In the week of Lughnasadh, or Lammas, the ancient cross quarter fire festival of the first harvest, when the ripening grain is cut, I write of the Irish Goddess of Sovereignty, a mother earth goddess, called Tailtiu. Tailltiu was miume, or foster mother, to the sovereign Irish god Lugh and whilst we know little of…
/Introducing two new courses on my website – a complete Foundation Course for Beginners and an Intermediate for once you have got to grips with the basics. These courses were the basis of my teachings in classes and workshops for over 23 years and have plenty of tips and examples to support your study. Each…
As I write this post approaching the Spring Equinox of 2022 my heart is heavy at the horror of the invasion of Ukraine, I honour their ancient deities and call upon them for their help to their people. And their deities are those of the Russian people, who are also suffering at the hands of…
A Tarot Spread to align you with the energy of the Spring Equinox and to help you engage with your own personal growth; how well you are rooted, how to blossom and how to break through your challenges.
Podcast Spring Equinox Meditation A guided meditation to embrace the new growth and regeneration of spring.
The ancient Mother Goddess arose with our evolving consciousness as the womb from which all life sprang. She was seen as the hearth fire around which all gathered for warmth and sustenance; as the cave that protected and gave shelter and the life force within the bellies of women and the earth from which all living…
Podcast Winter Sanctuary Meditation As the long dark nights are with us, here is a meditation to help you find inner sanctuary.
From animist and pagan beginnings where people sought to understand the meaning of life through nature itself, through observation of patterns in the sky, the ebbing and flowing of the tides and the symbolism within nature. The intuitive was revered together with the search for knowledge, both being inseparable. Somewhere amongst the need for authority…
Meditation for Imbolc A journey through a winters night and an encounter with the Goddess Brigid, whose festival of Imbolc, the quickening of Spring, is held at the beginning of February.
“Divination has been practiced a way of knowing and communicating for millennia. Diviners are experts who embrace the notion of moving from a boundless to a bounded realm of existence in their practice. They excel in insight, imagination, fluency in language and knowledge of cultural traditions and human psychology” (Tedlock, 2006) Humans have, since the beginning…