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[witch-of-the-green-wood]

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Blessed Beltane to those who celebrate it!!

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May your bonfires burn bright and the flowers fill the air with the sweetness of spring, summer is on the horizon🌼

*not my image*

#beltane #witchcraft #witchblr #witch aesthetic #witches #cottagecore #spring aesthetic #may pole #may day #bonfire #happy sabbath #sabbats #summer witch #springcore

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Starcatcher is visiting the Garden House to meet the fairies and also enjoy the lovely plants.

In Buckland Monachorum, in Devon, England.

This is photo 321 of 365.

#my little pony #g3 #star catcher #fairy #wicker #may pole #garden house #buckland monachorum #devon #england

[hikari-to-kage]

Clarence White (1871–1925)

“The May Pole” 1899

#clarence white #may pole

[villagewitchery]

Happy Beltane!

Starting today we celebrate the union between the Lord and Lady.

We welcome fertility of al types and watch our endeavors give birth.

Step into your power, its time.

#beltane #witchcraft #witchblr #pagan #witch #spells #magic #baby witch #wicca #magick #village witch #wiccan sabbat #may pole #lord and lady #spring

[beewitchingwiccan]

#another year as a witch another year with no may pole to dance around #beewitchingwiccan #wicca #wiccan #may day #beltane #bealtaine #may pole #sabbat #bernie sanders #meme #witch #witchcraft #pagan #magick #witchblr #paganism #pagan witch #mine

[ofallingstar]

Miss Julie (1951)

#miss julie #fröken julie #alf sjöberg #anita björk #ulf palme #dancing #midsummer #maypole #may pole #b&w #vintage #mis gifs

[priestess-of-the-north-west]

The Sufis still whirl in a sacred dance or active meditation (mystical Islam) to connect with Allah, God, the Universe, the Source, the Creative Force, Love, Life, Fate or any other way you would prefer to call it.

Our North-Western European pagan ancestors did, too.

May pole dances are a distant reminder, but (ritual) dancing was prohibited by Charles the Great (Charlemagne), who became king of the Franks in 771 and dedicated his life to converting forcing the European tribes to Christianity.

Left: Andromeda Galaxy, by Arnaud Mariat on Unsplash. Right: Star trails by Michael Hull on Unsplash.

There are still some whirling symbols left though.

Ca. 100-200 CE picture stones, Gotland museum, Visby, Sweden.

Some say these whirling wheels represent the Sun. I'm not sure, and I need to contemplate more why I feel I disagree with it (I lean towards something more abstract). (I'll update when I've wrapped my thoughts around it ;) ).

Frankish belt, estimated 7th century (source).

And as a quick thought leap, maybe spirals are a good addition to this story, too. (Thinking out loud here, nothing final.)

Newgrange spirals, Ireland. Estimated 2675-2485 BCE. Photo by Griffin Quinn on Unsplash.

Left: Photo by Rod Long on Unsplash. Right: Photo by Scott Broome on Unsplash.

#spinning #norn #ritual dance #ceremony #ritual #picture stone #may pole #drum #daf #star trail #star #spiral #triskelion #7th century #2nd century #neolithic #stone age #sweden #ireland #france

[crudlynaturephotos]

#midsummer #midsommar #may pole #sveadal #uvas canyon

[jessica-marie-baumgartner]

Blessed Beltane / Happy May Day

Dance, laugh, sing!

enjoy the fertility of spring

#may #beltane #flower festival #nature #fertility festival #may pole #spring #pagan #spirituality #paganism #magic #ritual

[catladychronicles]

Beltane doodles

#Beltane #May Day #wickerman #Celtic #Druid #may pole

[rowanmeierotto]

More sketches from the ren faire

#illustration #art #artists on tumblr #drawing #traditional art #ink #pen and ink #black and white #sketchbook #sketch #medieval #fantasy #renaissance festival #ren faire #renaissance #may pole #pagan #folk #maiden #sheep #farm animals

[kombination-of-lifes]

#may #may pole #mayday #flower #decoration #tradition #culture #celebration #around the world

[elminx]

Tiny bits from last year's May Day festivities. This was such a sweet day. About 1/2 of my extended friends group was vaccinated (one or both shots) so we got together outside to celebrate with a spring picnic. We ate flowers like we always do and made this makeshift May Pole on the spot out of old scrap of fabric that Gray had in their car.

It was a much-needed restart to being social - certainly the first even slightly people-filled activity I had attended since the lockdown began.

#witchblr #words #mine #photography #May Day #Beltane #celebration #May pole #May 2021 #Instagram

[timjeffersphotography]

May Day!

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#day #festival #may #may pole #People

[that-gothic-glitterball]

GODS I haven’t done a may pole since I was five

I literally live in a tow surrounded by villages that do all the traditional May Day celebrations. And I spent my day at a fair with local people singing, and spending all my money at a cat charity and the stall of two people selling jewellery they had crafted themselves.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved it. But I do miss the traditions that my family haven’t followed through with

#May Day #may pole

[silverclaw13]

Happy Beltane 2023

Sunflowers   Beltane To our ancestors, Beltane celebrates the beginning of summer. Bale or “bon” fires are an important part of the Beltane Sabbat. All fires at home or in shops were extinguished and then re-lit from the sacred bonfires that blazed on the tops of the surrounding hills. This was also the time when the herds were blessed. The people marched their cattle around and between the…

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