Cowslip is a staple of British folklore, herbalism and literature ... And I serve the Fairy Queen To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall … [Read more...] about Celebrating the Cowslip on May Day morning in the witch’s garden
Journal
Dearest Éilis: The witch’s gardener mucks into spring 2018
It was a cold, cold winter, and it ended with the rains which are carrying on still. As I’m due to travel next week, I thought it time I got your … [Read more...] about Dearest Éilis: The witch’s gardener mucks into spring 2018
A drunken dirge, a traditional song of heartache and woe, I Courted A Wee Girl, or the False Bride
Scotland doesn't lack in songs about being forsaken in love. But according to Ewan MacColl, who recorded the song I Courted A Wee Girl in 1956, … [Read more...] about A drunken dirge, a traditional song of heartache and woe, I Courted A Wee Girl, or the False Bride
Folk horror from Wiltshire: The Blood Stone at Luccombe Spring, starving out the Vikings at Bratton Camp, the White Horse of Westbury and the nature of folklore
The Luccombe Valley below Salisbury Plain and Bratton Camp, just visible in the upper right. In the foreground are two of the four barrows in the … [Read more...] about Folk horror from Wiltshire: The Blood Stone at Luccombe Spring, starving out the Vikings at Bratton Camp, the White Horse of Westbury and the nature of folklore
On the mystery of a white horse carved into the slopes of Bratton Downs … the White Horse of Westbury
Looking down on the White Horse of Westbury from atop Salisbury Plain Nobody really knows when or why a chalk horse was carved onto the side of … [Read more...] about On the mystery of a white horse carved into the slopes of Bratton Downs … the White Horse of Westbury
On the abandoned village of Port, in Donegal Ireland … wind swept, wet and wild, the folklore of Irish music and the ideal place to go drowning
Top: The Glengesh Pass, Donegal, Ireland The top of Glengesh Pass in Donegal, Ireland is breathtaking. You’re in one of the most remote corners of … [Read more...] about On the abandoned village of Port, in Donegal Ireland … wind swept, wet and wild, the folklore of Irish music and the ideal place to go drowning
On pagan sexuality, getting laid in the seventies, the great god Pan, the Marquis de Sade and the mating habits of goats
Top: Statue of Pan, The Eagles Nest, Northport, Long Island Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced. Marquis de Sade I credit my … [Read more...] about On pagan sexuality, getting laid in the seventies, the great god Pan, the Marquis de Sade and the mating habits of goats
An Irish folk tale, Maid of Mullaghmore and memories of Muckross Head, county Donegal
I once spent about a week hanging out with Caoimhin Mac Aoidh, noted Donegal fiddler and historian, particularly on all things Donegal fiddle. He … [Read more...] about An Irish folk tale, Maid of Mullaghmore and memories of Muckross Head, county Donegal
Why do lovers leap? Native American myths and a lookout from Rock City, high above Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mark Twain wrote in the nineteenth century that there were fifty locations along the Mississippi River that claimed the title of lover's leap. In … [Read more...] about Why do lovers leap? Native American myths and a lookout from Rock City, high above Chattanooga, Tennessee
Old Sarum ley line with Salisbury Cathedral and Clearbury Ring, from Old Sarum’s ramparts
The Old Sarum Ley was identified by Sir Norman Lockyear, and runs from north of Stonehenge to the western bank of Frankenbury Camp, near Fordinbridge, … [Read more...] about Old Sarum ley line with Salisbury Cathedral and Clearbury Ring, from Old Sarum’s ramparts
Christmas Card from Orpheus to Eurydice (last known address, Hades)
Top: Orpheus in Hades, Pierre Amedee Marcel Beronneau Editor's note: This is my website, so I get to do what I want. Occasionally I write fiction, … [Read more...] about Christmas Card from Orpheus to Eurydice (last known address, Hades)
Exiled – In the abyss, with only the full moon and a hungry lion for company
December 3, 2017 I was taking photos in a zoo once, stalking a lioness, she was agitated, pacing in her pen, she didn't seem to like the sound of … [Read more...] about Exiled – In the abyss, with only the full moon and a hungry lion for company
Sunrise through the trees and the Southwest entrance stones to Avebury Circle and Henge
People are always going on about celestial alignments with the neolithic stone circles of Britain, Ireland and beyond. But it's a simple fact, these … [Read more...] about Sunrise through the trees and the Southwest entrance stones to Avebury Circle and Henge
To the two little fairies who once lived in my garden, who had stars in their eyes and flowers in their hair
Last night I had the strangest dream. I dreamt it was my wedding day, or rather wedding evening. It was being held in that little church where I first … [Read more...] about To the two little fairies who once lived in my garden, who had stars in their eyes and flowers in their hair
Namaste this … a warning before embracing the gods within, for divinity has a dark side
Top: Gilded head of a Minerva, found in Bath, Somerset. Originally atop a statue larger than life, she would have looked out from her temple next to a … [Read more...] about Namaste this … a warning before embracing the gods within, for divinity has a dark side
Adam and Eve Longstones on a Misty Day
The longstones, known locally as Adam and Eve likely was the terminus for the Beckhampton Avenue, which was believed to have extended from the Avebury … [Read more...] about Adam and Eve Longstones on a Misty Day
