Part 26: Logs From seed to timber, there is no other intended use for millions bred and destined to economically support man’s wishes. Slivers into matches, sawn planks into trusses, gates and the like. The felled tree’s “log” proceeds along … Continue reading →
Part 25: Summer Solstice 2021 Undeterred by the grey clouded day we made our way through grazing sheep down to an ancestral circle of stones, just across the river from where we held our Spring Equinox ceremony within an ancient … Continue reading →
Part 24: SunPath-2 Summer Solstice has now come and gone, reversing its telltale build-up of our Sun’s path across the skyline. So many times I have witnessed this in my life, though never really plotted it’s movement until this year. … Continue reading →
Part 23: SunPath-1 Although ancient Greeks would have had us believe Helios drove his Sun chariot across the sky each day we now know, thanks to Poland’s 16th century astronomer Copernicus, it to be a myth. Recalling early Spring of … Continue reading →
Part 22: Spring Equinox Down to a river for the ceremony and over onto a rock edge, where we set up a small table amidst nature’s beauty once wandered by our ancestors. Alongside freefalling waters of a salmon inhabited river, … Continue reading →
Part 21 : IMBOLC 2021 Discovering a suitable ceremony sitean aged beech sentinel challenges all alone and upright, standing proud silently guarding what lies beyond stone walls Moss coated bark a colourful cloaksilently enduring the test of timepristine snowdrops around … Continue reading →
Part 20: Winter Solstice Our Winter Solstice ceremonies, there were two, were at one of Scotland’s memorable Hillforts, where time had the quality to stand still. It added an unexpected dimension to the ceremonies, the sense of being amongst ancestors … Continue reading →
Part 19: Samhain Dated 23 November 2020 Our ceremonies also reflect more down to earth practical feelings experienced during these times, seemingly having matched nature in our parallel ways: Winter Solstice; Entering a new year anticipating lengthening and sunnier days, … Continue reading →
Part 18: The Money Tree Dated 14th August 2020 Approaching a tourist info sign stating Bruce’s Stone and being close to Robert the Bruce’s ancient trail north we pulled into a parking area and stopped. The stone was to be … Continue reading →
Part 17: Lughnasadh Dated 10th August 2020 The 6th August found us travelling in our camper through Scotland’s South-West Glens, where we drove off-road and found seclusion close to an interesting granite filled Burn, set within a quiet fauna dressed … Continue reading →
