Category: Culture
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Folklore and Identity
“A story is telt eye tae eye, mind tae mind, heart to heart.” Scottish proverb I grew up in rural Perthshire hearing a wealth of legends and stories, told by traditional storytellers. Their stories related to landmarks; standing stones; lochs; or rivers. Just like those landmarks the stories were every bit a part of the […]
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Drinking at the Source of Knowledge
“Once upon a time, a noble illustrious king assumed sovranty and sway over Ireland: Cormac grandson of Conn was he. At the time of that king the world was full of every good thing. There were mast and fatness and seaproduce. There were peace and ease and happiness. There was neither murder nor robbery at […]
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Reclaiming our Roots through Ancestral & Cultural Repair
Cover art ”Ancestral Breath” by Irish artist Lar Dooley What is it to be in relationship with the Land? The core centre of almost all Indigenous belief systems is rooted in the belief of the importance of being in relationship with the Earth. Humanity has strayed far from being in right relationship with the Earth, […]
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Stone Mad
As we near ‘An Grianstad’ (Gaelic for Midsummer and literally translates as ‘Sun Stop’) I am so excited to mark the Summer Solstice with my Druid tribe. I thought it would be apt, as my contribution to this wonderful Blog, to showcase and share some of the sites I have had the privilege of visiting […]
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The Heroes Journey For You & I: Return to Innocence
Many will know that I love to return to the wilderness, and especially to the wilds of north Wales periodically. What is it that calls out to me? One can only be in awe of the grandeur of the Welsh landscape, the rugged environment, the grey-green of the slate-grass, the heaven-ascending mountains, fresh valley streams, […]