Blessed Beltane!

[KitchenWitch]

:hi:

[PatGund]

1. Same to you!

Bright Blessings from the Middle East. (I'm not gonna say I'm the only Pagan in Qatar, but I suspect when I arrived, the population went up at least 25%.....)

[KitchenWitch]

2. ...

Thanks for the chuckle. Must be interesting being a pagan in Quatar!

Brightest Blessings to you as well.

MM MP MMA

[Random_Australian]

3. OooOOOoohhh is "MM MP MMA" the bit that

summons up the devil? Them fundies say so anyway.

Out of curiosity, what does it mean?

[KitchenWitch]

5. ...

it is the sinister "Merry Meet, Merry Part, Merry Meet Again". Drives the fundies nuts.

[Random_Australian]

4. Yay woohoo whatever chance to celebrate is good enough!

Friends, family, whoever wants to drop by... Blessed Beltane!

[In_The_Wind]

6. I celebrate the feeling of returning to life after the winter's cold grasp

www.celticspirit.org/beltaine.htm TO CELEBRATE BELTAINE TODAY...


Arise at dawn and wash in the morning dew: the woman who washes her face in it will be beautiful; the man who washes his hands will be skilled with knots and nets.
If you live near water, make a garland or posy of spring flowers and cast it into stream, lake or river to bless the water spirits.

Prepare a May basket by filling it with flowers and goodwill, then give it to one in need of caring, such as a shut-in or elderly friend.

Beltane is one of the three "spirit-nights" of the year when the faeries can be seen. At dusk, twist a rowan sprig into a ring and look through it, and you may see them.

Make a wish as you jump a bonfire or candle flame for good luck—but make sure you tie up long skirts first!

Make a May bowl —wine or punch in which the flowers of sweet woodruff or other fragrant blossoms are soaked—and drink with the one you love.



May the season being you great merriment and many moments joy. :loveya:

[KitchenWitch]

7. Blessed Be!

[In_The_Wind]

12. Blessed Be.

Blessed be thy feet, that have brought thee in these ways
Blessed be thy knees, that shall kneel at the sacred altar
Blessed be thy womb, without which we would not be
Blessed be thy breasts, formed in beauty
Blessed be thy lips, that shall utter the Sacred Names.

[LostinVA]

8. Blessed Belane!

Beat me to it!

[KitchenWitch]

9. ...

:hi:

[LostinVA]

10. !!!

:hi:

[Solon]

11. Blessed Beltane!!!!

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

13. To you too!

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

14. Blessed Beltane!

I think I have to do a little puja today. :) Especially since I'm a Beltane kid.

[KitchenWitch]

15. Sounds good to me!

:hi:

[Spacemom]

16. Blessed Be!

'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

[LibertyLover]

17. The brightest of Beltane

blessings to one and all. :)

[Coventina]

18. Blessed be, y'all!

:hi:

[miss_american_pie]

19. And to you

:hi:

I am the handmaid of the Earth
I broider fair her glorious gown,
and deck her on her days of mirth
With many a garland of renown
and while the Earth's little ones are fain
and play about the mother's hem
I scatter every gift I gain
from sun and wind to gladden them.
---Edward Burne-Jones, 1885

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Blessed be to you, my dear KitchenWitch!

:loveya: :hug: