WEST : We have gathered here on this longest day of the year to celebrate the Zenith of the sun. We gather to honor a great mystery. The fact that every Zenith holds its Nadir, every Nadir its Zenith. We gather here to celebrate the force of the light and of the warmth and summer.

  EAST :  The sun that has warmed and illuminated us during the wheel of the year appears to stand still for a few days. This is the time of the greatest light.

  HERAUT : Greetings to you, Sun of Seasons

When you travel hight through the sky

With your strong tread on the wing of heights

Sink down into the dangerous ocean

Unharmed and unoffended

You rise on the smooth wave

Like a young queen in bloom

 WEST : May the ancient wisdom of our Druid heritage, the deep source of eternal truth, present in our lands and our people, be warmed by the inner light of the sun, whose force on this day we acknowledge.

Let us, united in the bond of love, ray out peace and harmony into this world. Send out healing to this Earth, our house, our Mother, to benefit our children and all life.

  DRUID  :  Let now those that want to stand in this sacred place, move forward. In the eye of the sun and within the circle of their fellow people.

  OAK – CARRIER :  (steps to the middle)

On this crown of the year, in the center of this sacred land, i greet the King of Trees

(holds crown up)

I praise the glory of the oak, lover of the fulguration, giver of shadows during the hight noon-sun. In this time of the greatest power i unite your life with this circle, marking the Zenith of the Year.

  SWORD – CARRIER :  (steps to the middle)

In this time of the greatest light

(holds sword up)

I raise the sword born in fire as a bridge between Heavens and Earth.

 (oak – carrier brings crown down on the swords handle and together they walk around the circle sun-wise, then return to their place)

Um bom Verão 09 para todos e um forte abraço para o Holof

Beltaine 2

JANUS DRUID : Let us now, in our sacred circle and in the secret places of our hearts, be witness to the unifying of those two powers, the Emperor and father of life and the Empress and mother of the land.

FLOWER QUEEN :  (steps up from her place in the north-east and looks at the king)
I speak to the sower of the seed, the free Lord of  wild nature. I speak to the father of the accelerating life in my womb. To the woman, to be man, to the Queen to be King.

GREEN KING : (steps forward from the south-east and faces the queen)
I am the sower of the seed. I am the force of wild nature. With you i shall be the father of the child. With you i shall be the husband of the land. I am the King for the Queen and will hold your hand.

PADDS DRUID : The power of love points to the unification of the God and Goddess.

Beltaine 1

” Quando acordamos de manhã, o sonho da noite dissolve-se e nós dizemos: <<Era só um sonho, não era real.>> Mas alguma coisa no sonho deve ter sido real, senão ele não existiria. Talvez olhemos para trás e nos questionaremos se a nossa vida foi apenas um sonho. Mesmo agora, se olharmos para as férias do ano passado ou para o que se passou ontem, verificamos que é muito semelhante ao sonho que tivemos a noite passada. Existe o sonho e existe o sonhador do sonho. O sonho é um breve jogo de formas. É o mundo – relativamente real, mas não absolutamente real. Depois há o sonhador, a realidade absoluta, na qual as formas vão e vêm. O sonhador não é a pessoa. Apessoa faz parte do sonho. O sonhador é a base na qual o sonho aparece,aquilo que torna o sonho possível. É o absoluto que subjaz ao relativo, o intemporal que subjaz o tempo, a consciência na forma e por detrás da forma. O sonhador é a própria consciência – quem nós somos. Acordar dentro do sonho é o nosso intuito agora. Quando estamos despertos dentro do sonho, o drama do mundo criado pelo ego chega ao fim, e um sonho mais benéfico e maravilhoso começa. É o novo mundo.

E. Tolle

EAST :  I proclaim the festival of Alban Eilir, the light of the earth at the moment of the starting of spring, the spring equinox.

WEST :  I proclaim the day and night are equally long once more.

SOUTH :  I proclaim the balance between winter and summer.

NORTH :  I proclaim the moment of natural balance.

EAST : Honor to the light beings, that stand countless in the sky.

WEST : Honor to the forces of the green Earth and her waters.

SOUTH :  Honor to the forces of the sun and moon.

NORTH :  Honor to the forces of the Otherworld and the inner darkness.

HERAUT :  Day and night are now in perfect balance. We are on the border between the darkness and the light. Today we will all pass through this gate, to the light half of the year. Watch, the Mabon arrives as the anouncer of spring.

MABON :  (moves to  DRUID and says :
With this clover i offer you the symbol of Alban Eilir.

DRUID : (accepts the clovers )
We thank the Mabon for this gift, which stands for the living force of the three rays of light of the clover that grows everywhere Ceridwen left her footsteps.

MABON :  (goes to west and says :
I give this circle these flowers as a symbol of the celebration of spring held here.

DRUID :  (accepts the flowers)
We thank the Mabon for this gift that symbolises the growing forces of the light.
(pauses)
Someone is waiting outside our circle. It is the Lady Ceridwen and i will ask her to now enter this circle so we can welcome her.

LADY CERIDWEN  :  (goes to  DRUID in the east and says ) :
I come here with the promise of abundance in this circle. On this moment when day and night are equally long i bring the seeds and the wine of the Earth, seeds that have grown and wine that has ripened in the previous years.
(gives the seeds and the wine to  DRUID )
These gifts are for you, the wise ones and guardians, who keep and give the seeds of knowledge and the wine of the wise.

DRUID :  From the Earth Her promise, from the Lady’s beautiful gifts from the mountains and valleys. We accept with gratitude the seeds and the wine. With these gifts we shall rebuild the temple and the songs of this Alban gate.
We will now have a 3 minute silent reflection to considder by yourself what you would like to ‘grow’ in your life. In the middle the holy fire burns. Let us now be in our center in perfect love and trust, in peace and in power in this sacred circle.