Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
With about as much preparation as a shotgun wedding Kal and I decided to meet up “half way” in Chepstow in order to explore the South Wales area for megalithic sites. We both had different quests to pursue, but sometimes the quests are secondary to the much more enlivening act of just being out together … Read More “South Wales 2011 : Part 1 – Parc le Breos” »
Sunday 22nd August, 2010 – The Cheesewring, Minions, Cornwall. Just a mile or so further down the track from The Hurlers are a set of curiously eroded stones perched precariously on the edge of a hilltop that has been extensively quarried on one side. The journey to the stones is hard on the feet – … Read More “Cornwall 2010 – The Gnomic Kingdom of The Cheesewring” »
This is the third part of the story of my recent pilgrimage to Glastonbury. “Pilgrimage” – that’s what I’m calling these visits because that’s how I feel about them – they are modern-day pilgrimages to a “site of special spiritual interest”, to adopt and mutate the SSSI designation. Glastonbury itself recognises this and has a … Read More “Glastonbury Solstice 2010 – Part 3: The Dragon Vision” »
Friday 28th May 2010 – Newgrange, County Meath On our second day on the Ireland megalithic tour we were going around the main Boyne Valley sights. It would be rude not to, seeing as we were in the vicinity. It would be interesting to contrast how the Irish valued their sites compared to the English, … Read More “Newgrange – Part 1: Inside the magick chamber” »
I have had only a passing interest in the La Tene culture, having seen it mentioned infrequently in historical texts related to the druid culture and early Celtic tribes. However, when I did a Google Image search and found some pictures showing the shapes of the La Tene art I was also struck by the similarity. … Read More “La Tene: a visual manifestation of energy in art?” »
Recently I was toying with my five Callenish stones. I bought five stones from the gift shop when I was there last year, and now I wanted them to be ‘charged up’ with subtle energy in readiness for any forays I may have to make that would require their use. These stones, made of Lewissian Gneiss, … Read More “Parabola and circle: the perfect formations” »
After spending a significant amount of time last year trying to determine the most energetic points of the year we think we have worked out what those are now. It was interesting to try to link those to the 8-fold year of the pagan calendar, for there was undoubtedly some remnant of knowledge retained in … Read More “Imbolc: A Hedge Druid’s preparations” »
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