Shakey1  Wrote:

This day seems super duper occult to me (and in my mind, I have a negative connotation with that phrase), but if you crazy May Day kids just like to fornicate or do non harmful shit on this day, then I say keep it real, and consider wearing a rubber. Or ask if she's on the pill. Just, please don't engage in ritual human sacrifice for the appeasement of dark gods, or for any reason

You are a paranoid dellusional, and your mind has been corrupted with the propaganda geared towards making the people fear the Old Pagan ways. Human sacrifice?! Please! That was rare amongst pagans, if the romans are to be believed. Also, Beltaine has nothing to do with some hippy free sex festival! It is one of the old fire festivals, a celebration of nature and the changing of seasons. Actually, Ester was the spring festival, whereas Beltaine is the ushering in of early summer, so it bears similarities to a spring fest. It was a fertility festival, not only for agriculture, but also for young women who would soon be married or who had recently been married and awaiting to bear children. There were games which the girls played, and the winners were said would be the first to marry, or so on. All your fear mongering does is show your ignorance to those of us who know what we're talking about. The pagans existed long before the christians and illuminati, and it's not the fault of pagans that the christians and illuminati stole all of our holidays in a blatand attempt to corrupt their meaning and purposes!

Happy May 1,

Found this,

Song of Songs 2: 11-13 says, “For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the dove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance. Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come!

It is Robin Hoods celebrated day, International workers day, Eisenhowers
day of law, beltane, samhain, even my serious old blue book says this about May Day:

82:2.4 In the earliest stages of tribal development the mores and restrictive taboos were very crude, but they did keep the sexes apart — this favored quiet, order, and industry — and the long evolution of marriage and the home had begun. The sex customs of dress, adornment, and religious practices had their origin in these early taboos which defined the range of sex liberties and thus eventually created concepts of vice, crime, and sin. But it was long the practice to suspend all sex regulations on high festival days, especially May Day.

88:6.4 Gesture, being older than speech, was the more holy and magical, and mimicry was believed to have strong magical power. The red men often staged a buffalo dance in which one of their number would play the part of a buffalo and, in being caught, would insure the success of the impending hunt. The sex festivities of May Day were simply imitative magic, a suggestive appeal to the sex passions of the plant world. The doll was first employed as a magic talisman by the barren wife.

hurchel  Wrote:

Happy May 1,

Found this,

Song of Songs 2: 11-13 says, “For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the dove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance. Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come!

It is Robin Hoods celebrated day, International workers day, Eisenhowers
day of law, beltane, samhain, even my serious old blue book says this about May Day:

82:2.4 In the earliest stages of tribal development the mores and restrictive taboos were very crude, but they did keep the sexes apart — this favored quiet, order, and industry — and the long evolution of marriage and the home had begun. The sex customs of dress, adornment, and religious practices had their origin in these early taboos which defined the range of sex liberties and thus eventually created concepts of vice, crime, and sin. But it was long the practice to suspend all sex regulations on high festival days, especially May Day.

88:6.4 Gesture, being older than speech, was the more holy and magical, and mimicry was believed to have strong magical power. The red men often staged a buffalo dance in which one of their number would play the part of a buffalo and, in being caught, would insure the success of the impending hunt. The sex festivities of May Day were simply imitative magic, a suggestive appeal to the sex passions of the plant world. The doll was first employed as a magic talisman by the barren wife.

Correction: Samhain is not the same as Beltaine. Beltaine= May 1st, Samhain=roughly Nov. 1st - the end of summer, begining of winter half of the year, and also the Celtic New year.

Don't be stupid.
Druids practiced human ritual sacrifice.
BEL is the old Assyrian Devil/Destroyer false "God."
Have fun with that in your life.
ME: NO WAY.

LoP Guest  Wrote:

Don't be stupid.
Druids practiced human ritual sacrifice.
BEL is the old Assyrian Devil/Destroyer false "God."
Have fun with that in your life.
ME: NO WAY.

The only evidence for pagan human sacrifices comes from Roman
propaganda.

So witches being burned at the stake in their thousands didn't
look at all like a ritual sacrifice, did it?

Hooray, hooray, the first of May - outdoor sex begins today!



& Happy Birthday to all the Beltane babies!

The only evidence for pagan human sacrifices comes from Roman
propaganda.

So witches being burned at the stake in their thousands didn't
look at all like a ritual sacrifice, did it?

odd. When did it get assigned to the date 'May 1st' on the Roman Calendar?

and aren't you supposed to leap the fire..then go off with your intended (or another) into the dark and celebrate?

Beltane or Beltaine is the anglicised spelling of Old Irish Bel(l)taine or Beltine (modern Irish Bealtaine [ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə], Scottish Gaelic Bealltainn [ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənʲ]), the Gaelic name for either the month of May or the festival that takes place on the first day of May.

Bealtaine was historically a Gaelic festival celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Bealtaine and Samhain were the leading terminal dates of the civil year in medieval Ireland, though the latter festival was the more important. The festival regained popularity during the Celtic Revival and remains observed in the Celtic Nations and the Irish diaspora.

In Irish Gaelic, the month of May is known as Mí Bhealtaine or Bealtaine, and the festival as Lá Bealtaine ('day of Bealtaine' or, 'May Day'). In Scottish Gaelic, the month is known as either (An) Cèitean or a' Mhàigh, and the festival is known as Latha Bealltainn or simply Bealltainn. The feast was also known as Céad Shamhain or Cétshamhainin from which the word Céitean derives. Beltane was formerly spelled 'Bealtuinn' in Scottish Gaelic; in Manx it is spelt 'Boaltinn' or 'Boaldyn'. In Modern Irish, Oidhche Bealtaine or Oíche Bealtaine is May Eve, and Lá Bealtaine is May Day. Mí na Bealtaine, or simply Bealtaine is the name of the month of May.

In Neopaganism, Bealtaine is considered a cross-quarter day, marking the midpoint in the Sun's progress between the spring equinox and summer solstice. The astronomical date for this midpoint is closer to 5 May or 7 May, but this can vary from year to year.