Beltane 2001

Props
Usual ritual tools
May pole
Pinecones
Wreath
Beltane Cord

Circle is cast with a wand and is blessed by the elements.

HP leads all in a circle with wand in right hand and B/cord in the other, the witch following HP holds the other end of cord(witches follow holding hands)

Here upon this sacred ground, 
love be raised and love be found.
Wrought  together hand in hand
Sacred be this space.

All sit down

We have shed off winters coldness 
And we have welcomed back the spring
But here we are upon this night
To call the summer in.

We ask the great ones join us
In celebration and in praise
In love we do invoke them
And Bask within their rays.

He has horns so golden
God of death and rebirth
And he is here upon this night
To join with mother Earth.

Feel their love and ecstasy
Feel it deep inside
Careful where your foot may step
For tonight the faeries ride.

HP:	Here we stand at summers’ threshold; we see the sun within and without.  We can see the bounty of the Lord and Lady. Fertility and wonders surround us, and now we shall celebrate the sacred union.

Wreath is passed to each person who wraps a piece of the Beltane cord around and 
then passes it to the next, until all have done so.

Wreath is then placed on top of May pole, as we dance we shall charge the wreath’

When the pole has been danced and the wreath charged, a bowl of pinecones will be 
passed around for all to take.

HP:	The womb of the mother has now been charged and made sacred by the phallus of the god, now take the seed(pine cone) and think of your desire, see it clear in your mind and as it is passed through the womb see it as it will be.

HPS is now holding up the Wreath of the mother (symbolising the womb),each 
Person takes their turn at tossing their Pine Cone through the wreath, which
is caught by HP and passed back to the owner.  HP will say an added
blessing to each person as he returns their charm.

HP: 	We have welcomed the summer (lights cauldron).  Feel the warmth of the sun, feel it deep within.  Be cleansed and purified.

Feast, 
close circle 
then party, party, party.