Omnia quest

And they both lived happily ever after… that’s the end of the most common love stories that fascinate us since the human beings habit on earth. In the occidental cultures of our days, we have been taught that romantic love is a great blessing, almost fundamental to achieve a perfect life, and inside what can be an old tradition, based on legendary people living in fictional scenarios, men and women don’t usually think what romantic love or soul Union involves, maybe because they are focused on finding the perfect mate, or maybe because the illusion and expectations they have for a relationship are perfectly defined, so they don’t think in the nuclear part that seems obvious.

Love means love and that’s all we got. Fairytales are specific: the absolutely beautiful maid meets the bold knight, and when their eyes make contact the magic occurs, he notices the shine in her eyes, falling completely and eternally in love. The fragile mademoiselle feels a great attraction but she is expecting him to come and give a sign of affection, whilst she suffers the need of his presence. After a troubled time they have chance to talk about what they feel, promise the universe one to another, then separate again to overcome obstacles (such as war, death of somebody or scandalous secrets), and when the problem is solved, they embrace, face the horizon, get some miraculous spontaneous soundtrack, and flow in a perfect kiss that seals their fate as forever companions. All of this happens in a book, film or tv serie, with sobbing, crowded audiences, who will come out of the theatre or close the book with the desire of being the protagonist. But when they face real life, the situation is wide different, the trouble is usually not seen as a passionate adventure, the bold knight has a full time job, and the fair maid needs to wax weekly.

Then, what is what we find attractive in the couple life? Do we have an animal reason to cuddle and love? The soul dictates our love story? Let’s dive in the universe of human mating, while celebrating Beltane, the pagan feast of the lovers, the night of Walpurgis, one of the two times of the wheel of the year when the veil gets thin, when dimensions are opened to transit.

Traditionally, the “official” ending of the winter, when no dark remains in the world, the renewal of the solar part of the year, when the green man or sacred masculine is present. His influence in life is rapidly noted, crops grow fast and strong, land reflects vitality, life seems to be robust and the atmosphere is bracing. In ancient times people lit big fires to celebrate the night, and many legends were told, in which the subtle realms opened, so then they and us could walk through different kingdoms (in some tales people weren’t able to come back), but the point is this is a feast of dark which celebrates the light that is fully entering in our lives. So… if I attach to the ancient teachings, what I find is not a sad and perfect story, is not an empowered working woman, neither a lonely man looking for a lady to admire. The tradition dictates clear, the world comes to light when the green man (antlered god, solar power, sacred masculine, and all phallic archetypes) comes back, reigning with his queen, being lovers (fertile, strong, full of life), expressing this polarity fusion as an invigorating and powerful growth, peacefully letting them be theirselves but oneself at a time, and mating to create life from the power of they both. Sounds epic, sacred, magic yet more simple to achieve than the alignment of the protocol and sweetness of the sentimental misconceptions of the actual society. And this ladies and gentlemen, if done by anyone of us, would be real and tangible alchemy… so I will leave the topic open, so you can make your own reflection and conclusions, (please share by DM or email!)… and I will come back to the season of light, in the celtic calendar represented by the southeast, with the elements of Fire and Water.

What you should be feeling these days is the heat of the fire while the entering of the water starts, ebullience, passion and emotion, strength with feelings, Union of soul with spirit. This particular time of the wheel of the year represents the sacred marriage or sacred communion of the goddess and the god, the solar part of the cycle, the presence of masculine energy while divine female blossom and prepares herself to create new life. Many rituals have been held through history to commemorate this date, that we actually celebrate in the night of April 30th, (celtic people and old religion practitioners changed the very day based on the moon phases), the most known include the woven ribbons and the bonfires, yet many other fertility rites or spells are nowadays made by worldwide witches, not trying to replicate the ancient times but to bring this ancestral energy to life and resonate with it, promoting its expansion and manifestation.

I invite you to flow and enjoy with the passionate vapours of Beltane, to interiorise the magic of the sacred Union, to let all the other worlds beings reveal over you, and grow spiritually by yourself or with your partner, bringing your desires to this dimension. Merry Beltane… blessed be.

I attached this beautiful Beltane blessing to you all:

Bless, O threefold true and bountiful,
Myself, my spouse, my children.
Bless everything within my dwelling and in my possession,
Bless the kine and crops, the flocks and corn,
From Samhain Eve to Beltane Eve,
With goodly progress and gentle blessing,
From sea to sea, and every river mouth,
From wave to wave, and base of waterfall.

Be the Maiden, Mother, and Crone,
Taking possession of all to me belonging.
Be the Horned God, the Wild Spirit of the Forest,
Protecting me in truth and honor.
Satisfy my soul and shield my loved ones,
Blessing every thing and every one,
All my land and my surroundings.
Great gods who create and bring life to all,
I ask for your blessings on this day of fire.