It's a special time right now as Beltane begins tomorrow - the Celtic fire festival marking the end of winter and the beginning of summer.

Back in the day, this was a festival of great celebration for our distant ancestors, marked by bonfires, feasting, dancing, and rituals to honour the fertility and abundance of the land and nature.

Beltane is also called the "Adventure of the Sun." This Great Day begins at moonrise on May Day eve, and marks the bright half of the year, symbolized by the Bright Goddess. In Celtic tradition, the Beltane bonfire is lit with the spark from friction or flint. Contact with the fire, by jumping over or through it, symbolizes purification by the

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