Naturalistic Paganism

Celebrations

Attraction! Our world reawakens, and we see beauty around  us!  In addition to each of us finding beauty in our world as part of our connection to our Universe, our wider body of humankind is about to find new beauty in the night sky – with the light from a star undergoing a Nova explosion!  But hold on, don’t those happen without warning, and can’t be predicted?  Usually, yes – but a recurrent Nova can be predicted, and the only one most of have a chance to see is expected this year!   More details soon, including a ritual for when it explodes!  Also, just after Beltane, many of us enjoy Star Wars Day, May 4th.

Some of the ways many of us are celebrating Beltane were published ~ a week ago, and now we also have many online & in person celebrations and rituals to attend, as we like (see list of links in that post published last week).  Plus, hat tip to Mark Green for posting this useful article about ways to celebrate Beltane with kids, without the need to focus on human sexuality (not that there’s anything wrong with that, Jerry).  Beltane also reminds us of the symmetry of life and death, – as Glenys does here.   For some of us, the celebrations will be later this week or next- the actual midpoint between the Equinox and the Solstice is May 5th, and this year, with Beltane falling on a weekday, this coming weekend has plenty of events planned.  And of course, for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, Happy Samhain!  However you are celebrating, may your be celebration be blessed.

This is an updated version of our annual Spring Equitherm post.