youtu.be/nLgM1QJ3S_I // Voldermisse // Walpurgisnacht // Beltane // Valborgsaften
Different cultures have given this time of year different names.
They all mark the final transition from winter to summer and are at the same time midway between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice. Walpurgis Night marks the time of year when the earth sprouts again with new life and the time when the animals were previously put on grass. The fire in the fireplaces was extinguished, to be re-ignited with what was called 'wild fire'. Wild fire was conceived by rubbing wood against each other, instead of using iron. With the ‘wild fire’ the fireplaces and cooking bonfires were re-ignited and life started anew.
The wild fire is the witch, the vault and the bitch's exclusive marks. The free, untamed part of us. The one who is particularly connected with the untamed forces of nature. The part of us that is not preoccupied with performing to make someone proud or happy. The part that walks the path of wisdom and experience and alone listens to the voice and intuition of its soul.
The wild, untamed part of us that might be perceived as a threat, as something 'dangerous'. As part of us, we do our best not to give too much nourishment and perhaps most preferably keep behind locked doors.
On Walpurgis night, the veil between worlds is particularly thin - it is an evening with strong potential for transformation - the untamed, female force is strong.
Maybe that's why at one point it got a reputation for being the witches' night - the night they flew to Tromsø or Bloksbjerg after dancing wild and naked around the fire.
The myths about the witches' wild ride give both a trace of what opportunities Walpurgisnacht and night entail and at the same time a story that in the upbringing and culture there is no appreciation of the witch's and the bitch's power. There is no appreciation of the primordial.
Herbs harvested this night have extra powers, just as the bonfires allow for transformation. Some jump over the fire on Walpurgisnacht, to mark the new life that is taking shape. Others make a bundle of branches, notes with words and all sorts of little things, to ritually let the old be consumed by the fire - to set themselves free. 🔥
The possibilities are many this evening and night. When Valborgnatten becomes day, it will also be 1th of May. May 1st was the time when the outward, acting energy manifested itself. It was a 'changeover day' for servants, they could change jobs that day (and November 1). May 1st was the day a new Oldermand (chairman) was elected in the villages and the Maypole was raised. Later, May 1st became International Workers' Day.
Although many of these practical events no longer fill our May 1st, the day still carries the energy. It is the day of extroverted activity. The corncob is the image of the masculine, the outward and the potent. In many places, the Maypole one day carried a circle of leaves around it - the ritual image of the union of the masculine and the feminine, from which fertility sprang. Seen from the untamed field, there is a special opportunity to go deep into the magical, female universe on Valborg night and night. An opportunity to take his inner power under oath, and let the inner witch or bitch step forward and re-ignite the inner, wild fire.
It is the time of year to weave a new thread of life, to let the power gathered in winter become a strong, inner thread of life. When the energy changes during Valborg Night and with the energy flowing in a more outward direction on 1 May, it is possible to let the thread of life and the wild fire manifest itself in the physical life. In other words, just these days there is a fruitful opportunity to weave life with threads deep from the female universe (Walpurgis Night) and let them manifest themselves and be physically made with the masculine (May 1).
The masculine and the feminine have the possibility of reunion and coexistence - in you and in the world. It's a strong day - accept and recieve it with love.
Lyrics
English:
Soar into the evening sky
The magic ways tonight
Wild people and Lilith's art
Lurking winds drive secretly
Let's roam to the fires
Reaching for the stars in a whisper
Good and bad word
Let's carry on and on today
Our dreams will sound in the pastures
And the winds will sing our songs
Let's jump over the fire with the sparks
On the Walpurgis Night!
Hear the violins, hear the violins
(Hey yo)
The fires are lit!
(Hey yo)
Follow the dance, follow the dance
On the Walpurgis night
Fierce in the violin game
Our nightly 'round dance
And we kick wild and free
This old magic
Once only in a large circle
Let's dance that way
Until the first morning light
Our dream tissue breaks
Our dreams will sound in the pastures
And the winds will sing our songs
Let's jump over the fire with the sparks
On the Walpurgis Night!
Hear the violins, hear the violins
(Hey yo)
The fires are lit!
(Hey yo)
Follow the dance, follow the dance
On the Walpurgis night
Hear the violins, hear the violins
(Hey yo)
The fires are lit!
(Hey yo)
Follow the dance, follow the dance
On the Walpurgis night
German:
In den Abendhimmel steigen
Heute Nacht die Zauberweisen
Wildes Volk und Liliths Art
Lauernd Winde heimlich fahrt
Lasst uns zu den Feuern streifen
Raunend nach den Sternen greifen
Gutes und auch böses Wort
Tragen wir heut' fort und fort
In den Weiden werden unsere Träume klingen
Und die Winde werden unsre Lieder singen
Lasst uns mit den Funken übers Feuer springen
In der Walpurgisnacht!
Hört die Geigen, hört die Geigen
(Hey yo)
Die Feuer sind entfacht!
(Hey yo)
Folgt dem Reigen, folgt dem Reigen
In der Walpurgisnacht
Ungestüm im Spiel der Geigen
Dreht sich unser nächtlich' Reigen
Und wir treten wild und frei
Diesem alten Zauber bei
Einmal nur im großen Kreise
Tanzen wir auf jene Weise
Bis das erste Morgenlicht
Unser Traumgewebe bricht
In den Weiden werden unsere Träume klingen
Und die Winde werden unsre Lieder singen
Lasst uns mit den Funken übers Feuer springen
In der Walpurgisnacht!
Hört die Geigen, hört die Geigen
(Hey yo)
Die Feuer sind entfacht!
(Hey yo)
Folgt dem Reigen, folgt dem Reigen
In der Walpurgisnacht
Hört die Geigen, hört die Geigen
(Hey yo)
Die Feuer sind entfacht!
(Hey yo)
Folgt dem Reigen, folgt dem Reigen
In der Walpurgisnacht
