Beltane: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for May Day, by Melanie Marquis

Beltane — also known as May Day — is a time of fertility and growth. As the start of the summer season, Beltane is the perfect time to put plans into action. This guide to the history and modern celebrations of Beltane shows you how to perform rituals and work magic for protection, abundance, and more.

Within the pages of this book you'll learn how to make a magical May wine, floral crowns, and even a maypole. Contains rituals, recipes, lore, spells, divination, crafts, correspondences, invocations, prayers, and meditations... all related to the first stirrings of summer in the Wheel of the Year.

This book is part of Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials series, which explores old and new ways of celebrating the seasonal rites that are the cornerstones of the witch's year. But the book is fascinating even for those of us who are not witches, and is very useful for helping us all connect with traditional ways to celebrate the seasons throughout the year.