Tag: Ireland solstice 2015

Summer Solstice 2015 p7 – The Light of Brighid

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Summer Solstice 2015 p7 – The Light of Brighid
Churches and Temples, God or Goddess, Holy Wells and Sacred Springs, Pilgrimage, Saints, Spirits, Tombs and Monuments, Wheel of the Year

In the last of my Summer Solstice 2015 posts (can you believe we’ve generated so much from one weekend?) we are taken on an escorted tour of a sacred site. We have left David at Fourknocks, but Regina has stayed with us to show us one more site: The Shrine of Brigid at Faughart. We … Read More “Summer Solstice 2015 p7 – The Light of Brighid” »

Summer Solstice 2015 p6 – Three Winds at Knockbrach

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Summer Solstice 2015 p6 – Three Winds at Knockbrach
Crossing The Hedge, Elements earth-water-fire-air, Hills and Mounds, Holy Wells and Sacred Springs, Quests, Sylphs, Wheel of the Year

After spending a delightful lunchtime in the company of our Irish hosts Regina and David, we set off again heading for a site which we had visited before – Knockbrach – a hill which we knew had a ‘fort’ on top. David, however, wanted to show us some other structures on the hill that we … Read More “Summer Solstice 2015 p6 – Three Winds at Knockbrach” »

Summer Solstice 2015 p5 – Faery Awakenings at Fourknocks

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Summer Solstice 2015 p5 – Faery Awakenings at Fourknocks
Dolmens, Barrows and Chambers, Energy, Energy work, Faery, Hedge Druidry, Natural Magick, Spirits, Wheel of the Year

I have mentioned on previous occasions about how I believe that the Faery kind have got both a King and a Queen, and that they revealed themselves to me in Brittany one year as “Bel” and “Titania”. Together, this is where I think we get the Celtic festival of “Beltane” from – from the union … Read More “Summer Solstice 2015 p5 – Faery Awakenings at Fourknocks” »

Summer Solstice 2015 p4 – Tara Celebrations

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Summer Solstice 2015 p4 – Tara Celebrations
Ancestors, Ancient Sites, Circles and Stones, Dolmens, Barrows and Chambers, Faery, Higher-Self, Hills and Mounds, Modern Druidry, Quests, Tarot, Wheel of the Year

Hill of Tara – County Louth, Ireland It was still the first day of our visit, but we had checked into the B&B in order to get freshened up and prepared for an evening at The Hill of Tara. We were staying in Blackrock – quite a way out from the main attractions, but very reachable in … Read More “Summer Solstice 2015 p4 – Tara Celebrations” »

Summer Solstice 2015 p3 – A Sting at Dowth

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Summer Solstice 2015 p3 – A Sting at Dowth
Ancient Sites, Hills and Mounds

This is a short post. It’s also a sad post (for me) and a humorous post (for you). It concerns an object lesson in following one’s intuition. We were in Ireland and were visiting the Boyne Valley sites again. We had bought tickets for both Knowth and Newgrange, but as we left Knowth Kal wanted … Read More “Summer Solstice 2015 p3 – A Sting at Dowth” »

Summer Solstice 2015 p2 – Dragon Master of Knowth

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Summer Solstice 2015 p2 – Dragon Master of Knowth
Ancient Sites, Dolmens, Barrows and Chambers, Dragons, Dragons and Wyrms, Hedge Druidry, Other Entities, Wheel of the Year

It’s only rarely that I go to a sacred site and find that I am there to offer someone else advice, rather than learn something myself. Knowth, one of the treasures of the Boyne Valley complex in Ireland, offered me both opportunities on my last visit. On this visit I would hear a dire warning … Read More “Summer Solstice 2015 p2 – Dragon Master of Knowth” »

Summer Solstice 2015 p1 – Meadowsweet, Larks and Loughcrew

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Summer Solstice 2015 p1 – Meadowsweet, Larks and Loughcrew
Ancestors, Circles and Stones, Dolmens, Barrows and Chambers, Ghosts and shades, Hills and Mounds, Wheel of the Year

In the first of my seven Summer Solstice stories I will tell you about how I encountered an ancestral spirit who would work with my Spirit Self to bring about a culmination of my ancestral work on this weekend’s journeying. This was only realised through the two days work, so the stories piece into each other … Read More “Summer Solstice 2015 p1 – Meadowsweet, Larks and Loughcrew” »