Beltane Love Ritual (Online)

❤ The Goddess Blesses All Forms of Love ❤

Beltane, May Eve, the holiday that celebrates the burgeoning fertility of spring! In ancient times, it was the joyful festival that reveled in wild sensuality. The Maypole, that upthrusting rod, was crowned with a ring of flowers that slid down as the ribbons twined in the dance.

In a culture that obsessively objectifies sex but doesn’t truly value sensuality, expanding our definition of love can be a radical act. When we love something or someone, we want to cherish and protect them. We don’t stand by to see them desecrated or destroyed.

Our online Beltane ritual will be a big love spell—not the “Bring Princ/ess Charming into my life” kind of spell—although it could work for that, but a spell to expand the boundaries of our vision of love, to honor those things we cherish, and to commit ourselves to work for them, fight for them and care for them.

For the ritual, please prepare on your altar:

• A candle
• A marking pen
• A sturdy anchor of some sort to tie your ribbons around.
• Some colored ribbons or yarn, ideally wide enough to write on. Make them long enough to tie around your anchor so you can braid them, and still have enough to braid; I’d suggest around 20 inches or more. If you find handicrafts a bit of a challenge, use 3 ribbons. If you are adept at braiding and such things, you could try 9.

In preparation, pick one kind of love to meditate on each day leading up to the ceremony:

• Today I’m going to think about my love for the earth.
• Yesterday I focused on the deep healing abilities of my body.
• Tomorrow—maybe my love of a good story.

I look forward to our Beltane love spell!

Details & FAQs:

There are a limited number of discounted scholarship tickets available. If you feel called to join us in circle, we want to make sure you can join us! Please send an email to info@starhawk.org with the subject line “Equinox Scholarship” and a brief introduction if you would like one of the scholarship slots.

If you would like to invite your coven or a group of friends/family to join you in the ritual on a single link, that is absolutely encouraged. If you would like to contribute an additional financial consideration for the additional participants, you are welcomed to make a donation to Earth Activist Trainingin lieu of purchasing additional tickets.

The entire ceremony will be recorded and delivered via a link to your inbox within 24 hours of the conclusion of the event. If you cannot attend live, you can purchase a ticket here and be the first to receive the recording once it is uploaded.