Posted in damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, holyness, magic, modern bard, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, holyness, magic, modern bard, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on July 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I remember when I first got involved with the Pagan community in the late 80s/early 90s I found a lot of people to whom the lineage of their initiatory line was very important. At that time the choices of the modern Pagan were to follow either a Wiccan, Druid, or Heathen path, and the idea [...]
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Posted in damh the bard, folk, modern bard, muse, music, pagan, song writing, songwriting, writer, tagged damh the bard, folk, modern bard, muse, music, pagan, song writing, songwriting, writer on February 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As some of you know I’m currently working on a new album, a traditional folk album. I’ve loved folk music since I was a child. My Dad was always playing American folk, John Denver, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash to name just a few, and my guitar teacher was Irish and taught me jigs, [...]
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Posted in damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, modern bard, music, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, modern bard, music, pagan, paganism, religion, reverbnation, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on January 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Yes, I think it is!
About a year ago I set up an account with Reverbnation, the main resource on the internet for independent musicians. They offer free email list subscriber forms, music players, you name it, all to help the budding indie musician find their way in the music business. The problem was I already [...]
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Posted in art, damh, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, holyness, magic, modern bard, muse, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, story, the cauldron born, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged art, damh, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, holyness, magic, modern bard, muse, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, story, the cauldron born, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on April 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Imagine a Cauldron hanging over a fire, it’s in a small room, dark, the air smelling of rich herbs carried on the steam. The contents of the cauldron, bubbling, glimmering red, blue, yellow, shimmering with light, stirred by a youth whose attention is on other far-away things. The cauldron has been bubbling for a year [...]
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Posted in Eliza Gilkyson, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, modern bard, music, pagan, politics, song, story, writer, tagged damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, Eliza Gilkyson, folk, modern bard, music, pagan, politics, song, story, writer on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“I challenge you here today, and I recommit to challenging myself, to become a modern bard, to tell the stories of today and record for history what happened at this crucial juncture in time, and to push past our comfort zones into new uncharted territory, because, selfishly, that is where the greatest songs lie waiting, [...]
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