Blessed Beltane, "Bright Fire" time (May 1 or 2) a celebration of ripening, blossoming, coming into one's own body, a time to honor the sacred fire of embodied life, the flame of passion and love. At Beltane time, I've been considering the nature of love and recognizing that self-love is the root of personal flowering. Yet "self" is a loaded term; it conjures up the personality rather than the soul self, that spiritual part of us. This is why, I think, admonitions to love one