Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
We had left the church on a deflated but encouraging note, stopped off for some food and were ready to take the afternoon in our stride. Our sights were set on a sacred stone circle. Now there are many sites out there that are nameless and often just marked as ‘stone circle’ or ‘standing stone’ … Read More “2013 Imbolc 3 Sacred Stones” »
In the clear blue sky day of Imbolc this year the sight of Skiddaw mountain was a breath-taking, awe-inspiring experience. The mountain formed the scenic backdrop for your next sacred site – a stone circle that we had never visited before. The circle is called Elva Plain stone circle near the village of Embleton just … Read More “Imbolc 2013 Part 3 – New Circle and New Guide” »
The day had begun with a cold but splendid start at the sacred well dedicated to St Anna, Our next stop on this blessed day was to visit a nearby church that was dedicated to the (Sainted) Goddess Brigit. After all it was Imbolc! As we parked up I noted the similarities to our favourite, … Read More “2013 Imbolc 2 Brigit” »
Our second sacred site to visit on this glorious Imbolc day – February 2nd actually – was the church of The Bride herself – St Bridget’s in Bridekirk. Well, what else could you call a church in a village called Bridekirk – “kirk” being the old word for “church”? It’s The Bride’s church! We must … Read More “Imbolc 2013 Part 2 – Jilted By The Bride” »
I could feel the energies of Imbolc on Friday 1st of Feb but still believed that the best day to be out was on the 2nd. Gwas and I had agreed to a 7:30am start. Phew! Fortunately, I had been getting up early throughout the week anyway so this was not an inconvenience. We had met … Read More “2013 Imbolc 1 St Anna” »
I feel like this is the first proper post of the year. Imbolc always feels like a door opening, a gateway swinging wide to let in the rush of the new year’s energies. This year especially so, for some reason. The anticipation, as always, had been eager, and so like two whippets let loose from a leash Kal and … Read More “Imbolc 2013 Part 1 – The Sword and The Shield” »
Finding a Spirit Guide Very early on in my druid training I tried an experiment. The experiment was to call upon a spirit guide and see what happened. I did so via the staff that I was using at the time. I placed it beneath the old apple tree in my garden and asked that … Read More “Farewell to a spirit guide” »
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