The Sabbat of Beltane

The first day of May: Flowers in bloom, budding trees, luxuriant green fields, the blue rush of streams. These are all images of the growing, fertile, life-filled Beltane season. Beltane begins the rule of the life-giving Goddess; personified by Mother Nature, Gaia, the powerful forces of regeneration and renewal. Her powers of growth, fertility and plenty bless us throughout the summer as we tend our gardens, eating just picked sun-warmed tomatoes as we work. Her energies are abundantly present until Her consort begins His rule at Samhain (Hallows Eve) when we become more introspective again, quieting down into Winter.

From the Charge of the Goddess: "I Who am the beauty of the green Earth and the white moon amongst the Stars and the mystery of the waters and the desire of the heart of man, call unto thy Soul. Arise and come unto Me! For I am the soul of Nature, who gives life to the universe. From Me all things proceed and unto Me all things must return; and before My face, beloved of Gods and of men, let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite. Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth; for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals."