Beltane

Greater Sabbat



Date: Usually celebrated on May 1st


Lore: The first time the God and Goddess make love. She is impregnated.


Sabbat Focus: Fertility is embraced at this time. We ask for fertility for our crops, ourselves, and our animals. This is a time of vitality and consummation of many aspects of life. This is also a time to help others. If you believe in elves and fairies you might want to leave offerings to them.


Activities: You can collect spring flowers and place them around your cauldron. The maypole is also a popular activity, the pole is a phallic symbol. It is a pole that has ribbons tied on them. The celebrators skip around the pole holding a ribbon so they wind into a beautiful patern. Couples who want to concieve might jump over a cauldron while holding hands. Handcrafts are very popular this time of the year. Many people like to build a shrine in their gardens during the time of Beltane.


Herbs: Any flowers, angelica, apple, ash, bluebell, calendula, cinquefoil, red clover, honeysuckle, lilac, primerose, rowan, strawberry, woodruff.


Incense: Franckincese, lilac, rose, passion flower, vanilla.


Colors: Green, soft pink, blue, yellow, white.


Beltane decorations: Maypole, string of beads or flowers, ribbons, spring flowers, Bells on heels, strawberries, faeries.


Foods: Dairy, oatmeal cakes, May day bread, Cherries, straberries, Wine punches, Green salads, Ice cream, red fruit.


Sacred stones: Emerald, Orange carelian, sapphire, rose quartz.


Spellworks: Spells of fertility, love, spiritual communion with deity, safety, prosperity, conservation.