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Beltane Flower Wreath
Salem Witches spend May Eve making a wreath to hang atop the maypole. On a wreath frame or sturdy natural base, we entwine the beautiful blossoms of new Spring flowers and herbs that grow in our are. To this we add long ribbons of lavenders, pinks, greens, and golds. The flower wreath is suspended around the maypole with four ribbons.
(Source: Celebrate the Earth A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition)
The Maypole Dance
The traditional maypole is an oak tree. However, here in New England we often use birch trees. A group of coveners selects a tree and the appropriate thanks and gifts are given in exchange. We ask the tree’s permission and then leave tokens of fresh herbs or crystals. We use the same tree year in and year out. Our maypole winters over in my basement. The branches are trimmed, and when Beltane arrives, the tree is secured in a stand. We cover the stand with moss and ferns and flowers and decorate the pole, wrapping it in Springtime ribbons. Our flower wreath is suspended from the top. The maypole can be brought inside as well. The children are all dressed in green and are ready to dance and sing:
Maiden May, heal the Earth
Make this day one of mirth.
Maiden May, heal the Earth,
We return from death to birth.
If you can’t make a maypole because you don’t have the space or facilities, you can make a miniature one from either and oak or birch branch. You may even use a dowel. Paint it an decorate it with ribbons and flower petals or bake a cake with a maypole decoration, using fresh flower petals and a pencil wrapped in ribbons.
(Source: Celebrate the Earth A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition by Laurie Cabot)
Beltane Faery Magic
Children are an especially important part of the Beltane celebration, but what is Springtime but the sensation of feeling young again? In our youth we possess a unique wisdom that is often an par with the gifts of the Faeries. Children often communicate in Faery language, as do animals, knowing and sensing things that adults rarely grasp.
Beltane is a favorable time of year for communicating with the Faeries. The powers of the Faeries are particularly strong in May. During this time of year, they are most likely to be espied, though usually out of the corners of your eyes or on the periphery of your vision. Like children, the Faeries love the fresh Spring breezes, the greening Earth, and the aroma of blooming flowers.
(Source: Celebrate the Earth A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition by Laurie Cabot)
Laurie Cabot's Feast of Beltane
MAY WINE
Ingredients:
12 sprigs sweet woodruff
1 1/2 cups of confectioner’s sugar
1 bottle dry white wine
1 block ice
3 bottles dry white wine
1 qt soda water, or champagne
spring flowers
Combine woodruff, sugar, and 1 bottle of dry white wine in a large bowl, and cover. After half an hour remove the woodruff. Stir and pour over a block of ice in a large cauldron. Add three bottles of wine and the soda water or champagne. Decorate around the cauldron base with flowers and ferns.
NETTLE SOUP
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz butter
1 lb potatoes, chopped
2 large onions, chopped
6 leeks, chopped
4 1/2 cups chicken stock
5 oz nettle, washed and chopped (or approx 2 oz dried)
¾ cup cream
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Melt butter in a deep frying pan or saucepan. When butter foams, add potatoes, onions, and leeks. Stir until coated in butter, then sprinkle with salt and pepper and cover. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes, or until vegetables are soft. Add stock and simmer vegetables. Add nettle leaves and continue to simmer until soft. Do not overcook. Add cream a little at a time. If desired, add more seasoning, such as mint or rosemary or herbed butter. Serves 6.
BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER WITH CHEESE SAUCE
Ingredients:
2 large heads broccoli
2 large heads cauliflower
1 cup heavy cream
2 tbs American cheese, sliced thin
2-3 tbs water
2 large cloves garlic, chopped fine
3 tbs corn flour or flour and water paste (thickener)
1 tsp garlic powder
Steam vegetables and set aside.
Place cream and water in a saucepan, stirring constantly on low heat. Add butter, garlic, and garlic powder. Then add cheese slice by slice, always stirring. After all the cheese is melted, add corn flower to thicken. Stir until desired consistency and set aside.
Break up the broccoli and cauliflower into florets. Strain well and cool almost to room temperature. Pour warm sauce over vegetables when ready to serve.
GREEN GOOSEBERRY AND ELDER FLOWER COMPOTE
Ingredients:
2-3 elder flower heads
2 cups sugar
2 lbs. green gooseberries (remove tips)
2 1/2 cups cold water
Tie elder flowers in a square of unbleached muslin or cotton and place in an enamel saucepan. Add gooseberries, sugar, and water. Bring to slow boil and boil for 2 minutes or until gooseberries burst. Remove elder flowers. Allow to cool. Serve in a pretty bowl or glass dish and garnish with fresh elder flowers.
(Source: Celebrate the Earth A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition by Laurie Cabot)
Beltane is this Friday!
Witch Tip
Lilac, meadowsweet, and woodruff are good incense for Beltane.
THE ELEMENT OF WATER
Water is the cleansing, healing, psychic, loving element. It washes over us when we see our mates; supports us when we swim; gives us life when we are dehydrated. Dew dusts plants after the sun sets. Rainstorms (one manifestation of this element) drench us.
Taste pure water. Move your hand through a stream, lake, pool, or bowl full of water. Feel its cool liquidity; it's soft touch. Listen to water trickling into a pool. As you do these things, remember that we contain Water energy within ourselves as well.
The energy of this element is vital to our well-being as humans, for it contains within it the essence of love. Love is the underlying reason for all magic. Water is love.
Here are some magical Water associations:
BASIC NATURE: Flowing, purifying, healing, soothing, loving.
TYPE OF ENERGY: Receptive.
COLOR: Blue (from the hue of deep water).
PLACES: Lakes, springs, streams, rivers, beaches, oceans, wells, swimming pools, bathtubs, showers, bedrooms (for sleep), health spas, steam rooms, fountains.
RITUALS: Purification, love, psychic awareness, dreams, sleep, peace, marriage, friendships.
RITUAL FORMS: Dilution, placing into water, washing away, bathing.
HERBS: Aquatic, such as water lillies and seaweed; fleshy, as in succulents and lettuce; loving, as in rose and gardenia; generally flowers.
STONES: Transparent or translucent, as in amethyst and aquamarine; blue, as in blue tourmaline.
METALS: Mercury (Quicksilver), silver, copper.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Cymbal, bell, all resonant metals.
CREATURES: Cat, frog, turtle, dolphin, whale, otter, seal, dugong; most fish and shellfish.
SEASON: Autumn (the time of harvest).
DIRECTION: West (the place of the setting sun)
TIME: Dusk
MAGICAL TOOLS: Cup, the cauldron.
POINT IN LIFE: Maturity.
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.
SENSE: Taste.
NATURAL SYMBOLS: Shells, a cup of water.
Source: Earth, Air, Fire & Water by Scott Cunningham
THE ELEMENT OF FIRE
Fire is the creator and the destroyer. It warms our homes, cooks our food, and fuels our passions. Unlike the other elements, Fire cannot exist in physical form without consuming something else. Thus, fire transforms objects into new forms: heat, light, ash, and smoke.
On a sunny day, go outside at noon and press your receptive hand against a warm rock. Smell the smoke from a burning fire. Gaze into a candle's flame. Immerse yourself in Fire energy, and realize that it also exists within ourselves.
Fire must be controlled to be of benefit to us. When we light a candle, we call upon its powers-but also limit them. This is necessary if its physical forms are to be of use. But even a raging forest fire actually helps the Earth, clearing away underbrush and encouraging dormant seeds to burst into new life.
Here are some of the magical associations of Fire:
BASIC NATURE: Purifying, destructive, cleansing, energetic, sexual, forceful. Heat is a manifestation of this element.
TYPE OF ENERGY: Projective.
COLOR: Red (from the color of flames).
PLACES: Deserts, hot springs, volcanoes, ovens, fireplaces, bedrooms (for sex), weight rooms, locker rooms, saunas, athletic fields.
RITUALS: Protection, courage, sex, energy, strength, authority, banishing negativity.
RITUAL FORMS: Burning or smouldering; heating.
HERBS: Stinging, thorny or hot, as thistles, chile peppers and bouganvillea; desert-dwelling, as cacti; stimulating, as coffee beans; generally seeds.
STONES: Red or fiery, as in jasper; volcanic, as in lava; clear, as in quartz crystal.
METALS: Gold, brass.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Guitar, all stringed instruments.
CREATURES: Snake, cricket, lizard, praying mantis, ladybug, bee, scorpion, shark.
SEASON: Summer (the time of heat).
DIRECTION: South (the place of heat).
TIME: Noon.
MAGICAL TOOL: Knife.
POINT IN LIFE: Youth.
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.
SENSE: Sight.
NATURAL SYMBOLS: Flame, lava, a heated object.
Source: Earth, Air, Fire & Water by Scott Cunningham
THE ELEMENT OF AIR
Scientists and magicians may have different views concerning this element, but all agree that it's vital to human survival.
Without air, we would perish.
Air is the power of movement; of freshening and of intelligence. It's the invisible and yet quite real mixture of gases that we breathe in every day. In magical terms, Air is also the power of the mind: the force of intellect.
Go to a place with clean air and breathe deeply.Touch a feather. Inhale the fragrance of a heavily scented flower. Study an intricately patterned leaf. Experience the wonders of the manifestations of this element. Remember, too, that we possess Air energy within ourselves.
Here are some Air associations:
BASIC NATURE: Flying, moving, fresh, intelligent, suspending. Sound is a manifestation of this element.
TYPE OF ENERGY: Projective.
COLOR: Yellow (the yellow of the sun, the sky at dawn).
PLACES: Mountaintops, wind-swept plains, cloudy skies, high towers, airports, schools, libraries, offices, travel agencies, psychiatrist's offices.
RITUALS: Travel, instruction, study, freedom, knowledge, recovering lost items.
RITUAL FORMS: Tossing objects into the air, suspending tools in high places, fanning light objects, visualization, positive thinking.
HERBS: Fragrant, as many flowers; pungent, as in culinary herbs such as dill; airy, finely-veined, or wind-swept; generally leaves.
STONES: Light stones, such as pumice; transparent stones, such as mica.
METALS: Tin, copper.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Flute, all wind instruments.
CREATURES: Spider, most birds, winged insects.
SEASON: Spring (the time of freshness).
DIRECTION: East (the place of sunrise).
TIME: Dawn.
MAGICAL TOOL: Wand.
POINT IN LIFE: Infancy.
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
SENSES: Hearing, smell.
NATURAL SYMBOLS: A feather, incense smoke, fragrant flowers.
Source: Earth, Air, Fire & Water
THE ELEMENT OF EARTH
Earth is our mother. It's as fertile and nurturing as farmland; as moist as soil and as dry as sand. In its physical manifestations (such as stones), Earth represents the densest of the elements.
Press your hand against fresh dirt. Feel it's stability, its earthiness. Know that within its fertile surface we've raised our food; on it we live our lives; within it we bury our deceased.
We couldn't exist in this form without the Earth. But our planet is simply a manifestation of this element. True
Earth energy also exists within ourselves and within the universe at large.
Here are some symbolic associations of Earth. Think about these aspects of this most basic element.
BASIC NATURE: Fertile, moist, nurturing; stabilizing; grounding. Gravity is a manifestation of this element.
TYPE OF ENERGY: Receptive.
COLOR: Green (from the color of living plants).
PLACES: Caves, canyons, chasms, forests, groves, valleys, fields, farms, gardens, arboretums, parks, plant nurseries, farmer's markets, kitchens, baby nurseries, basements, mines, holes.
RITUAL FORMS: Burying, planting, making images in soil or sand.
HERBS: Earth-smelling plants, such as patchouly and vetivert; mosses and lichens; nuts; dry and stiff plants; heavy, low-growing plants; generally roots.
STONES: Heavy or opaque, as in coal; green, as in emerald and peridot.
METALS: Iron, lead.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Drum, all percussion instruments.
CREATURES: Dog, horse, earthworm, gopher, ant, cow, burrowing animals
SEASON: Winter (the time of darkness).
DIRECTION: North (the place of greatest darkness).
TIME: Night.
MAGICAL TOOL: Pentacle (a wooden, metal, or clay disc inscribed with a five-pointed star).
POINT IN LIFE: Advanced age.
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
SENSE: Touch.
NATURAL SYMBOLS: Salt, clay dish of fresh soil, rocks, sheaves of wheat, acorns.
Source: Earth, Air, Water & Fire by Scott Cunningham
Unsure of what color cord to use? Match the color with your magical purpose!
WHITE is used for spiritual undertakings and truth
BLACK is used for binding, reversing and protection
RED is used for energy and physical love
PINK is used for pure love, romance and togetherness
GREEN is used for prosperity, fertility, marriage and growth
BLUE is used for healing, wisdom, understanding and peace
ORANGE is used for changing luck, attracting good things and control
YELLOW is used for intellect, imagination, persuasion and concentration
PURPLE is used for permanent changes in life, psychic development, protection and breaking bad luck
WHITE and PURPLE can be used when you are unsure of what color is appropriate for your cord magic
Source: Norse Magic by D.J. Conway
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