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by Maria Ede-Weaving Spring is in full swing here in the Northern Hemisphere. I love the energy at this time of year: its promise of new possibilities. It is a time that when ideas spark to life; a time to conceive and nurture into life our plans. Do you know...

  by Maria Ede-Weaving Wishing every one a joyful Equinox! It is a glorious day here in Scotland; the sun is shining to mark the beginning of spring. The tree buds are unfurling, the blossoming has begun in earnest and there is that wonderful feeling of excitement and anticipation; it...

by Luke Eastwood, reposted from Luke’s Substack Recent developments within electronic technology have given me cause for concern, not least because of the frantic pace of change, with little or no thought given to ‘safeguards’ as we hurtle ever faster into the digital age. As someone who learned Basic programming...

by Penny Billington ~ a repost from Penny’s Blog I’ve been intrigued by a phrase I heard in a great discussion ‘Cultural Coherence’ with Philip Carr Gomm and Dr Gwilym Morus Baird, which you can listen to here. The phrase is ‘the ache of potential’, which I have always identified...

by Gabrielle Cavegn (to read Part One Click Here) Westschweiz / The French part of Switzerland In this part of Switzerland, people mostly speak French, and the lifestyle is much closer to the one of our neighbours in France, but English will do well too. Yverdon / Menhires of Clendy...

by Gabrielle Cavegn I love travelling, I always have and probably always will. But there were times in my life when it was not possible, due to jobs, having small children, pets, caring for parents or terms of illnesses. This taught me to enjoy even the smallest of excursions, and...

A repost from the GreenPeace Website about how to respond to the Climate Crisis in the most Bardic of ways by Valentina Panagiotopoulou, nin* schulz, Jocelyn Page, & Riley Tsang How can we respond to the climate crisis in a way that creates hope, while also being realistic and truthful...

As a child I had many Ladybird books; quite a few of them were Sunday school prizes for Bible exams; others bought by my parents. I don’t remember where the two I had about Greek myths came from, but they were among my favourites. One told the tale of Perseus...

by Elizabeth Cruse “She came with a flame-red silk robe around her, and a red-gold torque around the maiden’s neck with pearls of great worth on it, and red gems. Her hair was more yellow than the flowers of the broom. Her flesh was fairer than the wave’s foam. Her...

  by Erica Shorter Imagine standing in an ancient, thriving forest, feeling damp moss and leaves beneath your feet, the warm dappled sunlight shining through the canopy far above you, you hear bird song and the sound of a stream gently flowing. You see a flash of movement and know...

  by Maria Ede-Weaving I am not a fan of ‘New Year; New Me’; it makes very little sense to me to be launching into new beginnings or acting on resolutions when all around us Nature is on the go slow. It is still mid-winter in the Northern Hemisphere, when...

by Damh the Bard, reposted from Damh’s Blog Me and Cerri were in the back of Kristoffer Hughes’ car. It was September 2020, and there was a break in the Pandemic Lockdown so we’d taken the opportunity to get away for a weekend to Wales to see our friends. We...

by Tim Billbrough Introduction When I began this journey nearly a year ago, I envisioned it as a fun little experiment that would be neat to share with this, my Druid community. Little did I expect how much it would impact my personal practice and understanding of my spirituality. While...

by Damh the Bard On June 10th 2010, at the OBOD Summer Gathering in Glastonbury Town Hall, I was initiated as the new Pendragon of the Order, stepping into the role passed to me by the previous Pendragon, the artist Will Worthington. The Pendragon before Will, during Ross Nichol’s time...

by Maria Ede-Weaving Has anyone been feeling particularly tired of late? Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the run up to the Winter Solstice can leave us feeling low in energy. Our modern world is so adept at ignoring Nature’s cycles and seasonal changes, that we can underestimate the impact that...

  by Tim Billbrough Introduction With an unusually large burst of Awen this past January, though, I set upon a quest to feast the Wheel of the Year with a special food item for each of the eight festivals. In these dishes, I try to capture the spirit of the...

by Maria Ede-Weaving The autumn equinox brought that moment when the light and dark hours of the day, for just a brief moment, were perfectly equal. That moment is like the silent, still gap between breathing in and out; sometimes we catch ourselves noticing it, frozen in our observance of...

by Catriona McDonald, reposted from her Blog The Druid’s Well One of my favorite things about Druidry is the opportunity (and indeed, encouragement!) to do ritual outside.* Needless to say, here in New England, this can be challenging from October through May. But never fear, neither snow, rain, cold, nor...

by Craig I live in Kidbrooke London and discovered during my curiosities that the name Kidbrooke derives from Anglo Saxon era and was known then as Chitebroc, the meaning being “Where the Kites flew and the three streams meet”. I worked on where the old rivers flowed and traced there...

by Tim Billbrough Introduction With an unusually large burst of Awen this past January, though, I set upon a quest to feast the Wheel of the Year with a special food item for each of the eight festivals. In these dishes, I try to capture the spirit of the specific...

by Maria Ede-Weaving The awful events happening in our world at the moment have me feeling a deep heaviness and grief; I have lead for bones. My day-to-day reality is actually relatively peaceful, but it is impossible to ignore what is happening ‘out there’. I am sure I don’t need...

by Damh the Bard reposted from Damh’s Blog I’m trying to remember how long ago it was. I was a sales rep, out on the road, visiting customers during the day, and then, having booked a hotel near some ancient sacred site, as soon as my calls were over for...

by Hannah Partos reposted from Positive News Think big, act wild, goes the strapline at Rewilding Britain, which Sara King puts into practice every day. As well as advising UK rewilding hotspots, she coordinates the Rewilding Network, a community of trailblazers with a vision for a wilder Britain It was...

by James Nichol of Contemplative Inquiry Blog Noticing a single corn stalk under our neighbouring birch trees, I wonder whether the seed simply blew in or was planted by an unknown hand. If the latter, what was their intention? I realise that I will never know. What I do know...