Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
Druids visiting churches? Well, it’s more a case of visiting a site which contains something interesting. In this case M and I were at the end of our Winter Solstice day. As the light began to fade we headed to our final destination – St Tysilio & St Mary church in Meifod, The attraction? A … Read More “Winter Solstice 2016 p4 – The Mad Sculptor of Meifod” »
Beacon Hill, or Caer Digoll, is accessible either from a short walk up a path used to access the nearby radio masts, or it can be reached by following Offa’s Dyke Path. We approached from the nearby road because it’s Winter and the shortest day of light in the year. It would be nice to … Read More “Winter Solstice 2016 p3 – The Broken Beacon” »
In this blog post I will begin describing our visit to the Scotland for Lammas. I outline a general procedure for approaching megalithic sites, and then go on to discuss my specific findings. Lammas started with a thorough cleansing. It seems that I feel impelled to have a good long shower before I go out … Read More “Lammas 2015 p1 – Nether Largie and Temple Wood” »
I was on the hunt for the second pair of glyphs – symbols and shapes that were discoverable by dowsing at sacred sites, and which I needed in order to satisfy my requirement for creating The Merlin Staff soon. I had an idea that I needed to carve these four symbols into the staff as … Read More “Bull and Barbell Glyphs for the Merlin Staff 2015” »
The Moel-Ty-Uchaf stone circle high above the village of Llandrillo in North Wales is one of the toughest tests of determination and stamina. It takes around 40 minutes of relentless climbing up a very steep gradient to reach it. Yet, when a circle calls – we heed it! In this story I found that patience is … Read More “Sun and Moon Glyphs for the Merlin Staff” »
On a delightfully warm and sunny Summer’s evening the intrepid duo ventured forth into the heartlands of Northern Wales in search of inspiration. Our destination was the ancient and venerable Yew tree of Llangernyw. The environs of Llangernyw were beginning to flourish with a beautiful display of wild flowers. We entered the graveyard, drinking in … Read More “The Yew of the Four Glyphs 2015” »
It was a sunny Sunday morning, in a peaceful suburb of Manchester when darkness loomed. Sounds like the opening of a Agatha Christie ‘Miss Marple’ novel doesn’t it? Sadly, as with her stories, the tale gets dark pretty soon. I was with a friend, at a laundry, just passing the time, you know. When I noticed … Read More “Dark workers at large” »
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