Walpurgis Night is celebrated from April 30 to May 1. Since ancient times, this is a time of gaining strength and fulfillment of desires, the right time for all kinds of cleansing, as well as rituals for beauty and gaining love. It is believed that dreams on this night are prophetic.

Walpurgis Night is a spring festival and a feast of witches. On this day, people kindle fires to cleanse themselves of evil spirits. People arrange concerts, dances and games, blow up firecrackers.
On the night of May 1, it is customary for people to read the future.

On Walpurgis Night, a magical ceremony of exorcism of witches is held: bonfires are kindled, on which a straw effigy of a witch is burned, and people walked around the house with torches and ring bells. It is believed that the herbs on this night acquire miraculous power (similar to Ivan Kupala).

What should not be done on April 30:

• go on a long journey
• overeat
• you can not admire yourself in the mirror for a long time
• buy or bake bread in the evening
• leave the broom in a conspicuous place
• tell dreams
• put on new clothes

According to a tradition, on April 30, it is necessary to prepare a dish with honey.

Superstitions

To see ants in the house is fortunate.
Many earrings on the alder on April 30 herald the harvest of oats, and many cones – the harvest of barley.
Dreams from April 29 to April 30 should not be told to anyone. They come true in a month.
It is believed that if parsley and carrots are sown on April 30, then their harvest will be

Power of Dreams on April 30

On the mystical night of the first day of May, you can see a prophetic dream, so before going to bed, be sure to make a wish and ask the Higher Powers for support.

Home Protection Magic

To protect the house from negativity, pour a handful of sand on the threshold and put a couple of branches of coniferous trees.

Money Rituals

On Walpurgis Night, rituals are performed to attract money to your home.

The Time to Collect Magic Herbs

The healers collected herbs. It was believed that herbs gain healing power on this day.

Find Love and Enhance Beauty Ritual

For the girls to find love and external beauty, an ivy wreath will help, which shall be plucked on Walpurgis Night. Ivy twigs will retain their energy for exactly one year.

Protection from evil spirits

On April 30, you can not wear things that have witnessed any kind of misfortune – for example, things that were on you at the time of a quarrel, conflict or incident. Such clothing retains negative energy that attracts spirits.

Do not dress exclusively in black on April 30 and May 1, not to become an absorber of demonic energy.

Caution must be observed in words and deeds. Too frequent invocation and commemoration of evil spirits, swear words, active gestures with a negative impulse also make you a toy in the hands of evil forces.

insidious spirits are afraid of light and fire – it is no coincidence that bonfires were lit on Walpurgis Night. But to protect the house, a single candle or lamp is enough, that you need to light from midnight to 6 am.

Any amulet and talisman made or donated with pure motives can become a means of protection against the intrigues of spirits.

After dressing, you can proceed to the magical ritual “corridor of time”. This corridor can be made from four small mirrors located opposite each other. Place three candles in front of the mirrors so that they are also reflected in the mirrors. After that, start looking intently at the reflections crushing each other – after a while, a picture from the future will appear in front of you.

protective colors

It is very important to celebrate April 30th in the “right” clothes. Protective colors are shades of silver, golden, purple, green and blue.

Corridor of Time – Ritual on Mirrors to Predict the Future

After dressing yourself in a right magic colors, you can proceed to the magical ritual “corridor of time”. This corridor can be made from four small mirrors located opposite each other. Place three candles in front of the mirrors so that they are also reflected in the mirrors. After that, start looking intently at the reflections crushing each other – after a while, a picture from the future will appear in front of you.

divination

look at midnight into the future. The color of clothing is also important here – silver and purple (the colors of Moon, are the guides to the other world) could be combined with the rainbow tones of Venus, and green tones of Mercury personifying the thirst for knowledge.

On the night of May 1, some people are given a real opportunity to make the spirits serve them. Who are these lucky ones? Those born in late April or early May

Midnight Magic on April 30

At midnight, draw a five-pointed star on a piece of paper, write your name on it, and around it write the most secret desires. Then light 5 wax candles on each corners of the star. Hold your hands over their flames, visualizing what is hidden. That same night, burn the paper on a fire bred on the hill closest to the house, and scatter the ashes into the air. If everything is done correctly, the written wishes will certainly come true.

People born on Walpurgis Night

According to popular belief, all women who were born into the world on the night of April 30 to May 1, rewarded with supernatural abilities. They can demonstrate their phenomenal talents in divination, plotting and amulets.
All people who were lucky enough to be born on this night have a penetrating mind, analytical abilities and the ability to develop the gift of foresight. People also have a strong will and a stubborn disposition, which does not always work in their favor.

Beauty Ritual

If you wash yourself with morning dew, then beauty will last for the whole year.

Cleansing Your Thoughts Ritual

To remove the negativity from your thoughts, you need to light a candle in a dark room, write everything that worries you on a piece of paper, and then burn it with the words: “Burn it all with a blue flame!”. The paper and the candle must burn to the end, otherwise the negative moments will remain in your memories.

Wish Fulfilling Ritual

You can perform a simple ritual to fulfill a wish: write a dream on a piece of fabric ribbon and then hang it on a tree branch.

Money Ritual

There is a ritual to improve your financial situation. It must be done strictly at the first minute after midnight.

You will need one golden candle, six green candles, nine white candles, pine essential oil and salt.

A golden candle is placed in the center of the table, then surrounded by green and then white candles.

In the first minute after midnight, you need to pour salt around the white candles, and then light the gold, green candles clockwise and repeat the same with the white ones.

Go around the table three times, singing the following words: “Three times Jupiter will go around the Sun, it will bring me money.” then turn off the candles in reverse order.

Special Magic Dish Preparation

In honor of the holiday, a special dish is prepared which is called gravlax. It has no analogues. Fresh salmon that is previously aged in salt with the addition of sugar and dill (as ancient people did on Walpurgis Night, they only buried it in the sand and ate it after lighting the fire).

In addition, folk tales even give a complete menu of the Sabbath table: cabbage soup with lard, oatmeal, cow butter, milk and cheese, stewed mushrooms with spinach and potatoes. Broth with pies. Pies are made from purchased dough, and the filling is made from champignons or crabs (crayfish, shrimp) or from hard-boiled eggs with rice.

Signs tell us that dark forces reign on Walpurgis Night. The witches come together and combine their powers to carry on dark rituals.

Protection Prayer

On this night, it is customary to pray to Saint Walburga for the salvation of the soul, for protection from dark forces and corruption: “Saint Walburga, pray for us to protect me and my loved ones from dark magic, the evil eye and unkind people. Pray for our health, love and prosperity of our family. Help us to become better, amen.”

Sabbath of witches in the mountains and the country of elves

It was believed that on the night of May 1, the borders between the worlds opened, and therefore, from the very evening, bonfires are lit to scare away evil spirits.
On this night, thousands of witches, magicians and sorcerers flocked to the high, inaccessible mountain Brocken on brooms, pitchforks and goats and spent time in wild feasts, dances and mating with demons and the devil. Witches brew a magic potion, because it was believed that the herbs on this night gain miraculous powers. So the witches try to prevent the arrival of spring, sending damage to people and livestock.

Walpurgis Night symbolizes the end of winter and the onset of spring – “the time of the big sun.” The ancient Celts believed that on this day the gates to another world open, to the land of elves, gnomes and other magical creatures. It’s also a good time to practice fairy magic and attract magic creatures to your yard or even house.