About Beltane

Beltane celebrations - where and when

Monday 5th May 2 - 6pm Saffron Walden Maze in Essex, just turn up - for Circle Dancing and shared picnic

Thursday 8th May arrive from 6.30 to start at 7.00 - 9.30pm North Suffolk Labyrinth walk, Maypole and Circle dancing, Fire ceremony, shared supper, share lifts from Ipswich - email for more details

An article about Beltane, written for Inspirations Magazine 2008

Beltane poems

Ideas to help you mark Beltane

Make a flower garland out of Clematis and Ivy woven together

Create a Beltane altar in you garden and leave offerings for the birds

Collect natural objects from Nature and make a Beltane sculpture in your garden

Cut long piece of Ivy and make into circle. Weave into this circle some wind chimes, beads, feathers. Hang up from tree.

To mark the union of the Lord and Lady of the Greenwood, weave two strips of natural fabric from opposite directions around an upright tree.

Sit and meditate upon the rising energy of nature or ...

Dance your socks off somewhere with friends

 

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Beltane poems

Beltane Fires by Kaaren Whitney 2007

Nine Woods by Kaaren Whitney 2006

Tree Circle Blessing by Kaaren Whitney 2005

May 1st by Kaaren Whitney 2004

Statues by Kaaren Whitney 2003

Pan's Pipes by Kaaren Whitney 2002

Beltaine by Corinne Whitby