Category: Sacred Sites
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The Stones Speak: The Brugh na Bóinne
“…Greater Mysteries drew to its hallowed shrines neophytes from the West as well as from the East, … [and the Otherworld] seeing sons still watch and wait for the re-lighting of the Fires and the restoration of the old Druidic Mysteries.” W.Y Evans Wentz, The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries
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Samhain Reflections at Labacallee
“Long ago, four men went digging one night for gold that lay hidden at Labbacallee. Soon after they began to dig, a strange cat, with fire erupting from its tail, appeared to the men. Dazzled by the light, they ran in terror through the darkness till they fell into the nearby River Funshion. Although one […]
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The Initiation Well at Sintra: Ascend or Descend?
One can ascend to a higher development only by bringing rhythm and repetition into one’s life. Rhythm holds sway in all nature. Rudolf Steiner Images by Maura Barrett The Initiation Well at Sintra, in the Mountains of the Moon, to the West of Lisbon is a most perplexing place, and as such I was compelled […]
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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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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 spending […]