Walpurgis Night 2017

Walpurgis Night 2017

The whole Northern Hemisphere celebrates this May 1st, the night of Beltane, for the ancient Gauls and Celts this celebration marked the beginning of the pastoral summer when the herds of cattle were led towards the green pastures and the mountains. It is the night that the fires are lit in the mountains and at the top of the hills, very similar to the eve of the Night of San Juan. The regent God of this celebration is Belenus "the most brilliant of the gods", who lives and dances in the fire of the bonfires that are lit for tonight.

But first, just one night before, we celebrated the night of Walpurgis. We have two witches' nights in each solar cycle, the Walpurgis night, every April 30th, which happens between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, and then we celebrate 'Samhain' (Halloween / The Celtic New Year) just between The Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice.

This is one of those magical days, which we know as "gate days", when the energies between different planes and worlds, converge between them, which can cause all sorts of consequences. Those days are highly charged energetically, the confluence of energy during these periods is complex and highly complete, do not miss this powerful energy to recharge your talismans and charm bags, as well as to carry out a variety of magic spells and links.

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During these days, the ancient Germanic peoples invoked the fertility gods and honored their ancestors by sharing the consecrated fire in their homes, bringing offerings to the priestesses and conjuring up the old gods of the twilight to attract prosperity and prolong life. Just one night later, they lit the main fires to honor Belenus and celebrate Beltane, spreading the smoke of the fire consecrated by all the homes in the town to renew the spirit of each home.

The night of Walpurgis is one of the most powerful nights of the year, it is the time when witches and sorceresses conjure the forest and "call" the moon to renew their health and magic, while the shamans channel the ancestors, and attract them to thank them personally for the land they have left us and for the care they provide.

The month of May has always been dedicated to the ancestors, the Romans believed that during this month, the ancestors came back to walk among us and monitor our behavior. In Northern Europe, specifically between the Nordic and Baltic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, as well as the islands of Åland and Faroe Islands, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), people choose not to leave their houses tonight, for it was the night when the witches flew about on their brooms, escorted by a procession of ghosts and demons dancing with them in the woods, and through their dancing around the fires they succeeded in awakening the sleeping spirit of the forest, the god without name, guardian, and protector of the witches.

In ancient Germania, the lore tells us that witches celebrate this special date entering into ecstasy through herbal ointments and plunges into the deep darkness of the forest, being guided by their familiar spirits in the form of a black goat, A pig, a crow, a toad, or a wolf. Once they were in the heart of the forest, they were reunited with the spirit of their lovers of other lives and celebrated with them all night.

Rumors of that Witches Night

They put salt on the sheds and swept from east to west

With those old brooms consecrated to ward off evil

Jumping from roof top to roof top came to the witches dressed at night

His scandalous laughter bounces through every corner of the forest.

Among heads of oxen, pigs and rams make a feast

Fairies dance around new souls and old witches

Devils and witches dance around the fire

The fire of the bonfire dances to the beat of time

The time compasses dance around the soul of the fire gods

The circle in salt, fire, and rosemary has been forged

Witches dance, fly and sing around the old spirit of the forest

Spirits congregate around each village

Borders marked with sea salt and white pepper

Barriers made of roses and olive oil

Driving away all evil and all curse

Witches celebrate tonight dancing with the old gods

Sorcerers make love with the seductive nymphs of the forest

Elves and goblins mingle between the sweat of the feast and the joy of ecstasy

If you hear noises on the roof, attentive,

Son witches jumping between the tissues of houses

To take the momentum in your flight.

If the hot night has the aroma of herbs,

It's because the neighbor witch is cooking her ointment on the stove.

If you see shadows that move at night in the nearby cemetery,

Pay close attention, witches-lovers

Who rise from the dead

To go dancing in the woods.

Happy Witches Night and Happy Walpurgis.

© Elhoim Leafar 2017

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Tip for my regular readers: If in my previous books I wrote some simple spells and tips to celebrate the Walpurgis night, in the following, because of course I also did, in my new book 'The Magical Art Of Crafting Charm Bags' (available for preorder now HERE) includes Some other talisman to perform on these important dates, such as Walpurgis, Samhain and some solstices.