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 Power Animal, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, magic, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, magic, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, Power Animal, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on February 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
For thousands of years Gods weren’t in human form. Then they seem to have been combined with animals, and then finally became completely human. I think it is our way of trying to understand both them, and our place in the world.
Our more recent myths are very human, with the Gods in actual human [...]
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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 Christian, Wicker Man, christian mysticism, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, holyness, magic, music, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, patience, religion, rowan morrison, song, song writing, songwriting, st ninian's cave, the cauldron born, wicca, wiccan, willow's song, witch, witchcraft, tagged Christian, christian mysticism, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, holyness, magic, music, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, patience, religion, rowan morrison, song, song writing, songwriting, st ninian's cave, the cauldron born, wicca, wiccan, Wicker Man, willow's song, witch, witchcraft on February 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The ancient Celtic peoples seemed to have revered three elements instead of the usual four found in the Western Magical tradition – these being Land, Sky and Sea. I’m sure that fire would have featured somewhere because we know that they also revered the Sun. But here’s a song that speaks of the Wild Places, [...]
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Posted in Cornwall, Power Animal, Seagulls, Stag, Totem, damh, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, magic, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged Cornwall, damh, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, magic, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, Power Animal, Seagulls, Stag, Totem, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on February 22, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Power animals.
Totems.
Obviously Native American, but if we look for evidence of tribal totemism within ancient British society it is there, and now within modern Paganism many people have been called by the power of certain beasts to take them as inspiration to be better, stronger – to absorb the essence of that animal into their [...]
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Posted in Blodeuwedd, art, damh, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, how to, muse, music, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, song, song writing, songwriting, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, writer, tagged art, Blodeuwedd, damh, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, how to, muse, music, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, song, song writing, songwriting, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, writer on February 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Muse. The cause of the Fire in the Head, the Awen, Imbas, inspiration. A blessing, sometimes frustrating, often turns up late, at least in my experience, but what is it? The answer, as with anything metaphysical isn’t clear or definitive. The Muse can take many shapes, sometimes a feeling, sometimes a figure of myth, [...]
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Posted in Jack Frost, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, magic, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, story, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, Jack Frost, magic, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, story, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The picture is of me and my Nan on my 18th birthday.
When I was a child, I remember her opening my bedroom curtains at this time of year, letting the morning Winter Sun into my bedroom. The window would be icy, and often there would be a mist outside. I would sit up and look [...]
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Posted in damh, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, music, pagan, paganism, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged awen, celtic lore, ceridwen, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, music, music video, myth, pagan, paganism, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Okay – so I’m trying something new here. I’m posting this blog directly from this video on YouTube – hope it works! Technology eh!?
This song is so special to me. It says almost everything I want to say about nature and my love of the land. I’ve tried starting gigs with other songs, and some [...]
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