Posted in Druidry, Druids, Eclectic Nonsense, Pagan Music, tagged Druidry, Folk Music, Rivers on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »
I have often wondered what it is that gives London its soul - something Peter Ackroyd describes so well as the heartbeat of a great and ancient city, teeming with life and echoing with many centuries of history. Then I remember where I sense the heartbeat of London the most, and it is of course [...]
Posted in Eclectic Nonsense, tagged Druidry, Druids on June 15, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the highlights of my year is the Midsummer Gathering of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Gatherings are held twice a year in Glastonbury, around the solstices, but the summer assembly is the one with the big ‘draws’: meditations, fellowship, a glittering and colourful public ceremony on Glastonbury Tor, a great feast [...]
Posted in Druidry, Eclectic Nonsense, Pagan Music, tagged Beekeeping, Bees, Druidry, Folk Music on June 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For a while now in our little house we have been talking about bees. Bees are wondrous things. They are symbolic of community and industry, pollinate crops and make delicious, sweet and unctuous honey which takes on the flavour of the flowers which they have fed on - in our garden here I think it [...]
Posted in Camping, Druidry, Druids, tagged Bell tent, Camping, Druidry, Druids, Tents on May 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I have just spent a week in my new bell tent and think it warrants a review! It was all much easier and straightforward than I expected!
I arrived at the camp field to an array of yurts and benders already constructed, along with a few other bell tents, some nylon jobbies and a sprinkling of [...]
Posted in Druidry, Druids, tagged Beltane, Druidry, Druids, Maypole on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
May is at last with us and my apple blossom is out, pink blushed, scented and beautiful. Newly returned from Beltane Camp, the May is very much with me, after the deeply magical celebration I have just been very much inside of.
A very powerful and physical ritual act was the making and raising of [...]
Posted in Druidry, Druids, tagged Druids, Paganism, Druidry, Beltane, Beltaine, Mike Scott, Waterboys, Findhorn, Meditation on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, now Beltane really is almost upon us and the blog will enter a temporary lull as I go off to celebrate at Camp. When I looked out of my office window yesterday at the sweeping vista of the Kennet valley I was struck by the sudden acceleration in the greening - even over the [...]
Posted in Druidry, Druids, tagged Druidry, Environment, World Drum on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Earth our Mother, who holds and sustains us all, is in a state of delicate balance. A lot of current research now points to the fact that if humanity does not take action, now, then the tipping point may already be upon us, and the decline of our beloved home will be irreversible. This [...]
Posted in Arty farty, Druidry, Druids, Eclectic Nonsense, tagged Druidry, Druids, Photography, Trees on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
As I work again on the Ovate grade of the Druid learning, I am much with the spirit of trees.
Beech is my totem tree, my graceful Queen of the Woods. Here in the South, they stand tall and silvery, their arching branches like waterfalls of green. The shimmering delicacy of their leaves - eye-achingly verdant [...]
Posted in Druids, tagged Druidry, Druids on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
An ongoing theme… much as I hold with personal responsibility and karmic exchange, sometimes we just need to have trust in the Great Spirit and the flow of the Universe. Work is really challenging me at the moment, and just when I started to question it all, a wonderful message came through from someone who [...]
Posted in Druidry, Pagan Music, tagged Druids, Music, Druidry on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, the clocks have ’sprung’ forward and it’s officially the start of British Summer Time! Keeping this brief today as the Sun is at last gracing us with his divine and extremely welcome presence - and I need to get the broad beans and the spuds in!
Damh the Bard, whose music brings much joy to [...]
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