Cover art and all art by George Morland
There is a particular kind of Irish day that folklore scholars know well. The sky is wide and pale, the fields are settled and still, and then… without warning, without cloud or cause, a fist of wind slams through the air. It scatters hay, bends the hawthorn sideways, and is gone as suddenly as it arrived. An ordinary person might mutter about the weather. But an older Irish man or woman would have done something else entirely. They would have taken off their hat, bowed head, and whispered a quiet prayer: God bless them...
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We are a registered non-profit, The Druid’s Cauldron Inc. 501(c)(3) The Druid’s Cauldron is an independent journal established in 2016, dedicated to the preservation and exploration of the druids, filid/poets, culture, native wisdom, and the living traditions of the isles. We exist to recover folklore, herbalism, spiritual philosophy, and ecological knowledge embedded in the whispers of our ancestors.
Through deep research into traditional folklore, herbalism and mythology as well as personal artistic endeavors, we seek to cultivate a deeper relationship with the land, the seasons, and to one another. We are committed to serious inquiry and evidence-based information, or it is alluded that it’s personal philosophy and labeled as such. The Druid’s Cauldron is a space for the curious, the contemplative, and those who feel called to remember older ways of being in right relationship with the land and each other.
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