Beltane 2003 - Circle of the Hearth
Adrianne

Parts
King and Queen
Priest and Priestess
Elemental callers

Ritual
Circle cast

Elemental invocations

We have known the goddess as mother and as daughter. At Beltane she becomes the lover of all things. 

She is Aphrodite, Astarte, Flora, Maia, Oshun

(she emerges into the circle with the symbol of the Goddess painted on her)

Priest Invokes Goddess
By bud of flower
Of this green growing hour
Great green Goddess of the forest
We invoke thee

By sacred oak
And hawthorn holy
Green virgin Goddess
We invoke thee

By springs growing power
Green Goddess we invoke thee

Turn back to circle
At Beltane, the God is the Greenman, God of all growing things. Lover of all that loves, protector of wild things and guardian of the forest.

(he emerges into the circle with the symbol of the god painted on him)

Priestess Invokes God
By oak and stag
By hawthorn holy
Greenman of the forest
We invoke thee

By deep bubbling brook
Greenman in the leaves
We invoke thee

(They begin to dance around one another like two snakes, snaking around the circle. They take their place as king and queen of the land, dancing in unison, dancing as one)

After they have finished dancing, they are crowned as the King and Queen of the land.

They are taken to the pole and bound together and to the pole.

You are now joined as one in the sacred marriage for the land
But know that you are now also one with the gods
And in that essence we do honour you

God of the bush
God of the tree
Goddess of the beach
Goddess of the sea

You are the web
We are the weavers
We are the weavers
Weaving blessings into the web

Everyone dances the maypole

The King and Queen are then released and jump over the flaming cauldron.

The circle is opened.

Feast.