Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
I spent a day with the Cornivii Druid Grove, an OBOD grove based in the Worcestershire area. I had been invited to their Autumn Equinox (Alban Elfed) ceremony by the leader of my local Cherwell Druids grove Briar. As I travelled with Briar, and she was participating in an initiation ceremony for a member, I … Read More “Birch, Yew and Oak – back around the spiral at Cornovii Grove” »
Come on! Surely that title has got to intrigue you? If you recall from a previous post (Ireland Crows and Bees) I had been given the knowledge on how to access a faerie grove. Specifically, it required a combination of the four elements, three bees and three crows. At that time I thought that such … Read More “Faerie, Spirit, Afterlife and Time” »
For a while I’ve felt that I needed a staff that is more practical than my too-obvious antlered yew staff. The yew staff was right at the time, and is good for ceremonial occasions, but is impractical, too decorative, and was fashioned by someone else. I felt I needed something more subtle that I can carve … Read More “Spring Equinox 2015 p5 – Oak Staff of Sherwood” »
Gwas and I had opened a portal earlier on (Opening Portals) as a consequence we had been pulled down a path adjacent to the main site. At first we had encountered a couple of huge stones. After exploring those we entered a grove and instantly knew it was a Fay Grove. Before I even entered … Read More “Fay Grove Beltane 2014 – 10” »
In this final part of the Beltane story for this year I record the nature of my quest for this part of the Wheel of the Year – Beltane to Summer Solstice. We were back into the east of Derbyshire now and visiting sacred sites along the way as we came to them. Being back in … Read More “Beltane 2013 Pt3 – The Perfect Shield” »
In a way you judge someone by the quality of the places that they take you to. Recently I was taken to a place the day before Samhain this year. I had once so nearly visited but somehow circumstances had conspired to make me miss it by only a short distance. Now I had a … Read More “Samhain 2011 – Clulow Cross” »
Lud’s Church, Derbyshire – August 24th, 2008 It was a dull and unimpressive day when I took M to the airport, and took the opportunity of proximity to take a little jaunt out afterwards. I had finally cracked under the weight of the momentum of the idea of visiting Lud’s Church. According to what I … Read More “Derbyshire 2008 – Lud’s Church and Little Lud’s Pew” »
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