{"id":20907,"date":"2015-05-04T07:15:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T07:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20907"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:55:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T15:55:11","slug":"beltane-too-rights-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/beltane-too-rights-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltane the Druidic experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rain held off<br \/>\nThe sky so blue<br \/>\nThough the grey clouds<br \/>\nIn the distance grew<\/p>\n<p>The wind created music where<br \/>\nBranches glistened in the air<br \/>\nThe circle came together well<br \/>\nThe Druids ritual<br \/>\nThe magic spell<\/p>\n<p>Beltane opened to the soul<br \/>\nOf the ancestors who took the roll<br \/>\nOut yonder fields of gold drew eyes<br \/>\nSubtle greens and butterflies<\/p>\n<p>Skipped and played<br \/>\nOn mole hill downs<br \/>\nThe battle royal<br \/>\nThe May Queens gowns<\/p>\n<p>Head dresses and cloaks displayed<br \/>\nStaff&#8217;s and violet colours weighed<br \/>\nInto the scenic glories here<br \/>\nRoll Rights,  where all else appear<\/p>\n<p>The whispering knights perplex us all<br \/>\nThe maypole dance the ribbons school<br \/>\nThe myriad colours seemingly<br \/>\nGather us up and help us see<\/p>\n<p>From far off places around the world<br \/>\nThe Druidic feelings all were hurled<br \/>\nThey came together inviting cheer<br \/>\nIntoxicating the people here<\/p>\n<p>A fascination clearly grew<br \/>\nKindling the  spirits who<br \/>\nEnthused us all to exhilarate<br \/>\nTo restore ourselves to invigorate<\/p>\n<p>Each other,and to realise<br \/>\nThe inspiration from the skies<br \/>\nSoul subduing humbling though<br \/>\nAs the sorcery began to grow<\/p>\n<p>We all held hands and shouted Ho<br \/>\nBreathlessly we all could know<br \/>\nThe rapture and the animation<br \/>\nThe excitement pitch was our creation<\/p>\n<p>Beltane saw the whispering knights<br \/>\nDrive themselves to greater heights<br \/>\nEncouraging the avid throng<br \/>\nTo rise up and to sing their song<\/p>\n<p>An army really of one voice<br \/>\nBrought together out of choice<br \/>\nExulted  by the will to be<br \/>\nEnraptured by  its symphony<\/p>\n<p>Such fulfilment of merry making<br \/>\nA blithe spirit and undertaking<br \/>\nBlissful blessed brought to be<br \/>\nIn Beltane&#8217;s gladsome harmony<\/p>\n<p>Dear Veronica and her splendid<br \/>\nTeam of lovely friends who created for  us<br \/>\nAll a place<br \/>\nIn which we  felt cocooned,  where gentleness and compassion<br \/>\nFor each other and the environment,  was shared<\/p>\n<p>Thank you and blessed be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rain held off The sky so blue Though the grey clouds In the distance grew The wind created music where Branches glistened in the air The circle came together well The Druids ritual The magic spell Beltane opened to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/beltane-too-rights-stones\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20907"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20935,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20907\/revisions\/20935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}