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Beltane Resource Masterpost

A collection of categorized links for your Beltane needs! What is Beltane? [X] Beltane is celebrated between April 30th to May 1st (October 31st to November 1st in the S. Hemisphere) and is also called: May Day, Lá Bealtaine, and Beltaine!

The Basics:

Beltane correspondences

More Beltane correspondences!

Tidbits on Beltane / Beltane tips

Things to do on Beltane / Activities and ideas / Celebrate Beltane

Beltane for lazy witches / Beltane on a budget

Urban witch on Beltane

Beltane Crafts:

Fae offerings for Beltane

Beltane crafts

DIY flower pressing

Flower ink (in 3 steps)

Beltane Recipes:

Traditional Beltane foods

Beltane foods

Beltane fried honey cakes

Bealtaine recipe list

Beltane fae tea

Beltane Spells:

Beltane eve fairy spell

Beltane solitary rituals

Beltane life chant

Bealtaine pet protection prayer

Self love bath sachet

Beltane spell jar

Beltane Tarot Spreads:

Beltane growth spread (3 card)

Spring garden tarot spread (3 card)

The Beltane fire tarot spread (6 card)

Beltane tarot spread (6 card)

Spring spread! (6 card)

Beltane blessings (7 card)

Spring tarot spread (16 card)

Other:

What to put on your altar for Beltane!

Beltane masterpost

The witch’s Beltane playlist

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Scary Shit: “It’s like living in pre-Nazi Germany”

Want to know the most terrifying thing about our society I’ve heard in a while? 

When your S.O. @afistfulofrosemary, who has traveled to Poland and France to do research and Holocaust Survivor documentation, recounts the following story:

“When I was in Europe, probably the most chilling thing about the whole research trip besides going to see the actual Nazi death camps like Auschwitz and Birkenau, was when I got to interview a Holocaust Survivor. She told me that she was scared again. She told me that living in today’s society feels a lot like like it did before. Like living in pre-Nazi Germany all over again.”

This is why we need historians ladies and gentlemen. 

When protesters get arrested and assaulted for voicing their opposition to neo-Nazi rallies, something is terribly, terribly wrong.

Please see this news article:

 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/04/21/neo-nazis-anti-fascist-groups-descend-georgia-town-competing-rallies/538857002/

WHEN YOU HAVE A WALL OF ARMED GUARDS PROTECTING NAZIS, SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG.

WHEN YOU HAVE ACTUAL HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TELLING YOU THAT THIS IS WHAT PRE-NAZI GERMANY WAS LIKE, SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG.

Go forth and punch Nazis, my friends. 

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Constellations.

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some pieces from a stationery set i designed! calendar page, journal, wrapping paper, and a diecut greeting card. the theme is green/herbal witchcraft. stationery is my jam so this was a fun time

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forest witch: here grew willows and alders, their trunks twisted like giants’ sinews. around them bark lichen bloomed blue-white in the darkness. it felt like a good place, where there was old magic.

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Jupiter and 4 of her moons peaking out from behind our moon! 

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Someone who isn’t a witch: Why do you have like 5 different tarot decks? Don’t they all say the same thing?

Me: Well no, it depends on whether I want to be slapped in the face with my own stupidity or if I want my stupidity calmy handed to me with a pat on the back

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my coven brother did this, hotapeh @ instagram

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Coffee x Flowers

Artist: Sawa

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💛🐝 ways to help the bees! 🐝💛

hello, all~! 

I just wanted to share a few things you can do to help our little friends! bees are so important, and they need our love. 💛

🏠build a bee hotel🏠 

you can use recycled materials you have on hand to create them. ( hollowed bamboo sticks, toilet paper rolls, planks of wood, etc. ) it’s also a good craft for the kiddos. get creative & have fun with it!~

hang your bee hotel on a tree, or a high up spot where nothing can disturb it.

💧make a watering station💧

it’s super duper easy to do, and all you need is a shallow dish and some pretty stones! bees get thirsty, and you’ll be helping them out. especially when it gets real hot out!

🌱plant flowers and herbs🌱

not only is gardening fun & therapeutic for you, but the bees appreciate it too. also, you can use the flowers & herbs grown for your craft! bonus!!

here are just a few of their favorite plants:                                          

basil

mint/catmint

rosemary

sage

yarrow

lavender

sunflowers

poppies

asters

zinnias

salvias

marigolds

cosmos

…and there’s waaay more! garden to your heart’s content, and watch the magic happen~

🚫don’t use pesticides or harmful chemicals on your lawn or garden🚫

this one is pretty self explanatory. if you want a safe environment for your bee friends, try not to use any harsh chemicals on your plants. if you have issues with destructive bugs, use organic methods to shoo the pests away. 

here are a few organic alternatives to using pesticide!: 

eggshells

hot peppers

tumeric

banana and orange peels

here’s a great site if you’d like to read more about it!:

https://gardening-guide.wonderhowto.com/how-to/get-rid-plant-eating-pests-using-100-natural-solutions-from-your-home-and-garden-0146809/

✨sponsor a hive✨

last but not least, help out & sponsor a hive! this helps beekeepers, helps teach others about bees, and so much more!

here’s a site if you’re interested and would like to read up on it.: 

http://thehoneybeeconservancy.org/sponsor-a-hive/

thank you all for reading! let’s do our best to help these precious babies.

with love,

🐝💛

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(by Nathan Anderson)

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Daily Draw: Suchlaph, Angel of Verdancy Beneath the earth seeds begin to grow. Suchlaph inspires these plants to break the barrier between earth and sky and seek the warmth of the sun. Let your roots take hold of the soil you have lain in. Now is the time for growth.

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- J.R.R. Tolkien

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Stalking Frodo | michaelkagerer

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Out adventuring...