Category: Sacred Sites & Ritual
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Beltany Stone Circle
At Raphoe village, in County Donegal in Ireland, there is a great bronze statue on the green, titled “Earth Mother” by Maurice Harron. It depicts a pre-Celtic or druidic woman facing the North, where her shadow at midday falls on a rock in front of her. Her hands form a diamond or rhombus shape which […]
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Voice in Ritual
“… the most probable of all my theorems, is that life is ordered by the principles of some religion so peculiar and obscure it has no followers, and none may fathom it, nor know the rituals by which to court its favour.”– Alan Moore There is no shortage of tools you can buy or make […]
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Cloghanmore Court Tomb
Malin More (Málainn Mhóir) Court tomb which dates from 3000 BCE, is also known as Cloghanmore (An Clochán Mór, which translates as The Big Stone or The Great Stone Heap) and stands near Carrick in Malin More (Málainn Mhóir, meaning Big Brae/Hillside), Glencolumbkille (Ghleann Cholm Cille) in County Donegal, Ireland. The site is full of […]
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Tumulus of Bougon, Deux-Sèvres, France
“On a midsummer night, on a night that was eerie with stars,In a wood too deep for a single star to look through,You led down a path whose turnings you knew in the darkness,But the scent of the dew-dripping cedars was all that I knew.” – Sara Teasdale I had the very unique privilege of […]
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Biroge of the Mountain
A retired teacher told me when they were growing up they would call these rocks which are hidden in the forest, ‘Biróg’s Lair’. They were very frightened of this place, as they were told Biróg was a banshee. So always felt fear or felt an unseen force when passing, when they came near they would […]