Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
Oh blimey! We’re so far behind with our posts. Here’s one from the early part of June that I’ve just got around to. It’s the second part of the story of our Wales visit during the Venus Transit early in the month. I think I put “Mid June” at the start of the last post, but actually … Read More “Scotch Mist and Scotching Myths” »
We have come a long way since we started in late 2008. All of that seems so long ago now, because so much has happened since then. We have grown. So I present a summary of the year’s work for 2010. Like Kal I intend to do this summary in a single post. Last year … Read More “2010 – Summary of the Year” »
This post is the second half of a post I did after the Summer Solstice. My purpose was to record the eight points in the year because at each of these artificial stages which were roughly aligned to the Celtic or Neo-Pagan calendar I would be seeking a task by communing with Nature. The task would … Read More “My Eight-Fold Year 2010 – the final four folds” »
I was doing some research into the ancient hill fort of Dinas Emrys, and found this excellent and comprehensive re-telling of the story of the foundation and inhabiting of Dinas Emrys taken from Puffin children’s book “A Book of Dragons” edited by Roger Lancelyn Green (pages 68-73). The hill has become special to me, being renowned … Read More “The Story of Dinas Emrys” »
Dinas Emrys, Gwynedd, Wales – 23rd October 2010. Now we come to the crux of the matter – the culmination of my Samhain preparations. I had cut, cured and carved a wand made of rowan in preparation for this visit to Dinas Emrys, the legendary castle of Merlin. Here I was expecting to involve the … Read More “Samhain 2010 – Part 2: Lowering Merlin’s Rowan” »
Llanddeiniolen village, Gwynedd, North Wales – Saturday 23rd October 2010 Many months ago Kal and I had decided that we would choose the nearest full moon to Samhain as the time to go out and celebrate this important festival. For us, Samhain meant an opening between worlds, a chance to interact with the world of … Read More “Samhain 2010 – Part 1: Strong Red, Second Llanddeiniol Church” »
“It was a dark and stormy night”…actually, it was. For a reason that remains a mystery to this day Kal and I had decided to go out that evening on a mission without a purpose. That purpose took us out on a sunny and calm evening heading deep across the North Wales coastline heading for … Read More “Herne and the Druid’s Circle” »
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