Blessed be and Happy Beltane (or Beltaine) the great Fertility Celebration of Spring!
Beltane is associated with love, handfasting, sex, fairies and Magick! No Mundane or Muggle, in my opinion, can appreciate being Handfasted. When you jump over that broom with your loved one, hand in hand, a very Magickal spell is cast. This spell is so very powerfull that just writting about it gives me chills. The day I was handfasted was the most wonderfull day of my life!
My wife is the wonderfull Lady Rowan. Rowan and I dated in High School when we were 16 years old. We were very much in love and were suddenly torn apart by apparently well meaning but foolish mundane parents. We were a sort of 60's Romeo and Juliet if you will.
Rowan and I went our seperate ways, unlike the characters in Shakespear's play. I found her again after being seperated for thirty years and still we loved one another. We were handfasted during a snow fall in Colorado Springs, CO. The circle was cast by a dear family friend and the ritual was performed by my son-in-law. For those of you reading this, I do hope that you were blessed with as wonderous and Magickal a handfasting as we. For those of you who were handfasted this Beltane Blessed Be!
So, what then can we Pagans, Wiccans and Witches show or provide to the mundane world regarding Beltane?
Perhaps we can find ways to show that in creation fertility and love are everywhere. Without these aspects of our creation there would be no life, no beauty, no spirit. I am sure that many of us are comfortable in keeping a lower profile than others, like myself!, but even then we can celibrate what the Lord and Lady have given us in all it's splendor.
Even an activist Witch like myself has to admit that there are some things that the mundane simply have difficulty appreciating. Physical love, sex, procreation, fertility and sometimes even emotional love are things mundanes and especially religious mundanes are uncomfortable speaking of or celebrating openly. So, perhaps there isn't much that we can provide in the way of help or leadership in regards to Beltane.
However, I am of the opinion that Beltane is a time for celebration and joy! The Lady has given so much to us. We really are children of this fertile planet and we have much to celebrate! So jump a broomstick, light a fire of celebration, cast your circle, love your special one and magick will definitely happen!
Blessed Be!
Stormy
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