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by Grymalkyn 08.00 … Wednesday morning, 30th April, on the trek from Hereford to Padstow. We stopped for lunch at a 14th century pub – The George at Hatherleigh – which was a monastery before it was a pub. From there we took across country to Holsworthy and Bude, on...
- Modern Druidry
Lady of the earth’s desire and the earth’s yielding, of the sap rising and the embrace of longing, as the kiss of the sun awakens you, we too are awakened to the yearning of our bodies and souls. As you unfurl each petal, you release the scent of bluebells, may...
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by Lucy Jones Something strange happened to me when I was nineteen. I was on day seven of ten at the conservative evangelical Christian camp for children and teenagers I had attended each year since I was eleven. It was a significant point in the schedule. Each year followed the...
- Trees
by Fiona Ware Furze – Onn Ulex Europaeus, Ulex Galli, Ulex Minor I am the blaze on every hill. After the bleakness of winter, furze clothes the hillsides and heaths with a welcome blanket of headily scented yellow flowers. It is one of the first flowering plants of the spring,...
- Gods and Goddesses
by Maria Ede-Weaving The Goddess I personally associated with the Spring Equinox is the Anglo-Saxon Eostre. Although she is historically obscured by the mists of time, something about her has always drawn me. For me, she is the spring maiden of vibrant new life in abundance but also the golden...
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by Maria Ede-Weaving As the seasonal wheel moves towards the Spring Equinox, there are fulmars nesting in Red Cliff. Along its upper reaches, the sandstone is pocked with holes just large enough for two snuggling fulmars and a bed of twigs. Each cavity houses a pair, five or six in...
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by Maria Ede-Weaving Ritual Statement: I draw circle in my sacred space to celebrate the festival of the Spring Equinox. Life is quickening everywhere: catkins and pussy willow herald the greening of the trees; the nodding trumpets of daffodils – golden and sweet smelling – are the fanfare of the...
- Modern Druidry
by Maria Ede-Weaving Ritual Statement: I draw circle in my sacred space to celebrate the festival of the Spring Equinox. Life is quickening everywhere: catkins and pussy willow herald the greening of the trees; the nodding trumpets of daffodils – golden and sweet smelling – are the fanfare of the...
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by Caroline Holmes Song to Mead Book of Taliesin XIX I will adore the Ruler, chief of every place, Him, that supports the heaven: Lord of everything. Him, that made the water for every one good, Him, that made every gift, and prospers it. May Maelgwn of...
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by Lia Opstal-Dees Just as in nature there is a cycle of construction, flowering, decay and death, so the Moon also has a cycle with the four most famous lunar phases. The Dark Moon is the Moon that is not visible to us. With the New and Waxing (increasing) Moon,...
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by Maria Ede-Weaving It’s been a while since I have seriously and consistently celebrated the festivals of the Wheel of the Year. For almost twenty years, these seasonal festivals have been the foundation of my spiritual practice but this recent period, with all its attending difficulties, has found me...
- Gods and Goddesses
by Akkadia Ford There is a special place in my heart for Brighid – perhaps it is the ancestral call of her ancient fire blazing, that potent ashless fire tended by both female Druids and by the Goddess Herself, which reawakens in me an ancient urge to create. It is...
- Gods and Goddesses
by Maria Ede-Weaving Imbolc is finally and thankfully upon us. It is traditionally seen as a festival of inspiration; it certainly feels a relief to be anticipating those first green shoots after a long, cold winter. And yet, the irresistible sense of anticipation felt as the year gradually accelerates can...
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by Maria Ede-Weaving Ritual Statement: I draw circle in my sacred space to celebrate Imbolc, the festival of growing light. Though the cold chills me and the wet winds keep me hunched in upon myself, there is a stirring within the earth, a stirring deep inside my winter ponderings...
- Astrology
by Claudia van Zütphen I have to think of a song that goes like “music was my first love …”. For me, it could be “astrology was my first love”. In kindergarten we always held morning circles. I remember a song we learned, it was about the Sun and...
- Sacred Sites
by Philip Carr-Gomm Built by the strong Dagda, it was a marvel, a court, a wonder hill.~ The Book of Ballymote ~ New Grange is the largest and most impressive of several dozen prehistoric monuments found in the Boyne Valley 32 km (20 miles) northwest of Dublin in Ireland....
- Miscellaneous
Damh the Bard · On Midwinter’s Day from The Cauldron Born On Midwinter’s Day Now that Samhain is over, And the Sidhe have returned to their home, The dead have followed the Raven’s song, And no longer among us they roam. The wisdom of our ancient past, Shows us...
- Trees
At every summer’s end, the Holly King fought and won a battle with the Oak King for the rulership of the year, and reigned supreme over the dark season…
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by Maria Ede-Weaving I find myself stood alone on moorland in the depths of winter. The sky is bright with countless stars and the ground glistens with frost. The air is crisp and sharp against my skin. Above me, on a rocky crag I see the glow of a...
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by Maria Ede-Weaving The Winter Solstice is once more upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere and we ponder on how in the darkest of times, the spark of light burns brightly still; nature reminding us that hope and renewal are always a possibility, no matter how harsh the winter,...
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by Maria Ede-Weaving I sorrow not though the world is wrapped in sleep I sorrow not though the icy winds blast I sorrow not though the snow falls hard and deep I sorrow not this too shall soon be past~Scott Cunningham The most poignant quality of the Winter Solstice festival...
- Modern Druidry
by Maria Ede-Weaving For this ritual you will need a sun candle, a cauldron or bowl, several smaller candles or t-lights, a dark green candle, a light green candle and three paper stars. Make the paper stars yourself, decorating them, making them look beautiful but leave one side of the...
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by Corby Ingold The idea of shamanism as a part of Celtic tradition has become very popular in recent years. Various authors and workshop presenters have promulgated the idea of a Celtic shamanism. What validity is there to the claim of these authors that Celtic peoples posessed an indigenous shamanism,...
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ss through learning and ritual is at the heart of my Druidical studies – an alchemical process. While Druidry has a magical base for me, the magic in this world is not confined to personal alchemy and changes in consciousness are not confined to spiritual and self development. Magic pervades...
