Written by Ivo Dominguez Jr • Narration by James C. Welch
Music and sound editing by Ivo as well.
Pathworking:
This pathworking is a journey a bonfire to celebrate Beltane and the coming of May.
Close your eyes and move inwards. Take a deep breath and become aware of any distractions from the outside world— sounds, sensations, thoughts and feelings that came with you to this moment. Gather these distractions together ••••• and bid them depart until you return from this journey. •••••
Open your eyes briefly and then close them again holding within yourself the image of where you are in the here and now. See a sparkling mist rolling, slowly filling your vision. See it grow thicker, and thicker, and thicker until you are enveloped in swirls of pearly mist, rosy mist, that glistens with sparkling motes. ••••• Although you are still, you feel motion all around you. Although you are still, you feel the fog swirling all around you.
It feels like you are walking. The mist begins to thin and to lift up.••• You are walking in a circle with dozens and dozens of people. You are circling round a bonfire that is waiting to be lit. The wood is piled high and awaits a spark•• The air is crisp and sweet with the scent of May. • The Sun is setting on the horizon, • the Moon is up, •• and stars are peeking through in the darkening sky. • Some have begun to chant they circle round. •••••
You see the warm light of the setting Sun glowing in their eyes. ••
You see the cool brightness of the Moon in their eyes. ••
You see the sparkle of the Stars shine in their eyes. ••
You notice a hooded figure cloaked in flowing black robes, holding a staff step inward from the circle. They are the Walker in Black.• They walk slowly inward in a tightening spiral to the center. ••
When they reach the center, they hold their staff high and all is silent. Everyone stops circling and stands to face the center of the circle. They lift their staff higher and loudly proclaim:
Leap The Fire
Leap And Go
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Jump The Fire
To Heart’s Desire
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Seize The Day
Seize The Day
• Beltane Blessings Bring…
•• You see a glow forming at the top of the staff •
Leap The Fire
Leap And Go
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Jump The Fire
To Heart’s Desire
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Seize The Day
Seize The Day
Beltane Blessings Bring…
•• Now the top of the staff is sprouting flames like flowers.
They light the bonfire with the staff •• and as they flames grow they say:
Leap The Fire
Leap And Go
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Jump The Fire
To Heart’s Desire
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Seize The Day
Seize The Day
Beltane Blessings Bring…
••
The bonfire blazes up. Flames lengthen and leap. •• The fire roars upwards with the joy of being, the joy of existence. The fire rises with flames twisting and braiding together, rising higher. The Walker in Black slowly dances out from the bonfire. As they do so sparks rise up like shooting stars. • The starry sparks float and circle above the fire like a crown, The sparks streak and stretch and become ribbons of light twirling around the column of fire joining heaven and earth. •• A tension builds in the air. Tension builds. Electricity crackles in the air. •• You hear chanting then everyone is circling, skipping, leaping round the bonefire. •••
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The Fire reaches higher to kiss the sky. ••
And there is an explosion of color and sound and emotion that washes over you.•••
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The fire is becoming smaller, becoming mellow. • •
Some are dancing round it. ••
Some are jumping over the flames for healing and good fortune. ••
Some are feasting at the circle’s edge. ••
Some are drumming softly. •••
The blessing of the May is falling upon all who gathered like drops of dew falling from the brightening Moon. •• You allow yourself to breathe in the beauty and the comfort of the moment.•••
A fog begins to roll into the clearing •• The fog carries singing voices and you listen. •••• Although you are still, you feel motion all around you. You feel the swirling and the turning all around you. ••
Little by little, the fog lifts and you flutter your eyes open and find yourself back in the here and now. Back in the place where we began. Back in the place you held in your memory so that you could return. •••
Take a deep breath. Move your toes and fingers. Be here and in the now. Be here and in the now. And you are here!