Beltane
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Sep 10, 2026
Seán RonayneHOST
They were said to, to, uh, take babies and, and replace them with changelings that would somewhat resemble them.
Seán RonayneHOST
So, uh, yeah, th- this place is rooted in genuine, real Irish history in the form of the, the High Kings of Ireland, and then folklore, which, which treads the line between the two really, you know? [birds chirping] Another really important thing about this site is that every year in May, all of the Irish people from all corners of the land would come together to celebrate Bealtaine, uh, in May, which marked the beginning of summer, the beginning of the, the growing season.
Seán RonayneHOST
Times back then were much tougher, you know? So, so for them to get to this point and to have survived the dreary, uh, winter, um, not be taken out by disease or starvation, it was a big thing.
Seán RonayneHOST
It was a big celebration, and they would all come together at this place, the center of Ireland, and they would light this one great big fire, and this great big fire would, would mark that, mark the beginning of, of warmth, hope, growth, uh, productivity.
ScottHOST
So this is something that is also still practiced among many groups.
ScottHOST
Then you get to Beltane, which in the German is called Wolfspergonat or something like that.
ScottHOST
And Beltane is May 1st, and this is also a very high satanic holiday.
ScottHOST
And this is believed that around this time of Ostara and Beltane is when the horned god of the hunt, the masculine side, begins to wane.
ScottHOST
And you have this feminine side of witchcraft begin to emerge, the goddess Ostara.
ScottHOST
Okay, and so there's a lot of various ritualistic things to appease that side of witchcraft.
ScottHOST
The dates vary.
ScottHOST
And then you see Ostara in the spring.
Tyler BaxterHOST
We also have others that you may have come across potentially.
Tyler BaxterHOST
Beltana or Beltane, which would be May Day, essentially.
Tyler BaxterHOST
It's the summer cross-quarter day, the summer festival.
Tyler BaxterHOST
You've got Imbolg and you have Lunasa.
Tyler BaxterHOST
So in bulk on February 1st, this is the beginning of spring and it is the lambing season.
Tyler BaxterHOST
It is associated in particular with St. Bridget.
Tyler BaxterHOST
Beltane is the beginning of summer, and it is when cattle are driven out to summer pastures.
Tyler BaxterHOST
There seem to have been rituals that were enacted to protect cattle and people and crops and to encourage growth.
Jonathan HiebertGUEST
But again, so I started making flower crowns like these about four years ago.
Jonathan HiebertGUEST
And I was invited to a Beltane celebration, which is a celebration of the May Day.
Jonathan HiebertGUEST
And we were going to dance around a maypole and I needed a flower crown and I didn't have one.
Jonathan HiebertGUEST
So I went to the craft store and I found some flowers and I took a coat hanger and I used the wire coat hanger as my frame and I And I used floral tape and I made this flower crown.
Jason PrestonHOST
Is that, is this the one that was on the satanic holiday that you thought was a satanic holiday? Is that, this is that event?
Anneke LucasGUEST
Yes, Beltane.
Anneke LucasGUEST
And it was a whole week before then, which is for a very big week for Satanists.
Anneke LucasGUEST
Yeah, it was an entire week.
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Anneke LucasGUEST
So from what I hear from other survivors, it does.
Anneke LucasGUEST
I mean, I personally didn't experience many rituals.
Anneke LucasGUEST
But it was obvious that for the Satanists, and, you know, they were Satanists, that this April 30th, Beltane, pagan holiday, that it was very important, very important.
Anneke LucasGUEST
And it's all mixed with witchcraft.
Nicole PopeHOST
And this tends to happen around more of those more pagan holidays, right? Around...
Nicole PopeHOST
Beltane and Mabon and Samhain and like when we tend to have more energy in the environment, that makes it a little bit easier to access a little more energy from the spirit world because the veils are a little bit thinner.
Nicole PopeHOST
Right.
Nicole PopeHOST
I don't know who this is for, but I keep hearing spring.
KatHOST
Yeah, I know.
KatHOST
I like Beltane.
KatHOST
Beltane's my favourite.
KatHOST
Beltane's always been my favourite.
KatHOST
And then Samhain, because obviously Samhain sits opposite on the wheel.
KatHOST
So Beltane and Samhain are my favourites.
KatHOST
But I do, I've never really been a fan of the autumn equinox, but now you've said that and actually I do have this magical feeling at the moment.
KatHOST
It is like I've really noticed it.
Rocky SpragueGUEST
And there's a lot of human sacrifice, etc.
Rocky SpragueGUEST
If you look straight down at Beltane, that's also called in German, but that is, it's the area of spring equinox, rather.
Rocky SpragueGUEST
And there's also a lot of human sacrifice.
Rocky SpragueGUEST
Those are the two high holidays.
Rocky SpragueGUEST
And let me tell you something interesting.
Rocky SpragueGUEST
People that come out of the occult will tell you that those certain times a year, even if they don't pay attention to them, that they have felt some oppression or something happened to them around the satanic holidays that I just mentioned.
Rocky SpragueGUEST
So you're going throughout the year, not just Halloween and Beltane, but Yuletide and these other ones, Harvest Home, that they've noticed that there's something oppressive.
Rocky SpragueGUEST
See, once you come out of things, you've got to sever those ties.
ScottHOST
And there's a lot of human sacrifice, et cetera.
ScottHOST
If you look straight down at Beltane, that's also called in German, , but that is, it's the area of spring equinox, rather.
ScottHOST
And there's also a lot of human sacrifice.
ScottHOST
Those are the two high holidays.
ScottHOST
And let me tell you something interesting.
ScottHOST
People that come out of the occult will tell you that those certain times a year, even if they don't pay attention to them, that they have felt some oppression or something happened to them around the satanic holidays that I just mentioned.
ScottHOST
So you're going throughout the year, not just Halloween and Beltane, but Yuletide and these other ones, Harvest Home, that they've noticed that there's something oppressive.
ScottHOST
See, once you come out of things, you've got to sever those ties.
Kubi MayHOST
Well, in fact, the last harvest, that's when it slows down, isn't it? Which would be Samhain.
Jacob ToddsonHOST
Yeah, I was about to say, yeah, Samhain would be kind of like, Beltane would be the start of the working year, Samhain would be the end of it.
Kubi MayHOST
essentially yeah or in bulk i think in bulk because you start sowing your seeds then
Jacob ToddsonHOST
oh yeah true yeah i mean that makes sense i mean that sounds like a pretty good life to me so you start working at november 1st you just go bare minimum and you really don't start working again until february and then it's only like a little bit and then like come belting you start working a little bit more that sounds pretty nice to me
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