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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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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