Every year, my husband, daughter, and I sit down and discuss how we want to celebrate key HolyDays and Festivals in our home. We have some of the usual suspects that you’d expect in a home with an 8-year old girl (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthdays, Halloween, etc.). Per her request, we also have Diwali and Spring […]
Beltane
Beltane and the Queens of the May by Caireann Frasca
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow Don’t be alarmed now It’s just a spring clean for the May Queen… -Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, “Stairway to Heaven” I was very fortunate to grow up in the 1970s, with parents who loved music. On Sundays, especially, the house was always filled with the sounds […]
Beltane- Creating a Connection with the Fae by Rebecca Broomfield
The Wheel of the Year has turned once more and we reach the magical time of Beltane or Beltaine (Irish). This is one of the cross quarter fire ceremonies in the Celtic wheel and is opposite to Samhain. It is commonly celebrated on 1st May in Britain, but also on 30th April known as Beltane […]
Beltane Moon by Molly Remer
I didn’t just stop to smell the lilacs I sang to them too praising their beauty as I pressed my nose into their blooms. I rolled redbud flowers across my tongue and ate dandelions straight from the stem feeling yellow petals in my teeth. I savored the flavor of a violet and rubbed mint leaves […]
Floral Feng Shui by Gwynne Warner
“The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. “ {Matsuo Basho} Color and fragrance are two of the classic ways to adjust and uplift an environment for more harmonious Feng Shui and using fresh flowers is such a beautiful, easy and affordable way to feel an instantaneous transformation. […]
The Magic of Beltain by Michelle Boxley
Dearest moonbeams, the Wheel of the Year is turning once again and this week we welcome in the festival of Beltain. Beltain, also called Beltane, Bealtaine and Beltine is one of the cross quarter festivals of the wheel of the year along with Imbolc, Lammas and Samhain. Beltain is celebrated on the eve of the 30th […]
Goddess Calendar and Feast Days for May 2018
‘But I must gather knots of flowers, And buds and garlands gay, For I’m to be Queen o’ the May, mother, I’m to be Queen o’ the May.’ – Alfred Lord Tennyson Goddess is ripe and Her fertility sweeps the land, stirring the fires, and calling us to rise up and dance with HER! She is […]
Witchy Wednesday: Beltane Heart Magick by Brandi Auset
It’s May, which means the fiery love energy of Beltane is upon us! Love is a universal experience, the one true energy that connects all of humanity. It is the force that moves us to truly live, to indulge in luscious adventures and create beloved connections, no matter our race, age, or circumstances. As Beltane […]
Goddess Calendar of Feast Days and Celebrations for May 2017 by Kimberly F. Moore
Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Maketh all things softly smile, Painteth pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup with cowslip-wreaths, Whence a smokeless incense breathes. Girls are peeling the sweet willow, Poplar white, and Gilead-tree, And troops of boys Shouting with whoop and hilloa, And hip, hip three times […]
Spiralized Cucumber and Soba Noodles with Edamame Recipe for Almost Summer {Hungry Goddess}
The WonderVeg Spiralizer strikes again and this time with beautiful hothouse cucumbers from Trader Joe’s! I needed to make a dish for Beltain of about 10 that might also need to hold up for outdoor eating. Since it practically feels like summer most other places here all the time, my mind was practically obsessed […]
