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Shamanic Lands 1 – Discovering the Twelve Winds

Posted on June 18, 2016June 16, 2016 By Chris No Comments on Shamanic Lands 1 – Discovering the Twelve Winds
Shamanic Lands 1 – Discovering the Twelve Winds
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At the beginning of June I was privileged to attend one of the most inspirational and heart-warming, not to mention educational and amusing weekends I have ever known. Shamanic Lands is a series of seminars which seemed custom-made for me. Not only was it centred upon the notion of recovering the shamanic teachings of our … Read More “Shamanic Lands 1 – Discovering the Twelve Winds” »

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Cailleach and The Mesa Luna Amulet

Posted on March 12, 2016 By Chris 1 Comment on Cailleach and The Mesa Luna Amulet
Cailleach and The Mesa Luna Amulet
Meditation, Visions

Not all my visions come about as a result of a visit to a megalithic site. I do some work with a group of lovely people who attend my outdoor meditation sessions during the Summer months. When the group isn’t meeting during the Winter then some of these friends come around to work with me … Read More “Cailleach and The Mesa Luna Amulet” »

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Summary of the Year 2015 Part 1

Posted on January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 By Chris No Comments on Summary of the Year 2015 Part 1
Summary of the Year 2015 Part 1
Yearly Update

I was quite hesitant about producing “the usual” summary of the year. It has clearly not been a normal year. In fact, I would go as far as to say that the first half was good, but the second half took a much more dark and difficult turn. I’m not used to that. In all … Read More “Summary of the Year 2015 Part 1” »

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Summer 2015 – P5 – Faery Awakenings at Fourknocks

Posted on August 4, 2015August 3, 2015 By Chris No Comments on Summer 2015 – P5 – Faery Awakenings at Fourknocks
Ancient Sites, Dolmens 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 2015 – P5 – Faery Awakenings at Fourknocks” »

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Visions of a magician at the Wizards Wood

Posted on July 6, 2015June 18, 2015 By kal No Comments on Visions of a magician at the Wizards Wood
Visions of a magician at the Wizards Wood
Circles and Stones, Divination, Forests and Woods, God or Goddess, Quests, Visions, Wand

The night and early morning had been spent in the land of the mystics. Opening the gates of the heart using Zikr and Sema. The result was a good day of sleep, but this then meant an evening of wakefulness. When I awoke from my slumber around 4 in the afternoon I had a yearning … Read More “Visions of a magician at the Wizards Wood” »

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Beltane 2015 – Three Points of Ancestral Connection

Posted on May 20, 2015January 26, 2016 By Chris No Comments on Beltane 2015 – Three Points of Ancestral Connection
Ancestors, Churches and Temples, Saints, Wheel of the Year

This is the last of my Beltane 2015 posts. I had intended it to be the central point of the ripple effect – the smallest circle, the tiniest of posts. In fact, it is longer than I anticipated, only because it is actually the very centre of everything I’ve been working with since 2011. In this respect, it shows how sometimes our work has long cycles until they resolve themselves, but also that the smallest insignificant episode can often result in profound implications for your spiritual path. Let me explain!

The Returning Circle – Vale Crucis Abbey in Llangollen

For me Vale Crucis will always now be a local reflection of a similar Cistercian abbey in the Irish town of Boyle. Boyle, in the Irish county of Roscommon, is the centre of an area in which my ancestors used to roam (and some still do). When I visited the area a few years ago I had an amazing series of encounters culminating in an energetic battle with one particular ancestor who then became one of my spiritual protectors. I earned the right to inherit the family name that day, and all of the accumulated knowledge and wisdom that came with that inheritance.

Vale Crucis Abbey - Beltane - May 15 (2)
The leaning tower of Vale Crucis – alright, maybe it was me leaning

So, when I step into Vale Crucis it is like being in Ireland, back in my ancestral homeland, and having access to all that information and support. On this Beltane day, having visited many other sites, this was the southern culmination point. For me, I was just here to connect with my ancestors, as I had before. Yet, something much more profound was about to happen.

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The Pact with Cailleach – Summer 14 P9

Posted on August 20, 2014 By Gwas No Comments on The Pact with Cailleach – Summer 14 P9
The Pact with Cailleach – Summer 14 P9
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Shronebirrane stone circle, Kerry, Ireland

To find this circle you need to follow the brown signs inland from the R571 Beara peninsula coast road after passing through Lauragh village. More information can be found at the Isle of Albion site.

After wending our way along a single track road that snaked along a valley floor for what seemed like an eternity we end up at a small car park next to a long farmhouse. We are surrounded by beautiful and tall hills, yet the valley is wide enough for us to catch the remainder of the solstice day’s rays.

Parking at the floor of the valley for Shonebrane circle
Parking at the floor of the valley for Shronebirrane circle

As we pass the farmhouse we are met by the owner who charges us a nominal fee to enter the site in what is effectively their back garden. Their sheep wander around the circle leaving small black deposits.

I begin my investigations outside of the circle, whilst Kal heads straight inside, as he often does. I dowse firstly for the Spirit of Place for the site and find that the circle has one. Good. I ask to be shown where the spirit is, and I am taken all around the outside of the circle, threading in and out of some of the stones. That’s unusual, but vaguely familiar! I’m sure I found the same energy form at Cerrig Pryfaid near Conwy years ago. After my third perambulation I am back on the same track again, so it would appear that the spirit forms three discernible circles of energy around the stones.

When I ask to connect with the spirit I am taken by the dowsing rods to stand at one of the stones which lie to one side of the circle. Here I can connect with the spirit, and I learn that she is born of the surrounding mountains and that she has been at this circle for thousands of years.

The helpful sign is ten feet away from the circle!
The helpful sign is ten feet away from the circle!

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