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Beltane
...f us.? 3 The Eve of Beltane has traditionally been celebrated in the nude with orgiastic sex. Couples would pair off, jump through the flames of the bonfires, and go into the woods until dawn, engaging in all night sex after intense feasting. Wearing clothing or ritual robes was much too dangerous ...
Candlemas/Imbolc/Feast of Fire
...if they involve the element of fire; e.g. using candle magick or invoking and directing the element of fire. In ancient times, People danced around bonfires and celebrated until dawn. Certain foods are traditional for Candlemas/Imbolc, such as crepes and pancakes. Because of their rounded shape an...
Preliminary Meditations for Invoking the Elements
...lements. For those of you who wish to go slowly, these preliminary meditations can help: For Fire: 1. Sit quietly and relax. 2. Visualize a large bonfire. *Hear* the crackling and *feel* the heat, then *smell* the heat. Do this for five minutes. For Water: 1. Sit quietly and relax. 2. Visu...
Saint Walburga
...c nun and Mother Superior, Walburga. The mountain top celebrations of the evening of April 30th have survived from Viking days1 where people lit huge bonfires and danced around them in the nude, having orgies and feasting, which lasted until dawn. Bonfires were lit to celebrate the ending of winter ...
Samhain
...est, a time of endings, death, and dying, as plant life died and the cold set in. Samhain was also a time of honoring the dead. The Druids built huge bonfires, which they considered sacred, in honor of the Celtic New Year. There was a prevailing belief in the existence of a Celtic God of the dead k...
Summer Solstice 666
...e magick and/or healing In ancient times, festivities and celebrations of this important holiday nearly always included Baal Fires [the traditional bonfire]. The element of fire represents the life-force, and life itself. Death is cold and hard. Fire is warmth and life. Those of us who have cond...
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