Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
Julie, my Shamanic visitor from the USA and I set off on our first (of many) sacred site visits. It was to be one of my favourite sites, the Nine Ladies in Derbyshire. Throughout the week various friends had consoled me that the days of Julie’s visit were going to be rainy and cloudy. Oh Ye … Read More “Samhain Pilgrimage 2: The Sign of the Cackling Crow” »
With great delight I welcomed a dear friend who was visiting Albion from across the great Atlantic. I had only recently returned from San Francisco myself and had spent the most amazing and cared for time with a truly dear friend of mine Tamara. I am a great giver, if I do say so myself, … Read More “Samhain Pilgrimage 1: A gift” »
My previous visit in 2011 to Arthur’s Stone had been in full sunshine. Today, Samhain, was very different with a blanket of grey cloud shedding rain all around us in sporadic bursts. I felt sure that we were in for a damp visit, but on arrival the clouds stopped dispensing rain and left only a wet sheen over … Read More “Samhain 2013 p4 – Arthurs Stone, Henbane and the Builders Path” »
The second place we intended to visit on Samhain this year was a newly-designated stone circle on the exposed side of Hay Bluff. Hay Bluff is a beautiful bracken-laden burgeoning hill which rolls gently upwards from Abergavenny until it tilts downward towards its English cousin Hay-On-Wye. As we rose towards the top of the hill … Read More “Samhain 2013 p3 – Hay Bluff stone circle” »
In this second part of my Samhain visit to Tinkinswood I tell about how I negotiate the charging of my new yew staff at a sacred site near to Cardiff. The site is a ‘burial chamber’, and was chosen due to the amazing response we got from it on our last visit. Having travelled over … Read More “Samhain 2013 p2 – Charging the Stag Staff” »
Samhain is a point of extreme contrast. It is in opposition to the bright awakening of Imbolc, and is the point of darkening – the clocks go back, the days shorten noticeably, the sun weakens, and the separation between the souls of the living and those of the dead is momentarily dissolved. This last aspect is … Read More “Samhain 2013 p1 – Tinkinswood and The Blood Ring” »
This is definitely going to be one of many. However I would like to share my first encounter with the medicine wheel. If one goes up the slope of a certain ranch just on the outskirts of San Francisco you can find a gateway into the old world. This morning I was led along the path by … Read More “Medicine Wheel and Loyalty” »
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