Beltane

Going back to nature worship (The Star-Ledger)

15 May 2008

A rap on a drum breaks the silence amid a circle of worshipers celebrating the pagan holiday of Beltane. Tents are scattered around a campground in the Pine Barrens the first weekend of May for rituals welcoming the planting season.

Celebrate Pinkster the old-fashioned way (The Record)

15 May 2008

What’s Easter without colored eggs? A lot less like Pinkster – the mostly forgotten holiday from which Easter “borrowed� the idea. “Most people don’t ever think about what eggs have to do with Easter,� says Kevin Wright, past president of the Bergen County Historical Society.

EVENT SEARCH RESULTS (East Bay Express)

12 May 2008

Anarchist Study Group May Day means many things to many people. On May 1, Celtic pagans celebrated the spring feast of Beltane. Medieval German Christians believed witches consorted with the devil on Walpurgisnacht. And the English tradition of dancing around the Maypole signaled love and ...