Beltane 3 Story Crow

This last litte titbit features a talented duo, Tamsin and Oliver, otherwise known as Story Crow, who delighted us all at the festival, with tales of witches and magical folk.

The little film I made at the time unfortunately won't load but this clip from Youtube features the same story they told to us. I hope you get the flavour.

Beltane Celebrations Part 2

Some views around the country hill top house where the Beltane celebrations took place. And a couple of pictures of just one of the organic tree root sculptures that were dotted around the grounds. All were different and represented different things. They all had crystals embedded in them, this one represented the Cauldron/Tree Of Life.

We had one excursion during my few days in Italy and that was to a local medieval church that had contained a secret Templar church. We took our divination pendulums in an effort to pinpoint any areas of the church that had significant energy surges. I didn't do very well only finding one area around this amazing altar to The Virgin Mary.

I do love old Italian churches and this one didn't let me down, it was very faded and oh so beautiful. The guide said that during the war years Hitler sent an emissary to try to find the secret Templar library and to discover the secret and sacred symbols used by the Knights to power up their energies and crusades. Mussolini also came for the same reasons. The locals though had already removed the powerful library to a safe place and also covered up the areas that displayed the magical symbols. The library is now held in the secret library at The Vatican and the covered symbols have never since been revealed.

And Now For Something Completely Different............

My crush on George Harrison or as I like to call him my Guru, continues. What a powerful performance for the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1987. I'm in awe.

Incidentally when I arrived in Italy last Thursday I was collected at the airport by Nico a young student and his Grandfather Sergio. Sergio could speak no English but amongst other things he wanted to talk 'Beatles'with me, so Nico translated. Sergio's introduction to rock and roll and the Beatles came when some friends in England sent some early records over to his very rural part of Italy. At the time it felt revolutionary and he still seemed to be feeling the excitement. Me too. Hello Judith my latest follower, a very warm welcome to my blog, many thanks for joining us here.

Beltane Celebrations Part 1

You won't often see pictures of yours truly on social media, but this is me in a very happy place, on the Henge where our Beltane celebrations took place. Just behind me you can probably make out the huge beautifully adorned Maypole. I was in Italy for three days of celebrations and shared the experiences with the most amazing and interesting folk. They came from Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, UK and Ireland and of course many local people came along to take part. The gathering was authentically inclusive, very spiritual and yes, transformative. No filming or photos were taken around the ceremonies. But I did take some pics of the old house we stayed in which was very comfortable but spooky and for some reason there were one or two spirits that weren't happy at us being there and made themselves very present in my room on the last night. But I told them to leave and they did. Amongst my pics are a couple of portraits of previous inhabitants, so maybe it was them, after all I'm not family eh? There is some light reflection on their photos but I hope you can still see them clearly.

I'll leave you with a pic of the Maypole after our dancing had woven the ribbons around the pole. I think there were about 40 people of all ages holding the ribbon ends and dancing around the pole. I'll post a little more about my trip soon.

And oh my days, yet another new follower. I can't tell you how much it pleases me to connect with you all. A very warm welcome and thanks to Bridget who has pressed the follow button.