[Cro Dreoilin] Bealtaine, was: enough with the birth certificate!

[Sebastian]

Just a quick question. How do you figure out when astronomical beltaine
occurs?

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Greyhart <greyhart at castle-luna.com> wrote:

> Hmmmm. Bilé. Add an s to the end, and you have my sirname. Interesting...
>
> Greyhart
>
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> [mailto:community-bounces at crodreoilin.org] On Behalf Of Kelley Forbes
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:52 AM
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> 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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