Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
Stories of Gwas and his visits to ancient sites in the Republic of Ireland.
Friday 28th May 2010 – Baltinglass, County Wicklow I got a bit carried away telling you about the good stuff and I forgot to tell you about the bad stuff, “Lesson #1”, or as we refer to it “The Leprechaun Incident“. Let me take you back in time to Friday 28th May. You may remember … Read More “Baltinglass: Treading on the toes of the Little People” »
Saturday 29th May 2010 – Knockbrack Hillfort, Country Meath. [map] The second site of the day, after our experience at Four Knocks, was of a wholly different character. It seemed to be the theme of the weekend that for every achievement or gift I received there was a price to pay and I was invited … Read More “Knockbrack Hillfort: Sleep for the Dead” »
Saturday 29th May 2010 – Four Knocks, County Meath On the morning of Saturday 29th May I roped Kal into one of my crazy ideas. We would spend the next two days on a modern pilgrimage, just like we had done at Glastonbury the year before. We would find a starting point and then let … Read More “Four Knocks: Sun, Moon and Uranus” »
Friday 28th May 2010 – Newgrange, Country Meath, Ireland. This is the second part of the account of our visit to Newgrange. One thing became abundantly clear to me as we were there – this was not a suitable place to be doing some work on my chakras. The rods luckily agreed with that instinctive … Read More “Newgrange – Part 2: The initiation room” »
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” »
Friday 28th May 2010 – Knowth, Country Meath, Ireland. The series of large megalithic structures concentrated in the Boyne Valley was the target of our first full day in Ireland. We were stationed nearby at Duleek, so getting to the Newgrange complex was a breeze, and we were properly fuelled by a hearty breakfast including … Read More “Knowth – Part 1: Rock Art and Energy Symbols” »
The Hill of Tara – Thursday 27th May 2010 It was late in the evening when we decided to grab a ‘travelling tea’ and head on up to the hilly complex of sites known as The Hill of Tara [info], the legendary site that was famous throughout Ireland as the seat of ancient Irish kings. … Read More “Hill of Tara – Part 1: Retrieving the Earth Spirit” »
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