Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
I spent a day with the Cornivii Druid Grove, an OBOD grove based in the Worcestershire area. I had been invited to their Autumn Equinox (Alban Elfed) ceremony by the leader of my local Cherwell Druids grove Briar. As I travelled with Briar, and she was participating in an initiation ceremony for a member, I … Read More “Birch, Yew and Oak – back around the spiral at Cornovii Grove” »
I have not been out recently. Circumstances. Laziness. Work. Combinations of all three. This has led me to run out of posts for the first time in a long time. Trawling back through some of the drafts which I haven’t worked on yet I found one about a visualization which occurred during a session of … Read More “Puzzle Hill and the Black Anaconda” »
The scene is this: Beltane. Dartmoor. Dense mist. Two figures are seen stumbling about through moss-dressed old trees, and clambering up hills, heading towards an unseen destination. The impartial observer would wonder why they were bothering, as they don’t seem to be walking a dog. But the impartial observer wouldn’t realise that the two figures … Read More “Beltane 2016 p3 – Yellowmead and the Labyrinth” »
Dawn broke on Burrator Reservoir. Very few people noticed this fact, for three reasons: it’s a ridiculous hour of the day to be awake; there were only a handful of visitors to the area; there was such a dense mist that you couldn’t see the reservoir unless you were actually in it. No-one was in … Read More “Beltane 2016 p2 – Misty May at Down Tor” »
Spring began properly for us with a long drive across country to the barren eastern parts of these islands. We had been this direction before, and this area really makes you work for your visit! I had chosen to go East as this direction is associated with Spring, and it was a direction in which … Read More “Spring Equinox 2015 p1 – Journey into the Centre of the Turf” »
Yes, is the answer to your pre-sojourn question of, “Are you nuts?” The reason you are asking this question is because we told you that we drove some 250 miles to visit a turf maze. Now, that has to be a record even for us? Soon to be broken however when I visit Easter Island. … Read More “The Maze, Wheel and Labyrinth – Spring 2015 p1” »
We weren’t sure how to approach Maiden’s Bower – a turf maze in Yorkshire. Coming from Ripon, down the A1(M) once more, ending up in the village of Topcliffe. In the village we took Winn Lane, which goes back over the A1 road. On the other side there was just enough space to park the … Read More “Winter Solstice 2014 p5 – The Maiden Says Rest Then Quest” »
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