Beltane: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for May Day

by Melanie Marquis, Llewellyn

Overview

Light the fires of celebration with Beltane’s invigorating energy 

Beltane—also known as May Day—is a time of fertility and growth. As the start of the summer season, Beltane is the perfect time to put plans into action. This guide to the history and modern celebrations of Beltane shows you how to perform rituals and work magic for protection, abundance, and more. 

 • Rituals
 • Recipes
 • Lore
 • Spells
 • Divination
 • Crafts
 • Correspondences
 • Invocations
 • Prayers
 • Meditations

Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials explore the old and new ways of celebrating the seasonal rites that are the cornerstones of the witch’s year.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738744094
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	03/08/2015
Series:	Darkover #16 , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	340,279
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Llewellyn Publications has grown and expanded into new areas of personal growth and transformation since it began as the Portland School of Astrology in 1901. Along with the strong line of astrology books the company was founded upon, Llewellyn publishes books on everything from alternative health and healing, Wicca and Paganism, to metaphysics and the paranormal-and since 1994 has published a growing list of Spanish-language titles.

Llewellyn has long been know as one of America's leading publishers of New Age books, producing a wide variety of valuable tools for transformation of the mind, body and spirit. Reach for the Moon-and discover that self-help and spiritual growth is what Llewellyn is all about.

Melanie Marquis is a lifelong practitioner of magick, founder of the United Witches global coven, and organizer of Denver Pagans. She has written for the American Tarot Association, Llewellyn's almanacs and datebooks, and national and international Pagan publications including Circle and Pentacle Magazine. Her books include The Witch's Bag of Tricks, A Witch's World of Magick, Beltane, and Lughnasadh. She is the coauthor of Witchy Mama and the cocreator of Modern Spellcaster's Tarot. She lives in Colorado.

Visit her online at http://www.melaniemarquis.com.

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Table of Contents

Contents
Series Introduction . . . 1
Old Ways . . . 13
New Ways . . . 41
Spells and Divination . . . 71
Recipes and Crafts . . . 95
Prayers and Invocations . . . 133
Rituals of Celebration . . . 151
Correspondences for Beltane . . . 179
Further Reading . . . 191
Bibliography . . . 193
Endnotes . . . 207
Index . . . 209