Mayday, Mayday!

This week, we're going down.

The author beside a Neolithic menhir just outside of Laconi, Sardinia.

Today is Beltane (or Beltaine, as it is sometimes spelled). It’s the northern European version of a holiday which is found prodigiously all over the world — the erotic celebration of the return of life to the earth.

Though today it has become almost vestigial, Mayday is one of our cult…