Tag: witchcraft
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The Guardians of the Otherworld
All art by Andrew Ostrovsky “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.“ C.S. Lewis I recently had a conversation with a scholar of Irish mythology about the variety of strange creatures and beings which are…
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Groundwork and More on the Four Cities
“The truth is not known, beneath the sky of stars,Whether they were of heaven or earth.” Lebor Gebála Érénn compiled c.1150
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A Druid’s Pilgrimage to Brittany continued: Honouring the Path at the Menhir of Kerloas
The Menhir of Kerloas is situated on the western most point of Finistère, situated on the highest point of the Pays d’Iroise and is considered to be the tallest monolith standing anywhere in the world. It really is hard to miss and can be seen from 30km’s away and as many leagues out to sea.…
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Bealtaine and Bel: A Festival for Luck and Purification
“They fed the fire from great bundles of sacred wood brought to the knoll on Beltane Eve. When the sacred fire became kindled, the people rushed him and brought their herds and drove them through and round the fire of purification.” Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica, 1900
