OPENING RITUAL
I stand before thee to honor and celebrate Beltaine.
Beltaine marks the beginning of growth and fertility.
It is the time for coming into my strengths and realizing
my desires.
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother
Earth is the center of life.
I invite all good spirits near or far to join me in this
celebration.
I invite all plants and animals to join me in this celebration
Let laughter and joy be the rulers of this night.
Tonight I will honor Allmother Nature, our Mother Goddess.
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother
Earth is the center of life.
I honor the shining Sun, whose returning warmth brings
fertility to the Mother
I celebrate Mother Earth's rebirth and the coming summer.
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother Earth
is the center of life.
I have come to celebrate the fertility of the blooming
planet, the greening of my Mother.
I will shed my trouble in the Bel-fire and return with
gifts for my renewal.
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother
Earth is the center of life.
Oh Allmother nature,
Mistress of the thousand Names,
Maiden clothed in Green.
I seek thee in my life. I seek thee in my rituals.
Together with the animals and plants,
our brothers and sisters, we are your lovers,
your sisters and brothers, sons and daughters.
We are in you and you are in us.
Be with me in my celebration of your renewal.
Calling of Earth
Mother
Hail to thee, mistress of the thousand names
Oh Allmother nature, great goddess, Inanna, Isis, Morrigu
Thy names are sacred and blessed.
Thy cult is for ever and ever.
Queen of the souls,
thou rule from the first birth of time to the ending of all times.
Highest of all Heavenly, ruler of thousand worlds,
goddess with the thousand names, firstborn child of time,
saviour of justice, givess of live,
we pray to thee,
we praise thy godly names every day,
we worship thee in all thy incarnations.
Eons over Eons, we praise thy godly names,
Eons over Eons, thou are the empress of life,
Eons over Eons, guide us through thy times,
Eons over Eons, we call upon thy thousand names,
and it shall never fail.
The heaviness of winter has ended.
Let us rejoice in the blooming of the Earth and the beauty
of the Maiden.
(Water in a pot with Salt and Oil)
Blessed be thy flowing streams, Blessed be the water in this pot,
Blessed be the fluid of this cauldron
The salt to wash out unwanted things.
The oil to bring in laughter and joy
May the unwanted things be washed out with the tide.
May the wanted things come in with the tide.
Goddess of Beltaine, I do build this
circle,
a space sacred and apart, in your honor.
I celebrate the fragrant air, the soft breezes
that refresh thy Body and thy children.
I celebrate the gentle fire of the sun
whose caressing warmth awakens thy Body and thy children.
I celebrate the rains, those sparkling showers
that give life to thy Body and thy children.
I celebrate thee Mother.
In the full bloom of thy maidenhood.
Thou, who gives life to all of thy children.
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother
Earth is the center of life.
LIGHTING THE FIRE
Now the veils of worlds are thin;
To move out you must move in.
Let the Bel-fires now be made,
(Pray in silence)
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother Earth
is the center of life.
For Inspiration. For Renewal. For Change. For
Fertility.
(Do some sort of sacrifice)
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother
Earth is the center of life.
RITUAL OF BURNING THE TROUBLE
I hold within me troubles I do not wish to keep.
Now is the time to lose those trouble into the fire.
I shed my anger and my fear.
As I toss my trouble into the fire recite with me:
I shed my anger and my fear and give to the sacred fire
my pain.
I pray to thee, bless the light of the flame.
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother
Earth is the center of life.
(chant something and dance around the
fire/candle)
I bind this wish to the sacred maypole.
I bind this wish of mine to thy sacred tree.
I bind this wish to come true.
(Red ribbon making three
knots)
I eat and drink to remind me of life
(Eat and drink something natural like pure water
and fruits/bread)
All life is your own,
All fruits of the earth Are fruits of your womb,
Your union, your dance.
Allmother Nature I thank thee for blessings and abundance.
I feel your holy presence in the earth under my feet,
the breezes flowing round, the sound of the running
brook,
the sound of the blooming leaves.
I honor life, beauty, and the transformation of spring
The energy of renewal. The power of joy.
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother
Earth is the center of life.
CLOSING RITUAL
Oh Allmother Nature, our Mother Goddess,
Sacred one of the bel-fire
of the flower, of the fertility, of the spring, of the ecstasy.
I thank thee for thy presence with me tonight.
I thank thee for thy beauty and thy power.
I thank thee for thy desires and for the fertility which
it brings.
This I do to honor thee, Mistress of Life. Mother
Earth is the center of life.
I thank thee for this life.
(Do some sort of personal
prayer)
The circle is open, yet unbroken.
May the flame of joy and laughter burn forever in my heart.
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