Posted on May 1, 2019
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I noticed that I don’t tend to blog about Beltane? I was puzzled by this as I always celebrate Beltane. Some years that’s a full blown ritual. Some years it’s quiet contemplation. The year Pagan Portals: Celtic Witchcraft was released, I took the hopes…
Category: followers, Nature, observation, pagan, society, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: bealtaine, beltaine, Beltane, blogging, books, festivals, magic, magick, may, May Day, pagan, pagan federation, paganism, summer, sustainability, Witchcraft, writing
Posted on May 1, 2019
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My May Day poem on the Moon Books Blog: http://moon-books.net/blogs/moonbooks/the-eildon-tree/
Category: pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: bealtaine, beltaine, Beltane, Celtic, Eildon tree, fae, fair folk, Fairies, first of May, good neighbours, hawthorn, magic, may, May Day, nature, pagan, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, spirituality, summer, writing
Posted on April 3, 2019
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Wandering, feet finding their own way Over treacherous stones Sucking mud puddles Velvet grass, chomped short By sheep. The wood, the fields, the ditches Are my pathways To walk without interference From my unruly mind. These shoes have seen a lot Fights, nights out,…
Category: mental health, Nature, observation, pagan, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, magic, mental health, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, nature, outdoors, pagan, paganism, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, prose, seasons, spirituality, wednesday, Wednesday motivation, Wednesday wisdom, Witchcraft, writing
Posted on February 1, 2019
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Imbolc is the Celtic festival of winter’s end, the start of spring, and is celebrated on the first or second of February. Spring isn’t here yet, but we’ve made it to halfway between winter solstice and the equinox. Lambs are on their way, and…
Category: Nature, pagan, seasons, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: Celtic, Imbolc, magic, nature, outdoors, pagan, photography, seasons, spiders, spiderwebs, spring, wheel of the year, winter, writing
Posted on January 10, 2019
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See the hole right through the middle? That’s what makes this a witchstone, or hagstone. Traditionally associated with magic, they are used as protection from various evils, including to protect sailors from drowning. The hole is formed by the ocean and the particles therein…
Category: mythology, Nature, observation, pagan, society, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: amulets, folklore, hagstone, magic, mythology, nature, ocean, pagan, prose, protection, sea, spirituality, witchstone, writing
Posted on October 2, 2018
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I’ve never done inktober before as I don’t really think of myself as an artist. I was drawn to it this year though. No idea why! I think I maybe just needed a break from writing without stopping being creative, if that makes sense?…
Category: Nature, pagan, society, UncategorizedTags: art, drawing, femininity, feminism, herbalism, inktober, inktober 2018, magic, mandragora, Mandrake, poisonous, Tuesday thoughts
Posted on September 22, 2018
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Joyous Alban Elfed, the light on the water. Happy first day of autumn, according to many almanacs. Merry Mabon, to those who honour this name. Happy Harvest Home, the last grain being stored. However and why ever you celebrate, may this moment of balance…
Category: mythology, Nature, pagan, seasons, Uncategorized, WitchcraftTags: alban elfed, autumn, autumn equinox, equinox, fall, harvest festival, harvest home, mabon, magic, pagan, paganism, ritual, seasons