Beltane 2010 Rituals

Ritual the First: Awakening
Beltane is energy and explosion and reaching out and Spring! Sometimes, coming into the new can be frightening. Change may be an ordeal, but it also teaches us, and when we can embrace its gifts, we truly open to Love. Join us for the Awakening ritual, the first of four Beltane rites. We will take our next steps on the path of Love: learning to truly Love ourselves. The Voices of our guides will offer their teaching as we face the difficult truth that everything changes.

Ritual the Second: Reaching
At peace with our own selves, we turn our attention to those we Love. Today’s ritual is one of Reaching, to find connection and to offer our unconditional Love to the Beloved. Yet we all carry the hurts of the past. Once again, we will seek the teaching of guiding Voices so that we may take down the walls that protect us… by keeping us alone.

Ritual the Third: Ecstasy
Today’s ritual is one of Ecstasy; for when we can Love ourselves and offer our unconditional Love to the Beloved, we are ready to Accept Love. This is potentially the most frightening and the most important level to open. How difficult it is to accept love when it might change—it might be taken from us! But if we can stand naked and embrace the gift that is offered, we can rise to a height of ecstatic connection we never thought possible.

Ritual the Fourth: Harmony
After the bliss of the weekend, how do we face the mundane? In our closing ritual, we will reflect on what we have learned here, and weave this place into ourselves so that we can take it home with us. Joining to say farewell helps us all move forward, for each closing ritual carries the seed of next year’s work. As we embrace the change of going home, we come together for one last moment of intimacy and intensity, of Harmony.