Post by Indilwen on Jul 14, 2010 15:28:57 GMT 12
A Fairy Spell
In a woodland clearing, spread a clean green cloth. On it place small cakes and flowers,
especially primroses, in a circle. Imagine the magic around you and say:
O Fairy Queen,
Upon your white steed,
Within me plant
A magic seed.
From you may spring
Many new beginnings.
Great Queen,
Accept these offerings.
Leave the items and walk around the altar three times, then slowly walk the path back to
your home. Listen for the sound of laughter and bells and know you are blessed. Beltane
is the time when fairies return from their winter rest, carefree and full of mischief and
delight. On the night before Beltane, in times past, folks would place rowan branches at
their windows and doors for protection. If you do not wish the fairies to visit, do the
same! This is also a perfect time for night or predawn rituals to draw down power to
promote fertility in body and mind. At Beltane, the Pleiades star cluster rises just
before sunrise on the morning horizon. The Pleiades is known as the seven sisters, and
resembles a tiny dipper-shaped pattern of six moderately bright stars in the
constellation of Taurus, near the shoulder. Watch for it low in the east-northeast sky,
just a few minutes before sunrise.
By: Nancy Bennett )0( & Granny Moon's Morning Feast
In a woodland clearing, spread a clean green cloth. On it place small cakes and flowers,
especially primroses, in a circle. Imagine the magic around you and say:
O Fairy Queen,
Upon your white steed,
Within me plant
A magic seed.
From you may spring
Many new beginnings.
Great Queen,
Accept these offerings.
Leave the items and walk around the altar three times, then slowly walk the path back to
your home. Listen for the sound of laughter and bells and know you are blessed. Beltane
is the time when fairies return from their winter rest, carefree and full of mischief and
delight. On the night before Beltane, in times past, folks would place rowan branches at
their windows and doors for protection. If you do not wish the fairies to visit, do the
same! This is also a perfect time for night or predawn rituals to draw down power to
promote fertility in body and mind. At Beltane, the Pleiades star cluster rises just
before sunrise on the morning horizon. The Pleiades is known as the seven sisters, and
resembles a tiny dipper-shaped pattern of six moderately bright stars in the
constellation of Taurus, near the shoulder. Watch for it low in the east-northeast sky,
just a few minutes before sunrise.
By: Nancy Bennett )0( & Granny Moon's Morning Feast