a time to celebrate the brightness of spring and look forward to all that may grow from our spring plantings. It is also a time to revel in wildness, dancing, play and joys with family, friends or lovers.
You don't need a fire festival to remind you of your own passions, zest for life or inner fire. You don't need a fire festival to gather with friends or family or meet a lover. Yet being present with Fire with the awareness of its' power as an element and its' power in your body and life gives gathering with Fire a different meaning.
I use the time of Beltaine to reflect. These are questions I regularly ask myself or would ask you.
Could your passion be more alive?
Do you have interest in experiencing more aliveness or wildness?
Fire can remind us of parts of ourselves we may have been neglecting. It can also remind us of the ways in which our energy can dance, play or go wild.
Adventures, outdoors, new experiences and vast open spaces always nourish my soul as much as they reignite my fire.
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If not now, when?
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