A blessed Beltane to all!

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

May your summer's work be filled with sweat, and satisfaction! ☀️

@phatdayz

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Blessed Beltane to you to 🙏🤗

@elliottjames671

Жыл бұрын

That's evil af 👹👹👹👹

Жыл бұрын

​@Elliott James oooh no don't bring that negativity hereeee

@yvettefilgo5383

Жыл бұрын

⛎🐲

Happy and blessed Beltane 2024 🔥🌿🔥

@wodenthesaxon2849

3 ай бұрын

and the same to you

@tegan007

3 ай бұрын

🌱🌱🩷🔥

Edinburgh local here - I've just spotted myself in the video! We must have been stood right by each other in front of the Calton Hill parthenon at dusk and I didn't notice. Great stuff, I really enjoy your videos!

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

I do my best to blend in, so happy to have been sneaky 🤫

"It's just a spring-clean for the May Queen." - "The Stairway to Heaven" 💖🌸

Thank you for helping keep the old ways alive. Happy Beltane 🏵🌺🪻

There was an offering in the shape of a May doll where you could leave natural fabrics with wishes, but you needed to arrive before the start of the event. It was between Earth point and water point.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if that is what that was for. However it was still there at the end of the night, and had no explanation or call to action on it. Would still love to see more!

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. BLESSED BELTANE!

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

Very grateful to have gone, and very honored to be able to share it with everyone!

@Brothers-10-10

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheWisdomOfOdin hii... Tell me about multiverse consept according Norse mythology.. if have ..❤

Man my legs are killing me today. Dancing around a maypole, dancing around after the maypole, dancing around a fire in the pouring rain, and this morning Morris Dancing before the sun rose.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

My legs were killing me after dancing on the hill for 6 hours, then climbing a small mountain the next day to record the end of this video 😂

Blessed Be!! A blessed Beltane to all.!!! Thank you for presenting this video. What a Magickal feast to see.

Blessed Beltane & Walpurgis everyone!!!

This is so awesome, I would love to attend! My grandparents ran the cattle between two fires on the day before May 1st every year. I never understood why they did it, but they rarely had any cattle or goats or any other livestock get sick.

@HighSpeedNoDrag

Жыл бұрын

Oh Yeah.

There was the chance to give offerings. It was advertised on BFS social media pages in the weeks beforehand and people from around the world were able to do this.

So awesome!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

Happy belated Beltane !! Did my celebration yesterday and made offerings to the Goddess

Happy Beltane to those stuck in apartments and can't celebrate🍃🌲 I see you and you're not alone💫

@lawriefoster5587

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Blessed Be!!

@Brothers-10-10

Жыл бұрын

What is Odin force according Norse mythology ?

@lizischkum1948

3 ай бұрын

That's me😂

@lizischkum1948

3 ай бұрын

That's me😂

Blessed Be ❤

Mr. Toddson, the Greenman is as ancient as the pre-christian stones he is carved on... son of the union of Earth and Sun.

Yet another brilliant video thank you for everything you do 🙏💕 may the gods and goddesses smile apon you blessed Beltane (I'm also glad you enjoyed Glastonbury wich is Very close to me I'm glad you are enjoying England 🤗)

Hope everyone has a wonderful Beltane! Blessed Be y'all!

Happy Beltane to all my European Brothers and Sisters!

Very nice video on Beltane. My experience in Scotland and england over april/may led me on my path and and truelly greatful for visiting the many ancient and neolithic pagan sites.

My goodness I have so so many goosebumps while watching your video now. Although I'm born and raised in the Netherlands, I defenitely have some ancient roots in keltic culture!🔥❤‍🔥 Thank you for sharing your wisdom!

Thank you for making this beautiful and informative video! Happy Beltane to you! I am Irish/Brit currently living in Mexico and sharing this beautiful holiday with my Mexican partner. We are going camping, creating flower crowns, making a fire, and pledging our gratitude to the beautiful Earth. Sending love xxx

I had no idea this would make me emotional! [wipes tears] Both sides of my genetic past is Scottish/English with a side of Irish, so maybe my ancestors were living through me 😆Either that or it's time to return to the craft... It's currently Autumn here in Australia but my spiritual home is England, and April never feels like the winding down time for me. It's my birth month, my personal new year and the time I feel most alive and energised. Celebrating the wheel here feels so upside down. I gotta move!

@prschons

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Brazil, and my roots are Germanic, so I understand what you mean when you say that "the wheel here feels so upside down". I do celebrate the seasons of the land where I am currently living and honor its cycles, but my heart and spirit are always up there with my ancestors, so I do reserve a space in my celebrations to honor my ancestors cycle too. My whole life I felt like I was in the wrong place... It is in my plans, sooner or later, to go back home.

@penelopesparrow

Жыл бұрын

@@prschons 100% relate - may we both find our way back 🙏❤

thank you for your work man! happy beltane 🔥🔥🔥

This is incredible! I just discovered your channel last week, and had already booked tickets for Beltane. I’ve been living in Edinburgh for three years now and this was my first time attending. Amazing how small the world can be!

seeing that giant crowd of people celebrating an ancient pagan holiday gave me chills

@TingTingalingy

Жыл бұрын

No it didn't 😂

@deniceeverham9467

Жыл бұрын

I love that so many people are going back to connecting with the earth in a sacred way

@TingTingalingy

Жыл бұрын

@@deniceeverham9467 like animal sacrifices? Lol Celts are the worst for this

@brightlord-ov7cm

Жыл бұрын

​@@TingTingalingywhy? What is wrong with animal sacrifices? Did your christian god not ask your people to sacrifice numerous amounts of lambs at different times in your own bible?

@TingTingalingy

Жыл бұрын

@@brightlord-ov7cm did you try using a holy book against me? Next time know what you're talking about when you try to sound smart 😂

Thank you so very much for sharing this wonderful magical journey with us. Can't wait to see the Samhain festival. Your idea about offerings is excellent. I really hope it can somehow be incorporated. Blessed Beltane to you and to everyone.

happy beltane everyone :)

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

May the summer's work lead to great harvest ☀️!

@lizischkum1948

3 ай бұрын

Everyone have a good day and happy Beltane 🎉😊

Thank you so much. I needed this ❤

Incredible footage and festival! I hope everyone has a wonderful Beltane and Springsummer 🌱☀.

As a proud Celt and Welshman, I find it rather sad, how you mention the Irish and Scots but no mention of the great Celtic Nation that is Cymru, Wales, and the festival here that mirrors the Beltane fire festival, namely Calon Mai. We can trace our Calon Mai back to the 14th Century.

@sanderson9338

Жыл бұрын

Brythonic culture not welsh Cornish,Scottish,welsh and Irish but now Cornwall and Wales are part of England so no need to mention them.

As it was once said by Robert Plant, "Its just a spring clean for the May Queen". I believe he was partially correct. Thank you for another soul stirring and informative video.

I'm Finnish-American and Scots-Irish. This is by far my favorite video from you, and your recent interest and respect for Celtic Pagan history and traditions. I'm a mix of Norse and Celtic, aka Norse-Geal. I study and practice a lot of Celtic as well as Norse beliefs. Both are related in a way historically living amongst each other forever. This is my favorite Beltane vid this year and thank you brother for sharing all of this. Much love.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🔥

The cinematography in these videos is always awesome i love the sceneries you edit into it

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, that means a lot! Editing has always been a challenge for me. But I have learned to love it

@Brothers-10-10

Жыл бұрын

God of War game has insulted your gods so why don't you oppose it ? I just want to know

Blessed Beltane, Jacob and all.

@Brothers-10-10

Жыл бұрын

What is Odin force according Norse mythology ?

Blessed Beltane everyone! I really liked that slow procession of Sol! That was super cool!

@Brothers-10-10

Жыл бұрын

If you Viking... Gods never die , and also immortal then why God's died in Ragnarok ? I just want to know

Such a great video! Thank you for creating it! 🎉❤ Blessings!

You are my go-to for learning this, as a newer pagan and former christian of three decades. I'm so thankful for TRUTH and you. ❤

Thanks for posting this. Love a great Beltane celebration!

Jacob. Love the journey. Thanks from Eire

I'm Irish and currently celebrating Bealtaine(Beltane) on this May 1st. Technically I should have started yesterday because the Celtic day, at least where I'm from, actually starts at sundown rather than midnight. It seems fitting that yesterday was rainy all day here but today was sunny. A good mark for the start of Summer.

Tan is Welsh for fire and has a similar word in Irish. However, tan in Welsh is a fire, but also means to spread. Be - is what causes, and El - means intelligence. Bal means buds shoots and sprouts. So, by using the ancient tongue of the Cymry, Beltane means the spirit that causes the spread of Spring. Does what it says on the tin.

@andrewwhelan7311

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, I meant to add, the Irish and Gaelic language does not explain the festival in the way that the native Cymry language does. Tan, which means fire, appears to be the fire festival idea. It is not a fire festival however. That said, me and mine are having a fire tonight so respect to you all for keeping celebration alive. Heddwch/ Peace in the ancient tongue of the Cymry.

@xotan

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewwhelan7311 Beltane is composed of two words, Beal - taine.). Tan in Welsh. Tine (tih - neh) in Irish - both mean fire. In Ireland it was the custom to drive livestock between two fired in pagan times for protection from disease. But Bealtaine was not necessarily a fire festival as such. Síochán (peace in the Irish language.)

@andrewwhelan7311

Жыл бұрын

Try using an old Welsh dictionary, printed before the language was watered down.The older the better. I think you will be surprised by the many meanings and meanings in context. Proper research is the key..Good luck.

@towyfisherman

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewwhelan7311I couldn’t agree more. It’s a shame, people jump on the Celtic bandwagon, but fail to realise the Brythonic language (Old Welsh) if you will, is interwoven into the names of these festivals. Certainly here in the British Isles.

@Rhyfelwr_Cymreig

6 ай бұрын

People don't Understand that the Welsh were here long before everyone else, The only real Natives to the land and would have practiced these ways before the Celts came.

That’s cool, I was there too, based on the video I was standing maybe five meters away from you at some point haha Great to see some things that we couldn’t see because of how busy it was! Would love to watch a full version of it somewhere…

@TheWisdomOfOdin

Жыл бұрын

Half of these shots were all things I didn’t get to see either 😂 glad I brought a wee tripod

Thank you so much for posting! I hope you thoroughly enjoy the Samhain festival as well!

Beltane blessings brothers and sisters ❤💐🔥

@cherihayward350

Жыл бұрын

May Brigit bring love and peace to your hearth and home ❤

@wendyerskine6951

3 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤ from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"Everyone put their heart and soul into it.." yeah.. I'll have to agree with that...

Great share! Happy Beltane!

Blessed Beltane, sisters and brothers! 💫💐

It must be quite an experience, having that many people celebrating together.

In Sweden we also light fires, here it is called Valborg....however, for us in Sweden it is to burn all the rubbish from the winter and mark the beginning of summer....as well....the drinking of alcohol is increased....lol.

@Brothers-10-10

Жыл бұрын

What is Odin force according Norse mythology ? If you Viking

@roxanneaspogard1327

Жыл бұрын

@@Brothers-10-10 Seeing with one eye... lol.

@Brothers-10-10

Жыл бұрын

@@roxanneaspogard1327 what you mean ?

I've never seen a festival like this before, it looks incredible!

Thank you for your channel Jacob! Many blessings to you 🙏🔥🎉🥰🧚‍♂️💃🕺👑👑☘️🍀

I am the fire that burns 🔥 i am the rain that yearns, i am the earth that knows...i am the wind that blows 🌬

I've read that Beltane was the seclnd new moon after the spring equinox, and also the second first-quarter after the spring equinox 🤷🏼‍♀️ Anyway, HAPPY BELTAINE TO YOU ALL !!!🎉❤🎉

Blessed Beltane!

@elliottjames671

Жыл бұрын

Isn't blessed from Jesus?

I've just discovered your channel, and am looking forward to catching up on your older videos later. I spent the bulk of my childhood in Scotland, though not that close to Edinburgh, and never heard of Arthur's Seat being a particular place to go on May morn, but I do remember the childhood rhyme, The maid who on the first of May, Goes to the fields at the break of day, And washes in the dew from the hawthorn tree, Will ever after hansom be. I did slip out of the house before dawn at about the age of eight (my parents knowing nothing about it) to give it a try. Modesty forbids me from saying whether or not it worked.

thanks for all the historical information. i can imagine the beginning procession is very impressive when you are there. but you captured it well and it felt very magical to me watching the video.

Beltane blessings, that was a lovely video. I didn't know they did that in Edinburgh ❤

@trustwithin7188

Жыл бұрын

Me neither it would be cool to go 🔥

It’s makes that this celebration would originally be on the new moon following the equinox. And, this celebration falls into Taurus season. Taurus is the bull (the cow). Thank you so much for sharing this information!🔥⚔️🍻

Dont forget the Welsh and the Cornish Celts. The English are of course in there too.

This was absolutely beautiful. Brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing

Great video and channel! Thanks for your work.

Blessed be and Beltane ❤️🐦🕊✨️🌿🍃

Love your travels brother. Enjoy this moment in time

❤❤Thank you for sharing this Heritage.. I am also a pagan but I live in the united states

I’m so glad to finally see a male witch out there! Blessed Be and Blessed Beltane to you!

In regards to being able to burn stuff at public events.... Speaking as someone that is a volunteer/organizer/coordinator for several much smaller festivals than this.... You can't trust large groups of people not to put inappropriate objects in the fire, either through innocent ignorance or malicious/mischievous intent. And if you had collection bowls, someone would have to handle accepting or rejecting items, rechecking, and being responsible for the safety of all concerned, and... Covering everything that needs to be covered by volunteers as is, just with the 100-800 person festivals I'm involved with is hard enough without adding something like this, and on a scale in the 10k+ it sounds like a nightmare to handle. Next best thing I could think of would be to have a station with slips of paper people could write wishes and prayers and such on, but again, that requires more volunteers and time and resources. So I can understand it not being a priority. Thank you for sharing your experience, though. It's super inspiring to see the healthy growth of Paganism everywhere!

Blessed Beltane to everyone.

Thank you for this! Its so important that we learn our original religion and how our ancestors did things. As a descendant of irish immigrants to america we have been deprived of our culture and traditions. Our heritage and origin is truly beautiful. Blessings to you!

Thank you for this video! 🌱🌼

Yes!!! I went last year and my biggest complaint was being unable to throw anything into the fire at the end for my personal practice

Jacob, this was amazing! Thank you for sharing this with us, blew my mind! Celebrating Beltane in Edinburgh Scotland with my little family is definitely on my bucket list! Bright blessings on this special day! Merry Beltane everyone!

Thank you for the wonderful video!! May 1 is also my Mom's birthday so we've been celebrating that at Disneyland (woohoo!) but I brought some colored paper, scissors, tape, and pens to make a little paper chain for Beltane. It may not be tradition, but like you said I love the evolution of paganism into new forms, especially since it can be so diverse as to suit different people!

I'm going to Beltane over the weekend to a campgrounds near my home. It's so much fun 😊 Blessed Beltane! ☘️☀️🐝

I wish I was there.💚

your channel is like a window to magical worlds

What an incredible atmosphere at the fire festival. Happy belated blessings too you and all your subscribers. 😊💗

This was awesome. Thank you!

One of the core features of any polytheistic religion is the belief in a potentially unlimited number of different spirits and deities was although your primary ones are the Norse gods that doesn't mean you deny the existence of non-Norse deities or consider them lesser to your own they just are not your favorite or preferred ones and to me that is the beauty of polytheism.

omg i was in edinburgh yesterday but couldn’t go to the festival because of how late it was going to run (and i had a bus back to glasgow to catch lol) looking forwards to next year’s tho! ill be better prepared

I love how you open with "Beltaine" by Rockhill. I found them online a few years ago and they immediately got my attention. Festive music for our annual bonfire celebration out back.

Fantastic to see such a large turn out

I agree -offerings and an enactment at each element station would be amazing!

What I love about the UK is that all spiritual paths are respected. There is none of the conflict that happens in the US. Nobody reacts badly when I say I am a Christian druid and my Pagan druid and witch friends are all acepted too. At Stonehenge, for the Summer Solstice, all kinds of faith gather and elebrste in peace.

@TingTingalingy

Жыл бұрын

I've not heard of a Christian druid before, what is it?

@MrCallipygian

Жыл бұрын

I live in the US. What kind of conflict do you think is happening here?

@MrCallipygian

Жыл бұрын

@Glasdia Ah, well, there’s 332 million of us-it’s a peaceful sectarianism!

@kieranstyx3633

Жыл бұрын

Completely disagree. I live in the us and have been frequently shamed or just outright threatened on occasion for my practice. The mid west and south are especially problematic when it comes to this.

@kieranstyx3633

Жыл бұрын

@Spynet CLASSIFIED ^^^

A Blessed Beltane from Seattle to all who celebrate the Celtic fire festival! :)

Blessed Nos Calan Haf - Calan Mia . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Just a few points. Arthur Seat isn’t just a ‘hill’. It’s a dormant volcano. Regarding the morning dew, it’s not a ‘cleansing ritual’. It’s usually young women who do this, and it has more to do with female fertility, than ‘cleansing’. After the celebrations up Calton Hill, many of the people from the Beltane society (along with many residents of the city) go up Arthur Seat around 4/5 in the morning, and continue the festivities. Some to dance around and play music, some just to walk up to the top and take in the last of the festivities taking place down below. As a side note, it’s pretty funny seeing the faces of the morning commuters driving through the park as painted men and women returning home from the festivities dart across the road on their way home in the morning 😂 Ohh … and the 50’000 number is HIGHLY exaggerated! You’d be lucky if there was even 5000 there.

Great video Jacob! Quite informative. Will be including a recommendation, and a link to your video on my channel's Beltane 2024 video on Wednesday.

@TheWisdomOfOdin

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 Glad you enjoyed!

@BMK_Magick_Explorations

3 ай бұрын

@@TheWisdomOfOdin you're welcome! My channel is still small currently, but perhaps I can encourage a few to check your content out. Sharing cross relevant content from my Preferred KZreadrs where possible is just my way of opening the door for my audience to get further information, and also another way of showing appreciation for other content creators I respect, and enjoy watching.

Happy Beltane to all💯🔥🤠

Plus at the Festival there’s a lot of stuff you can’t put on KZread.

Your doing great work in the name of the gods brother lord Odin and lord Thor would be very proud of you you have my respect my friend all hail the Norse gods of Valhalla skal brother

@jessevanhalen6967

Жыл бұрын

Thou art doende mickle arveth in the name of the gods brother drighten Woden and drighten Thunar wolde be swithe wlank of thee thou hast mine onlook

@CillianRangarsson-yk9xk

Жыл бұрын

@@jessevanhalen6967 what are you saying

So fabulous 🎉🎉🎉

Blessed Beltane! It happens to be my birthday as well!

Amazing 🤩 thank you for sharing 💜 Blessed Beltane 🌙🌞🌙

Beautiful that you can show us what others do for Beltane

We all come into unity (community) to commune with oneness of it all!

Blessed Beltane 🌹🏵️💮🌸🌻🌼🌺🏵️💮🌸🧙‍♀️🧙‍♂️

Hi, my name is Alan and I have participated as a performer and enabler. I made all the fire heads. You saw at the festival and many other of the elements, and I’ve done this over the last 20 years. We did run Wishingtree, which we did during the day and in the early part of the evening Beltane Fire society has struggled to attract enough members in recent years and obviously we were unable to run our event over the times of Covid we are working hard to increase her numbers but it’s never easy. Really liked your video. Nice to see a perspective from somebody outside our group.

I missed being in Edinburgh for Beltane the last time I was there by just a few days and now I'm inspired to try and get there for Samhain. I love Edinburgh and I completely agree that paganism needs to continue to grow and change.