How to Celebrate Beltane

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Learn more about "Beltane" as a holiday.

   Beltane is all about celebrating the uniting of the Lord and Lady, so it covers things like sex, love, passion, fertility, and romance. , Fire is representative of love and passion, so light candles.
   
   Flowers contain the fertilizing pollen of the plant, and so many Wiccans enjoy braiding flowers in to their hair, wearing flower wreaths, using them in recipes and using them as decoration., Invite friends and play music, roast things like nuts on the fire or perform a ritual if you desire. , Some Wiccans find this a good time to relax and meditate. , Other treats include lavender lemonade, cinnamon scones, sun tea, rose flavoured things and anything with aphrodisiac properties. , This can be as simple and symbolic or as dramatized as you wish. ,, Use this to your advantage and honour passed ancestors.
   
   You could also use this as a time to practice spiritual communication.
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   Step 2: Remember the significance of certain things

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   Step 3: such as fire and flowers.

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   Step 4: Light a bonfire from nine sacred woods: Rowan or sandalwood

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   Step 5: applewood

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   Step 6: dogwood

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   Step 7: poplar wood

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   Step 8: juniper

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   Step 9: holly and oak or elder.

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    Step 10: Burn some incense made of these woods to get the scent of an open campfire if you can't get the real thing.

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    Step 11: Eat oat and barley cakes

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    Step 12: the traditional Celtic Beltane treats.

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    Step 13: Do a ritual for the uniting of the Lord and Lady.

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    Step 14: Do some maypole dancing or other Wiccan dancing to get in to the spirit.

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    Step 15: Consider that Beltane is often considered a time when "the veil" between the living and the spirit world is thinnest.

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