This post is the second half of a post I did after the Summer Solstice. My purpose was to record the eight points in the year because at each of these artificial stages which were roughly aligned to the Celtic or Neo-Pagan calendar I would be seeking a task by communing with Nature. The task would […]
Tag: Modern Druidry
A bit of a break from the reports of visiting ancient sites and dowsing. In this post I want to tell you how I found my own sacred grove. As a fledgling druid I have got to a stage in my training where I want to be free to experiment with the suggestions that I […]
I have been spending some time writing an article for the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids web site: www.druidry.org. They graciously invited me to write about any subject I wished, so long as it related to druidry, and I chose to write an article about the crossover between dowsing and druidry, as I see […]
Section 3. Tree Spirits, Elementals and Death Energies This is such an important set of topics that I feel I have to provide some context and background information on them. How, exactly, did we get from the position of not believing in spirits of any kind at all, to having contact with tree, elemental and death […]
There’s a really pithy and poignant article on the idea of disengaging from news on Philip Carr-Gomm’s blog at the moment. I highly recommend it as a means of finding your true path. One of the may methods you should consider is to ignore news sources, and his post and quotes explain why. See: http://philipcarrgomm.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/no-news-is-good-news/ […]
West Kennet: undergoing the transformation process
It was late in the day when I pulled up at the small lay-by within plain sight of the huge mound that is Silbury Hill. To my left was my intended destination – to revisit West Kennet Long Barrow. I didn’t expect to have this opportunity again, and I didn’t know if I was ready […]
Trail of the White Dragon: Part 2 – Uffington Chalk Horse
Uffington Chalk Horse: August 20th 2009 This is the second of three parts of a modern-day faerytale of George and the Dragon. In the first part I was meditating at Wayland’s Smithy and heard an instruction to “go for a ride”. I was in little doubt that this advice referred to the nearby ‘White Horse’ etched […]