Beltane 2009
May 2nd, 2009 by celticshaman
Once again the Beltane fires burn bright. Spring flames green across the land. How marvelous and blessed this renewal seems to us after a long, harsh winter. How much more miraculous and welcome to our ancestors who did not live in centrally heated homes, or travel in warm automobiles. At last, the frosts are gone. The flocks and herds can return to the hills and meadows. And so, we celebrate. Beltane!
Our podcast opens with “Kringellek” from the album Dram (2009) performed by Anna Ryfenors and Erik Ask Upmark. Their website is at http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/erik-dram.
Next Dillon Carlyon reads an excerpt from Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1, by William Bottrell. The selection is from the chapter titled: Annual Visit of the West-Country Folks to the Pellar of Helston, to have their Protection Renewed and can be found at: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/swc1/swc114.htm
Pitch the Peat performs “Ormond Sound/Liberty Joe’s/Broken” from their Far From Home album (2008). Visit them at http://www.pitchthepeat.com
Dillon Carlyon and Tira Brandon-Evans present the Beltane Blessing (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cg1/cg1078.htm) and the Herding Blessing (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cg1/cg1109.htm) in Scots Gaelic and English. Both of these readings are from the Carmina Gadelica, Volume 1, by Alexander Carmicheal, [1900], at Sacred-Texts.com, (http://www.sacred-texts.com).
We close with the song “Avanti” from the Corvus Corax album Mille Anni Passi Sunt (2000). To hear more from Corvus Corax go to http://www.corvuscorax.de
May your Beltane season be filled with peace, health, and joy. One hundred thousand blessings to you and all our relations.
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