Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
The Broceliande Forest is a legendary place, like Avalon, whose exact whereabouts are uncertain. These days it is considered by some to be situated in the Paimpont Forest in Ile-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Having visited this forest in 2009 to see Merlin’s Tomb, I decided that we ought to look at another of the parts of the forest this time. So, … Read More “Brittany 2011 – The Valley of No Return” »
In this third and final post on the Beltane trip I will reveal how I discovered the true meaning of the phrase “See with the hawk’s vision” – a phrase that had been given to me during my meditation beneath The Llangernyw Yew tree. After Llangernyw we drove the twenty or so miles towards the … Read More “Beltane 2011 Part 3 – Hunting The Hawk Of May” »
This year begins much as last year began, except that the world has turned throughout hundreds of spins and travelled once around our major light source to measure out a year in its dizzy cycle. Our wavering Moon has ebbed and flowed with the tides over those long months and has lit our path on … Read More “Alderley Edge 2011 – consternation and confirmation” »
“It was a dark and stormy night”…actually, it was. For a reason that remains a mystery to this day Kal and I had decided to go out that evening on a mission without a purpose. That purpose took us out on a sunny and calm evening heading deep across the North Wales coastline heading for … Read More “Herne and the Druid’s Circle” »
After some preamble due to a mis-diagnosis of our O.S mapping we eventually found a stone circle called The Pipers Stones. Quite auspiciously to our tired feet it was quite close to the main road. I was the first to arrive there and found a lovely stone just under a tree. The sun was shining … Read More “Ireland 1 – Freeing the dragon” »
Introduction I had been looking forward to Beltane for a while. The promise of warmer, longer days to work in plus the chance to get back to some of the best ancient sites in Derbyshire had been whetting my appetite for a few weeks, making all else seem like filling in time until the Big … Read More “Seven Sites for Beltane 2010 – Part 1” »
There are two places we go to when we need some information – two sites that have never let us down when it comes to getting answers to tricky questions – The Druid’s Circle stone circle up atop Penmaenmawr near Conwy, and the Llangernyw Yew tree that is about half an hour away from there … Read More “Druid’s Circle – Neutral Arcs and Naming Parts” »
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