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Samhain 2013 – Charging the Stag Staff

Posted on November 13, 2013November 12, 2013 By Gwas 1 Comment on Samhain 2013 – Charging the Stag Staff
Ancient Sites, Magick, Staff, Wheel of the Year

In this second part of my Samhain visit to Tinkinswood I tell about how I negotiate the charging of my new yew staff at a sacred site near to Cardiff. The site is a ‘burial chamber’, and was chosen due to the amazing response we got from it on our last visit. Having travelled over three hours to get here, we were rather pleased that the site was in a powerfully energetic state as this time of the year. “Lucky”, I guess, right?

At the entrance to the site is a new audio feature powered by cranking a handle. We listened to the various sections which speculated as to the purpose and use of the site in relation to the archaeological evidence. This kind of thing always makes us smile. Looking at the archaeological evidence of a sacred site is like looking at the waste products of a household and deducing their philosophical predilections from the packaging they discard. A mere sliver of the total amount of available information, as any psychically-oriented person will tell you,. The key phrase which sets us off is the phrase “…for religious purposes…“. We love that.

Here’s a snippet of what’s on offer:

https://www.hedgedruid.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tonkinswood-1.m4a

Charging the Stag Staff

Interesting – that’s the first time I have written “The Stag Staff” as a description of my new staff, and yet that’s what I should always have called it. I will call it that from now on.

Tinkinswood Chamber - Samhain 2013 (canon) (15) (Large)
An inner chamber where The Elemental Masters congregate

I ran through my usual “dowsing etiquette” questions – the ‘could I’, ‘should I’, ‘may I’ type of preliminaries, and getting a favourable response I began to search for the best location to station my staff while it was worked upon.

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More powers of the staff

Posted on April 20, 2012April 20, 2012 By Gwas 4 Comments on More powers of the staff
Dowsing, Experiment, Natural Magick, Staff

In a previous post I talked about the recently discovered information concerning my staff. I had discovered that it had acquired some powers courtesy of the Elemental |Masters that I had encountered at Tinkinswood Chamber near Cardiff. After doing a tarot reading I discovered the nature of those powers. To recap those powers were:-

  1. Earth – the power to inscribe glyphs and symbols into the earth, and to cast circles.
  2. Water – the power to energise and invigorate existing energy
  3. Fire – the power to re-kindle energy where there is none, resurrection of energy
  4. Air – the power to sweep energy away, to cleanse a place of energy
  5. I decided that one fine evening, just before it got dark, I would use the fading light of a dry and relatively warm evening to find a place in which I could practise these powers and discover their extent, how they worked and how they might supplement any existing magickal skills I might already have as a practising druid.

To find a suitable place I dowsed for a direction and a distance. I got a north-easterly direction and somewhere within a five-mile radius. I knew what features were in that area – my local hill. I used the dowsing rods to confirm my feeling that a sandstone base was the best ground to test these powers out on. Indeed it was – a perfect mixture of crystalline texture and neutral base. I knew my local hill was at the end of a long sandstone ridge, and that somewhere on that hill would be a perfect place to test these powers out.

Did these powers that I imagined were in the staff really exist? How could they be used and called upon? How well would they work? Time to find out!

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Powers of the staff

Posted on April 16, 2012April 16, 2012 By Gwas 8 Comments on Powers of the staff
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This post describes my investigations into the powers of my staff. – an incidental tale whose only relevance  is that it shows what can be done with a combination of intuition, divination and dowsing.

After the Spring Equinox I was left with a starting point for how I should proceed along my path for the next few weeks. The instruction was suitably vague yet clear: “Determine the powers of your staff” was my guidance. How I was supposed to do that was for me to work out. Whenever I encounter uncertainty I first turn to my tried and trusted resources. In this case I turned to the Wildwood Tarot deck for inspiration.

Before I did a draw of cards I needed to ask the dowsing rods to assist me with creating a framework for doing the draw. For example, how many cards would I need, and why? What kind of a layout would this suggest? I began to dowse for some initial answers. As is often happening these days, when I blank my mind to get into “dowsing mode” the answers are placed in there even before the rods have been brought into action. It is then a question of using the dowsing rods to confirm the information that Intuition has provided me. This is a potentially dangerous step away from pure objectivity, I know, but anyone who thinks that dowsing is a purely scientific approach is deluding themselves in any case. It is merely a means to interact with an interface to knowledge that we label as “intuition”.

NOTE For me at this stage of my development, the use of psychic/intuitive responses is becoming a valid information source. Still, I treat the responses with as much scepticism and testing as I do the dowsing response. Oh yes, dear readers, even at this stage both Kal and I still often double or triple-check our results. Nothing can be taken for granted!

The Wildwood Tarot deck - a boon for divinatory druids

 Therefore, it will not surprise you to learn that as I began to ask questions concerning the source of the powers in my staff the answers began to emerge – from memory, from my ‘subconscious’ or from elsewhere – I cannot say for sure – yet they arrived. Here were my questions and their answers:-

  1. Is my staff imbued with some form of magickal power? Dowsing rods said, “Yes”.
  2. Is there a single source for these powers? Dowsing rods said, “No”. Further dowsing said “Two sources”.
  3. How many powers were contained in the staff? Dowsing suggested FIVE separate powers.
  4. What are the sources of the powers, I wondered…. The Elemental masters, and your Spirit Guide, was the intuitive response. Dowsing confirmed this.
  5. Was each power aligned to a specific master or guide? Dowsing confirmed “Yes”.

It seemed that I could therefore draw a set of five cards from the tarot deck, and ask that each one show me some information that would guide me to an understanding of the powers contained in the staff. Seemed logical? A simple elemental cross with a central card for the spirit element seemed like a sensible layout. I did the draw, and the results sent such a shock through my system that I had to leave the room and walk away from the cards for a minute to calm down.

See why….!

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Merlin and the Green Man – Imbolc 2012 part 2

Posted on February 16, 2012September 12, 2026 By Gwas 2 Comments on Merlin and the Green Man – Imbolc 2012 part 2
Merlin and the Green Man – Imbolc 2012 part 2
Ancient Sites

The second part of our Imbolc adventure this year took us deep into the borderlands between Staffordshire and Derbyshire. We were back at Lud’s Church near to the village of Gradbach (the village that SatNav forgot). Actually, it was pointed out to me by Mike that the correct pronunciation of the feature is Ludchurch. I … Read More “Merlin and the Green Man – Imbolc 2012 part 2” »

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2011 – Summary of the Year by Gwas

Posted on December 30, 2011September 12, 2026 By Gwas No Comments on 2011 – Summary of the Year by Gwas
2011 – Summary of the Year by Gwas
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Well, I see that Kal got his summary out first. Still, “if you can’t beat them…” Generally, what type of year it has been? Dis-jointed, slower than last year’s breakneck speed, measured, with lots of deep synchronicities. When I come to review the year I realise that I still made lots of progress on the various tasks … Read More “2011 – Summary of the Year by Gwas” »

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South Wales 2011 : Part 4 – Elemental Masters at Tinkinswood

Posted on October 1, 2011September 12, 2026 By Gwas No Comments on South Wales 2011 : Part 4 – Elemental Masters at Tinkinswood
South Wales 2011 : Part 4 – Elemental Masters at Tinkinswood
Ancient Sites, Dowsing, Theory

In the final part of my South Wales posts I will be telling you about the amazing chamber of Tinkinswood, and how dowsing revealed some intriguing explanations for the usage of the chamber and how it was powered by Elemental Masters. What are ‘Elemental Masters’? Good question. Read on! We parked at the entrance to … Read More “South Wales 2011 : Part 4 – Elemental Masters at Tinkinswood” »

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