{"product_id":"beltane","title":"Beltane","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"993\"\u003eBeltane does not ask politely. It asks with fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1210\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1027\"\u003eBeltane: Fire at the Threshold\u003c\/em\u003e explores Bealtaine as the Irish festival of crossing, when households, cattle, fields, and communities moved from the uncertainty of winter toward the abundance and danger of summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1529\"\u003eGrounded in Irish mythology, sacred landscape, and centuries of living folk custom, this companion examines the hilltop fires of Uisneach, the driving of cattle between flames, the blessing of land and animals, household protection, fertility, desire, renewal, and the responsibilities created by seasonal transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1882\"\u003eBeltane was never only a celebration. Its fires protected what mattered, marked a dangerous threshold, and helped maintain the relationship between people, land, animals, and the unseen world. This book approaches those traditions with respect, distinguishing historical evidence and recorded custom from modern interpretation and devotional practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1884\" data-end=\"2093\"\u003ePractical guidance includes altar work, seasonal ritual, offerings, recipes, crafts, reflection, and ways to bring the protective and transformative meaning of Bealtaine into contemporary Irish Pagan practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2095\" data-end=\"2264\"\u003eWritten for solitary practitioners, households, and Pagan communities, \u003cem data-start=\"2166\" data-end=\"2198\"\u003eBeltane: Fire at the Threshold\u003c\/em\u003e is an expanded companion to \u003cem data-start=\"2227\" data-end=\"2263\"\u003eLiving the Irish Wheel of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2266\" data-end=\"2361\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThe threshold is open. The fire is waiting. What crosses into summer will not return unchanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forgotten Rites Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67403103043888,"sku":"9637694000156","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/beltane","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}