Happy Beltane ALL :)

Since the early 20th century it has been commonly accepted that Old Irish Bel(l)taine is derived from a Common Celtic *belo-te(p)niâ, meaning "bright fire" (where the element *belo- might be cognate with the English word bale [as in 'bale-fire'] meaning 'white' or 'shining'; compare Anglo-Saxon bael, and Lithuanian/Latvian baltas/balts, found in the name of the Baltic; in Slavic languages byelo or beloye also means 'white', as in Беларусь (White Russia or Belarus) or Бе́лое мо́ре [White Sea]). A more recent etymology by Xavier Delamarre would derive it from a Common Celtic *Beltinijā, cognate with the name of the Lithuanian goddess of death Giltinė, the root of both being Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- "suffering, death".[2]


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What a great day to beautify a Pope. And there's no Satanic inflence in the vatican!

His blood in a an expensive gold and crystal phial, in stark contrast to the simple large pine box coffin they've dragged out from the crypt.

Sounds like something out of a Dan Brown thriller!

[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]

With all the issues going on and they pull out this parody back to back with Royal wedding.

TY MOds for approving Smilie :)

Again Ty Mods , yall rock :)

triple posted ! Must be a sign on Beltane , lol

EVER MIND THE RULE OF THREE :)

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Blessing

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Well pointed out Dream Watcher. Thanks!

Much Love and light to you and Dream watcher :)

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Blessings to you, Corizon! Wishing you a most extraordinary Beltane!!

nice videos. thanks.

Hope everyones is as good as mine :)

i smoked salvia on a high desert hill top at sunrise this morning.. very fine BELTAINE 4 me!!

Happy Beltane to everyone here at GLP. I found a few poems that I thought were perfect for your thread op! Many blessings to everyone on this magical day...



Beltane Fires
Beltane

From South and North
in polar spheres twin fires reign,
one issued from male desire,
the other fuelled by female flame.
Like attraction dancing, sparks fly,
passions edge closer together.

The two unite.
A blaze of energy erupts,
frenzied fervour rules both realms,
fills the land with a glow and light
comparable to heaven's stars,
the past remnants of loves delights.

When embers die
couples join hands, vow commitment,
leap the fire now cooled to ash,
the power of the mighty oak
spent after loves frolic through woods
ending passage of Beltane's night.

Author Kaaren Whitney

:Beltane222:

Beltaine's Promise
by Tracy Martzall

Gathered by the lapping water's shore
In the moonlight, a fire flickers high
God and goddess welcome you this eve
To find your lover and dance as one

Songs of Earth and Water beckon a rising crescendo
The tunes will bring fruition to dreams and greening fields
Tremble with the power rising
A two backed beast moves thru the night

The furrow is plowed, the seed is planted
The Earth sighs in contentment for love of a God
The eastern sky lightens with a promise...
Another Beltaine, another season of love.

Beautiful additions to the thread Angelseveryhwere, Thank You :)

May your fires burn warm and bright.

May fertility and good harvest come in the time ahead.

Same to you and all yours :)

Blessed Be! Hooray, hooray, the first of May, outdoor *****ing starts today! (An old Renaissance Festival cheer)

Blessings :-)

Béal Tine- the mouth of fire, the new fires were lit every 52 years on the hill of uisneach, it was the time when the veil dropped and the spirits were released, a time for new beginnings.
I enjoyed it...

The Mayans followed the 52-year Spiritual Cycle. They used ideographic writing in glyphs and a three-digit, base-20 (vigesimal) numerical system (shown left). Their 260-day Tzolkin Calendar (below) with 13-day weeks & 20-day months worked with the 365-day solar year. The time required for any weekday to recur with both the same month and year days is 18,980 days, or 52 years. This is the Calendar Round (below right)

The Calendar Round takes 52 years for the same week day, month day and haab day to realign together (18,980 kin). A Tun has 360 kin, almost a solar year. To complete the 365-kin year, they added a 5-kin Vayeb at year's end for a 365-Haab.
Hence 400 tun (or 20 x 20 tun) = 20 katun = 1 baktun.


[link to kalarhythms.org]

And Happy Beltane to you! I am quite Irish, my given name is Maureen (this mesage will self destruct in 12 hours).

HUGZZZZZZZ Happy to see you , and an interesting Beltane it was!!!


Anyone see any little people or any of the fae?

Well to Natives seeing "little people" is a very bad sign so I am glad I did not see any. As for Faries no...but yesterday was nice...no drama...and the energies I was feeling was amazing.