Beltane at Butser Ancient Farm - 3rd May 2025

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Had a lovely afternoon yesterday at @butserancientfarm
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#LegendaryWednesday: `The need-fires of #Beltain are kindled in order that the material soul give rise to the sun soul or spirit of fire, Belenus. Two fires, the double helix of Beltain, symbolize the sunset and the sunrise, yesterday and today. We pass through them to our heart-soul, our higher solar self. In essence, we say to ourselves: „We have the power to ascend the world body to the higher self.“ Solar energy is ours and the season of light begins.

#LegendaryWednesday: „In the #Celtic calendar, the tree, or world axis, is the medium for the soul’s ascension and the fires of #Beltain are the medium for its purification. Beltain, like Samhuin, is an eve when the doors of the #Otherworld are open and souls transgress.
The tree erected at Beltain is the Celtic symbol of tribal cohesiveness; it is the center of life and its vegetative spirit is worshipped as the phallus. The bile, or sacred tree of toreutic tradition, symbolizes the material body ready to give rise to its soul. Sacrifice and prayer are conducted at the foot of the celestial column and direct communication with the spiritual planes are accessed on this axis. The ecstatic mystical experience is achieved through the realization of perennial fecundity.
The passage on the Tree of Life is accompanied by the fires of Beltain. Belenus, the shining Celtic god of fire, is the source of purification for both livestock and humans.` #Celtic
Helen Benigni `The Moon Cycle Calendar: Dec. 19, 2023-December 6, 2024`

This years wickerman at Butser was a phoenix. #Beltain