Beltane
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Often called many things, spelled in many different ways, Beltane is the festival of fire.� It is the witches night of honor and is usually celebrated on the full moon closest to the first of May.� It is the spring equinox.� Beltane is the day that Mother(Goddess)'s and Father(God)'s energies balance exactly.� This is the night of fertilitiy.� In the Lunar calendar, Beltanes falls in either the Seed or the Mating moons. The word Beltane(Bealten, Bealtaine,
Baletaine) is Celtic� for the magic flowers.� It is a celebration
of fertility, as spring gives way to the summer that will last until Lammas.�
The Goddess as Maiden yields to her Lover, and from their union comes all
the production of summer, and the Goddess ends her phase as Mother.�
In Roman times, this day was called Floralia.
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