https://ronrowland.com/jumping-the-beltane-fire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jumping-the-beltane-fire Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://ronrowland.com/jumping-the-beltane-fire/#comment-678 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:38:48 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=2390#comment-678 I love the pastoral scene you’ve conjured up here, Ron – looking back to a more innocent age!

]]> https://ronrowland.com/jumping-the-beltane-fire/#comment-676 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:38:23 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=2390#comment-676 I like the way all of life participates in this ritual. We’re all connected. (K)

]]> https://ronrowland.com/jumping-the-beltane-fire/#comment-672 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 06:45:37 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=2390#comment-672 A delightful capture of jumping the Beltane fire, Ron! I like the conversational tone, the direct address and the feeling of being there with the cattle, passing through the smoke, and the poignant lines:
‘Once they’ve gone through, we’ll jump too
For the fertility that has not found us’
and
‘Exhausted from our dutiful task
We’ll collapse in tight embrace
Our slumber filled with dreams of
Jumping the Beltane Fire’.

]]> https://ronrowland.com/jumping-the-beltane-fire/#comment-667 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:00:34 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=2390#comment-667 I have seen people jumping the Beltane fire but didnt know that cattle did too. I love that the smoke will protect them on their journey.

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