Sabbat Series Beltane
The Sabbat series was originally commissioned by a pagan client and became a celebrated series after exhibiting on two occassions. The Series has proved Popular as individual or series poster reproductions
Beltane October 31st in Southern Hemisphere (sun Reaches 15 degrees in Scorpio)
Also known as May Eve, May Day, and Walpurgis Night, happens at the beginning of May. It celebrates the height of Spring and the flowering of life. The Goddess manifests as the May Queen and Flora. The God emerges as the May King. The danced Maypole represents Their unity, with the pole itself being the Phallus or God embraced by the welcoming femininity of the mother Earth, The Goddess. and the ribbons often red or white symbolising blood and semen. Beltane is a pagan festival of fertility, sensuality, and delight.
Dance the Maypole and feel yourself balancing the Divine Female and Male within. Jump over the Beltane Fire, move through it, or dance clockwise (anti-clockwise for us southerners) around it.
Union with the Land focus, often with actual mating outside on the Land to bless fields, herds, home. May Queen (May Bride) as personification of the Earth Goddess and Goddesses of Fertility. May King (May Groom) as personification of Vegetation God, the Green Man often covered in green leaves. At Circle Sanctuary, in addition to May Queen & May King, is May Spirit Couple, an already bonded pair. Symbolic Union of Goddess and God in election/selection, crowning, processional, Maypole dance, feast. Morris Dancers and pageants (with Hag & Punch) to awaken the fertility in the Land.
