Category: Ancient Sites

Beltane 2016 p3 – Yellowmead and the Labyrinth

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Beltane 2016 p3 – Yellowmead and the Labyrinth
Ancient Sites, Circles and Stones, Dowsing, Mazes and Labyrinths, Visions, Wheel of the Year

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” »

Beltane 2016 p2 – Misty May at Down Tor

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Beltane 2016 p2 – Misty May at Down Tor
Ancient Sites, Circles and Stones, Mazes and Labyrinths

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” »

Beltane 2016 p1 – Bad Luck and Bad Energy

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Beltane 2016 p1 – Bad Luck and Bad Energy
Cailleach or Morrigan, Dolmens, Barrows and Chambers, Wheel of the Year

I had a crazy idea. How about we take the motorhome down to the west of Devon on Beltane, and then come back the next day? It’s only a seven hour drive each way? Somehow – put it down to the persuasive powers of Spring energies, I managed to make this seem like a sensible … Read More “Beltane 2016 p1 – Bad Luck and Bad Energy” »

Gop Hill 2016 p2 – The White Lady leaves

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Gop Hill 2016 p2 – The White Lady leaves
Hills and Mounds, Land healing, Spirit of Place

In the second part of the story of my visit to Gop Hill with the shaman Debra I will reveal a powerful change to the energies of the place, and how we dealt with that information. The sky was unashamedly grey, as though pigeons were gathering in dense flocks. I surveyed the sky for any … Read More “Gop Hill 2016 p2 – The White Lady leaves” »

Gop Hill 2016 p1 – The White Lady bares all

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Gop Hill 2016 p1 – The White Lady bares all
Hills and Mounds, Spirit of Place

In what is an uncommon privilege I got to work with one of the most eminent examples of what I would call a “wise woman” this week. Debra Delglyn is a well-travelled and widely-experienced practitioner of shamanic arts of all sorts. When we work together I come away wishing I had the time and dedication … Read More “Gop Hill 2016 p1 – The White Lady bares all” »

Strata Florida 2016 – Double Cistercian

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Strata Florida 2016 – Double Cistercian
Ancient Sites, Churches and Temples

For years I had been coming across the name “Strata Florida“. This Cistercian abbey in Cardiganshire (South Wales) had often been linked (in the kinds of books that I read) to another abbey more familiar to me – Valle Crucis in Llangollen (North Wales). Finding that I had a free day, and also finding that the … Read More “Strata Florida 2016 – Double Cistercian” »

Moel-Ty-Uchaf 2016 – Flickering Venus and Forgiveness

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Moel-Ty-Uchaf 2016 – Flickering Venus and Forgiveness
Ancient Sites, Arthur The Great Bear, Circles and Stones, Corvus The Crow, Healing, Orion The Hunter, Stars and Planets

Why wouldn’t you want to go out on a wet and windy night to climb up a steep hill in the dark to visit a stone circle on an exposed ridge? Such rhetoric did play momentarily in my mind, but I ignored its facetiousness, and went anyway. The Corvus Correspondence As I arrived at the … Read More “Moel-Ty-Uchaf 2016 – Flickering Venus and Forgiveness” »