Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
Summer 2017 saw me in Formby for an event organised by my wife M. It was hosted by Heron Drums and run by Jonathan Weakes. Its purpose? It was a whole day course on making a sacred drum from animal hide and wood. My choice was to use stag hide, and the hoop was of … Read More “The Birth of the Stag Drum” »
The night parked up at Castlerigg was turbulent. A storm raged harshly all night keeping is awake for most of it as it. The motorhome was rocked violently, but held steadfast as it took the brunt of the westerly wind which slammed against it. As the Winter Solstice arrived at 4:40am I was awoken by … Read More “Winter Solstice 2015 p2 – Storms and Crows” »
In this second part of our Winter expedition to Shropshire we re-visit two circles that we have only been to once before – the so-called Whetstones and Hoarstones circles. Having had such a wonderful experience at Mitchell’s Fold there was little or no expectations attached to our visits to these much smaller circles. As this … Read More “The Whetstones and The Hoarstones 2014” »
I had become quite discontented and disturbed at the misery of the folks who had been inundated by sea and rain water in the beloved country of Cornwall. One lady in particular made me simultaneously laugh and cry when she said: “I’m packing up what’s left of my stuff, and now I’m having to move … Read More “Calming The Storm” »
In the fourth part of this Spring Equinox 2013 story I visit a new stone circle (or two), working with the energies and completing the sigil shape that I had been tracing in the Llangollen landscape. Bryn Beddau cairn circle Hidden in the murky depths of the Clocaenog Forest are two small cairn circles. One … Read More “Spring Equinox 2013 – Day of the Crow Part 4” »
At the start of the year I remembered that I had been chatting to Kal about the idea of questioning everything. Not absolutely everything – I had done that once before during a Philosophy degree. Rather, this was the idea of taking all of the things that I had come to rely on in the … Read More “Questioning everything” »
I’m always at a loss as to what to do for Yule. Not being a sun-aligned person I just don’t get with the whole “welcome in the sun” thing. However, this year I was given the notion that I needed to be more welcoming of the sun, so for the first time I found a … Read More “Winter Solstice 2012 – The Yule Union” »
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