Our second stop on our Beltane journey after performing a cleansing and energising routine at Dinas Bran was to head for our venerable and reliable teacher – the Llangernyw Yew tree – Wales’ oldest tree. This tree is tucked away in a small village just behind the Conwy hills and was easy to reach from … Read More “Beltane 2011 Part 2 – The Yew Tree Speaks” »
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It was late Thursday evening and I had questions on my mind. The foremost being where to find the answers to the questions posed in this post. Since I was currently located in the South-West of the UK, my personal preference was for something local-ish. Glastonbury? Avebury, Cornwall site? So I began my dowsing quest … Read More “Knight errant and ancient wisdom” »
On our Llangollen day out the furthest point away from home was close to one of our favourite circles, Moel-Ty-Uchaf, but this day we were not going to climb up the incredibly steep track to that circle. This day we were parking mere feet away from the entrance to the circle called Tyfos. The Legend … Read More “Tyfos 2011 – The Battle of Sun and Moon” »
This post is the second half of a post I did after the Summer Solstice. My purpose was to record the eight points in the year because at each of these artificial stages which were roughly aligned to the Celtic or Neo-Pagan calendar I would be seeking a task by communing with Nature. The task would … Read More “My Eight-Fold Year 2010 – the final four folds” »
Llangernyw, Conwy, Wales – 23rd October, 2010 For the first half of the year our visits to Llangernyw were characterised by Kal having experiences or encounters with death energies, earthbound spirits or shades, however you want to term the spirits of the dead. As befits a graveyard they are around and about and thanks to … Read More “Samhain 2010 – Part 3: The Next Quest” »
Llanddeiniolen village, Gwynedd, North Wales – Saturday 23rd October 2010 Many months ago Kal and I had decided that we would choose the nearest full moon to Samhain as the time to go out and celebrate this important festival. For us, Samhain meant an opening between worlds, a chance to interact with the world of … Read More “Samhain 2010 – Part 1: Strong Red, Second Llanddeiniol Church” »
Thursday 23rd September, 2010 – Llangernyw village, Conwy, North Wales. Due to us visiting the Llangernyw Yew in daylight we noticed some things we don’t normally see because our usual visit time is dusk or at night. Most striking of the things we saw were the signs strewn around in various formats explaining the provenance … Read More “Autumn Equinox 2010: Part 2 – Llangernyw Yew” »
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