Out with the old, in with the new
There is a tradition, it could be ancient or it could be neopagan, that at Samhain, which is this week, one lights a ritual fire and casts upon it that…
Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf
The recent death of that lovely man, Famous Seamus, brought forth a groan from the British and Irish alike. He belonged to us all. For some reason I was channel…
On Writing Longhand
When we write by hand, we make a unique imprint of ourselves upon the world. This statement in an article in the latest edition of New View* brought me up…
Genii Loci II – Spirit of Place
Our land is sacred, as the Native Americans taught us and the ancient Britons believed. Once it was peppered with holy places: hills, caves, groves, pits and shafts, but the…
Makeover time
While writing about spirits and elementals, I've been moved to revamp the blog. I have been to wild places on the themes page but have arrived back where I began,…