http://www.metafilter.com/tags/beltane Posts tagged with 'beltane' at MetaFilter. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:15:42 -0800 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:15:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/60751/Beltane%2DFire%2DFestival <a href="http://www.beltane.org/en/festivals/beltane/index.en.shtml">The Beltane</a> <a href=http://gallery.beltane.org/bin/scry/index.php?v=list>Fire Society</a> <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMhKHU9aV1U>Fire</a> <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mhfgpktNOg>Festival</a>. Happy <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane>Beltane</a>! <small>[Some links NSFW.]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60751 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:15:42 -0800 Beltane Calendar Celtic Celts Fertility Festivals Fire Nature Paganism Seasons Summer Valborg homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/51414/Summer%2Dbegins%2Dtoday%2DNo%2Dreally <a href="http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/2006.shtml">Happy Beltane!</a> Today, astronomically speaking, is one of the four <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-quarter_day">Cross-Quarter days</a>, exactly midway between the solstices and equinoxes. To some people, that makes today <a href="http://www.islandnet.com/%7Esee/weather/almanac/arc2003/alm03jan.htm">the start of summer</a> - after all, why would you begin the season that's supposed to be bright and hot on the day when the only direction to go is darker? <small>(Yes, I know they say May 1 - the first site I linked to figures out the exact dates and times mathematically, so I'm more inclined to trust it).</small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51414 Fri, 05 May 2006 10:53:21 -0800 astronomy beltane calendar cross-quarter summer wanderingmind http://www.metafilter.com/51301/2400 <a href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/mission">Today</a> <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlFQ6Qr5-BA'>Is</a> <a href='http://www.newshounds.us/2005/04/26/project_madman_images.php'>Mission</a> <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/28/terror.report/index.html?section=cnn_topstories'>Accomplished</a> <a href='http://melissa123.home.mindspring.com/L&W.htm'>Day</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51301 Mon, 01 May 2006 06:44:29 -0800 beltane bush iraq warmonger If I Had An Anus http://www.metafilter.com/32841/Beltane%2DPeople <a href="http://bfs.techsmechs.com/archive/bestiary/index.asp ">A post-modern bestiary</a> of quasi-traditional May Day characters from Edinburgh's Beltane Fire Society. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32841 Sat, 01 May 2004 06:20:26 -0800 beltane brokenlink edinburgh mayday moonbird