Jump to a section: Beltane’s Fire, May Day’s Flame A May Day Working Shadow Work: Tending the Inner Fire Southern Hemisphere Shout Out: Samhain Special Thanks Calendar Beltane’s Fire, May Day’s Flame At the threshold of May, when the earth produces greenery in earnest and the air itself seems to be imbued with promise, we arrive at a convergence that is anything but accidental. Beltane—ancient, pastoral, ecstatic—meets May Day—industrial, political, defiant. One is marked by

I am often told that I am my own worst critic. It can be hard for me to hold myself up to any level of esteem. As a result, it is nice to...