As the time of flowers, it’s always great to make flower essences around Beltane. This morning I woke early to the sound of heavy rain: perfect timing to make the hawthorn flower essence I’ve been wanting to make while the bushes are in bloom. Hawthorn blossoms at the beginning of […]

Beltane (or Beltain) means bright fire, and it’s usually a time when sacred fires or candles are lit in celebration and with the intention to bring healing and fertility. Blessings are offered and purifying native woods or herbs are burnt. I caught this pic of a dragon fire spirit in […]

As the wheel turns, here in the Southern Hemisphere we celebrate the Love Festival: Beltane. It’s the start of our summer months and a time of sexuality and fertility, life and maturation – a time of celebration, feasting and joy. The energy about is very yang, on its way to […]