The night before May Day is often celebrated with bonfires, feasts, and general merrymaking. Fires, one of the most popular traditions, are intended to frighten away the darkness of winter and welcome the life-giving Sun. Find a way to create your own May Eve bonfire. If you can't actually create one outdoors, use candles to represent a May Eve fire. Light as many candles in your home as you possibly can-red and white ones if you can find them-and spend the evening reveling in the glimmering light. Use the following chant to complete the ritual:
May Eve fire, burn and glow, Give life to everything we sow- Our gardens and our dreams will grow, As I will let it be so! |
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