The power of the May Queen

The element of Water triumphs over dead bodies of vikings when the May Queen with one gesture calms the sea.

"That's enough!"

Sirens surround the Vikings, their voices powerfull, the creatures full of magic with keening bring back to life the dead ones. The Siren Champion Mergen Swan takes Viking Champion Wilde Ordfurna hand and they walk together towards the Goddess. They offer her a gift - the drinking horn fill with mead. She accepts it.

The sea is calm. Sirens and vikings are united.
But the red mist is approaching them.

It's not a mist, they are Reds the energy of chaos and mischief. Newborn to the world are discovering their emotions, sexuality, freedom. The Sirens show them the passion and they dance together, while watched by the vikings. Wilde Ordfurna blows the horn - the Reds start taking away the Sirens, they draw their attention more and more, so the vikings chase them away.

Sirens together with Vikings sail away to the sea and only the full moon is watching.

Suddenly an evil roar drags the attention of Freo Wulf.
He points towards big wave - it is a Jormungand The World Serpent! He brings all the negativity to the sea, to the Sirens. He is strong, only united forces can destroy it. Sirens side by side with Vikings fight the Jormungand.

The sea is calm again.....

Water

I'm Water

I'll be representing this element in Beltane Fire Festival 2010.

See the photos from Beltane 2009 here

The Time, The Place

Ever wondered what is happening next week in New York City, Benin, Panama or Siberia?

What is the best time to witness young king penguins taking their first swim in Antarctica, visiting the outlandish Festival of the Desert in Mali, watching the Northern Lights at their most vivid in Lapland and paying homage to the King in Memphis, Tennessee, on Elvis Day.

What travel experience can you miss out by staying at home?

This is a travellers' guide to the one of the most awe-inspiring experiences to be had on each day of the year around the world. Each experience is accompanied by striking photography that evokes a very special time and place, while information boxes give transport, contact and timing details.

And my photograph from BELTANE FIRE FESTIVAL 2008 is in it!!! :]

Here is this photo in Beltane Gallery - Bonfire

Samhuinn seen by me

I spent most of this week post-processing photographs from Samhuinn.
Almost done, now is time for upload :]
If you enjoy the photos visit my Frozen Moments

Green Man

Horned God

Cailleach

Valravyn

Red Men

Samhuinn

Samhuinn tells us the ancient story of a battle between light and dark, summer and winter.

The Green Man is starting to decay as the seasons draw colder, his darkness is arising, and will manifest as the Horned God, King of The Winter.
Two Kings and their forces of magical creatures will do battle with fire, ritual and drums for the hand of the Cailleach, The All Powerful Goddess.

Join us in our spectacular staging of this eternal story, where light battles dark, summer battles winter and the future of the world is at stake.

If you're in Edinburgh on 31st Oct, come and join us to celebrate Samhuinn. The start is at the castle (9pm), down the Royal Mile to St.Giles cathedral where the battle of the kings take place. And is for free ;]

PhotoPoint

Nowdays I live in Edinburgh, inspiring capital of Scotland.
Two years ago I bumped into 300 hippies which led me to Beltane Fire Society.

  Beltane Fire Society

So has my adventure started as official photographer for their events - Beltane, Litha, Lughnasagh, Samhuinn, Yule etc.     

                             Gallery

Not all photos are mine, there is a group of us enjoying not only taking photos but also the spiritual veil around each sabbath.

This year I was designated to be one of the organiser of Photopoint for Samhuinn. So let's get it started.