[Cro Dreoilin] Bealtaine

[Kelley Forbes]

Pronounced different, of course! Bee-lyuh; I have also seen Bill-eh.

-- Kelley.

Greyhart wrote:
> Hmmmm. Bilé. Add an s to the end, and you have my sirname. Interesting...
>
> Greyhart
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:community-bounces at crodreoilin.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Forbes
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:52 AM
> To: community at crodreoilin.org
> Subject: [Cro Dreoilin] Bealtaine, was: enough with the birth certificate!
>
> Kelley Forbes wrote:
>   
>>> What do *you* do on Beltane for instance?
>>>       
>> Well, we are celebrating on astronomical Bealtaine, which is on the 
>> 6th, this year.
>>
>> This is a time where easy connection is made with the Daoine Sidhe, so 
>> we will leave a special offering for them outside on Bealtaine Eve, in 
>> the southeast corner of our yard. A glass bottle of water will be 
>> placed outside to gather in the rays of Bealtaine's sun, giving it 
>> healing properties.
>>
>> Then we will go inside and turn off all the lights and pilot lights 
>> and keep them off all night. The next morning, we will light a fire 
>> outside and welcome in the summer with offerings to Lugh and Bláthnat 
>> into the fire. (Offerings to be determined.) The fire will be 
>> separated into two and we will walk between them for blessing, and so 
>> would any domestic animals, if we had them. Bealtaine is the 
>> traditional time that the war season begins, so if we had any weapons 
>> to bless or men to grant their weapons to, this would be the time. 
>> Then we relight the pilot lights and feel free to turn the lights back 
>> on.
>>
>> We'll use ribbons to decorate our May Bush. (We have no hawthorn, so 
>> we will use our oregon grape.) We will bring some flowers indoors to 
>> bring good luck to our home, if any are in bloom in our yard.
>>
>> After all this, a feast: the menu has yet to be made, but it will 
>> feature seasonal fare, as well as flowers.
>>
>> At the end of the day but before sunset, we will take our Bealtaine 
>> water and walk our boundaries. Chris will sprinkle the water as we go 
>> and we will ask for the blessings of our Gods, our Ancestors and the 
>> Land Spirits for our land and our family at each of the cardinal 
>> directions and at our hearth.
>>
>> In between all that, it is a holiday, so we'll just take it easy and 
>> have fun!
>>
>>     
>
> Forgot the part about lighting the fire in honor of Bilé and pouring the 
> water in honor of Danu. :-)
>
>
> -- Kelley.
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