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Nov 12, 2011, 5:53 am
"Good fortune will nod, if you carry upon you Joan the Wad"
Joan the Wad
Deep within the shadows cast by the
Light of the billowing harvest moon
A green wispy flame
Is dancing along the ancient silvery
Illuminated secret pathways
That border the misty granite moor.
The green flame-like torch
A Faery... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2011, 3:41 pm
The Song of Bucka
Sometimes carried on the wind,
From shores along the exciting stimulating
Craggy rugged and remote
Undulating snaking cliff tops
Purple brown and golden -
Partially framing
The wild Celtic ocean, where
Sea birds cry, gliding, swooping, diving
Murmuring the song of an archaic discer... Comment - Like
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Sep 12, 2011, 4:11 pm
"Good fortune will nod, if you carry upon you Joan the Wad"
Joan the Wad
Deep within the shadows
Cast by the light of the
Billowing harvest moon
A green wispy flame
Is dancing along the
Ancient silvery
Illuminated secret pathways
That border the
Mighty moody granite moor.
The green flame-like torch... Comment - Like
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Jul 10, 2011, 12:27 pm
Some Grove members spent the mid-summer period in Shropshire. The above picture was taken from Oswestry Hill Fort at dusk on midsummers eve. Below is a prayer, taken from our liturgy.
As the sun rides high
O'er the rolling hills
The spirits below make
Contact at this time of
Midsummer.
May the dream... Comment - Like
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Apr 30, 2011, 6:23 am
April has been one the sunniest and driest in living memory, here in Cornwall, and the summer vibe has been building early. Now the feast of Beltane is upon us with the myriad of celebrations taking place across the land, I decided to head out to Dozmary Pool to meet up with some friends, to celebra... Comment - Like
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Mar 18, 2011, 5:11 pm
For this year's Vernal Equinox, I planned a trip to the newly discovered, but yet unverified stone circle at Harpur's Downs, high up on the north western fringe of Bodmin Moor. Research has shown that the equinox sun should rise over Bron Wennyly, Cornwall's highest hill, when viewed from the centr... Comment - Like
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Mar 1, 2011, 4:41 am
Image: King of Wands from the Greenwood Tarot by Chesca Potter.
Buckator
Oh Great Divine Spirit of land and sea
Feel the hum of the earth and follow me
Through the deepest glen and darkest cave
The highest cliff and the biggest wave!
Androgynous One of the portal deep
Who visits me during restful s... Comment - Like
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Feb 5, 2011, 5:06 am
Imbolc New Moon 2011. Dark Musings and Renewed Dreams
Personal Imbolc thoughts from the sacred hearth of the Druid Grove of Bega
by Alex Langstone.
This particular new moon, appearing at the time of Imbolc or Candlemass; with the recurring themes of light from darkness, the warmth of the hearth an... Comment - Like
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Jan 4, 2011, 3:58 pm
You can now read this classic psychic questing text online. See below for clickable index.
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
A new book entitled Spirit Chaser is being planned, which will tell the complete extended story of this remarkable psychic q... Comment - Like
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Jan 4, 2011, 3:57 pm
Here is the final chapter of Bega and the Sacred Ring. As always, the text is authentic and original. Nothing has been changed except the photographs, which have been updated for your enjoyment. I welcome and actively encourage your comments.
23 July 1992. During the evening I attended the book lau... Comment - Like
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Dec 24, 2010, 6:20 pm
Tredethy (for Paul)
The beauty of each season
Crown the hills with inner light
Unpolluted skies allow a front seat view
Of the universe at night.
Arched o'er the river valley
From whence Holy Helena came
The half-moon beams through the mystic trees
Grey slate and granite glisten in the rain.
Whisper... Comment - Like
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Dec 19, 2010, 11:04 am
The solstice full moon eclipse and Montol have been and gone and as we head into the full-on feasting, celebration and general mayhem of the twelve days of Christmas I feel a meditational pause is needed.
Above: Solstice dawn eclipse by Paul Atlas-Saunders
Midwinter - a time of frantic shopping an... Comment - Like
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Dec 18, 2010, 9:29 am
This poem was written several years ago, and appears in the Lucifer Bridge poetry anthology. Click cover below for details. Comment - Like
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Dec 17, 2010, 10:46 am
Above: St Bega from a window in St Leonard's parish church, Cleator, Cumbria
December 17th is given as one of the main feast days of St Bega. In honour of our Druid Grove's patron saint I have written a feast day prayer. The prayer should preferably be recited at dusk or dawn.
Feast day prayer of St... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2010, 5:02 am
Samhain Prose
Crows crowing, flapping somewhere overhead. The wind cries the ghostly song of the departed. We stand alone in this dark, yet welcoming place. It is cold, and dusk is laying her blanket over the rolling landscape of sweeping, undulating hills. The naked twisted trees dance in th... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2010, 3:58 am
Above: The Shrine of the Ancestral Spirits of the Land.
Allantide has marked the completion of the northern shrine in our sacred garden restoration project. This area of the garden was completely overgrown, and the only quarter which had been obliterated of any clues as to what had been there origin... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2010, 8:08 am
Buckator, a poem written as an invocation to the Divine Androgynous Horned Deity of the West Country - known as Bucca in West Cornwall, Bucka in North-East Cornwall and Buckie in Devon. Buckator is a dramatic sea-cliff which lies north of Boscastle. A place of raw elemental power and ancient wisdom,... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2010, 11:17 am
Conjuration!
Conjure conjure
Tap tap tap
Star-light streaks across
A darkened sky!
Conjure conjure
Crack crack crack
Serpent energy rumbles beneath
The living earth!
Conjure conjure
Knock knock knock
Portal opens beneath the
Gateway zone!
Conjure conjure
Snap snap snap
Dragon's mouth cavern
Exudes a... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2010, 1:37 am
The spectacular and powerful Equinox
Harvest moon has been and gone.
Harvest continues and the White Corn month of
Gwyngalla heads towards its demise.
The Winter God is reborn from the quickening darkness
And the white stag emerges from the shadowy realm.
The earth turns, seasons quicken and the
... Comment - Like
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Sep 4, 2010, 12:34 pm
The Ghost Ship of Porthcurno
Along the lines of antiquated communication
Within a stones throw of the
Ancient Logan Rock
Traditional place of initiations of
The ancient folk of fey
Pristine golden sand, glows in the sunlight
Illuminating the cove,
Softly sharing the space with
The sparkling crystall... Comment - Like
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Aug 1, 2010, 8:15 am
Above: Blessing the crops at the beginning of Guldize
Harvest begins. Beans, courgettes and loads of fruit have been harvested from the garden and brought into the house this evening. It is Lammas (English), Lughnasadh (Irish/Scottish) and here in Kernow the beginning of Guldize, which continues i... Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2010, 6:49 am
The Blessing Moon
Full moon mysterious misty monday
On the cusp of the mighty moor
Energy beings are called up dancing,
Tides moving against the
Saturated saline shore.
Sirius starlight upon the inner realms
The Cosmic Inspirer seeps and creeps
Into my consciousness
Celestial music fills my inner ea... Comment - Like
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Jul 4, 2010, 9:47 am
Farewell Fenland!
Farewell dark brooding fenland
With your family tomb amid poplars green
Your octagonal lantern bright, shining through
The mystical black-fen night.
Farewell to my flat-land-zone
Where ghosts traverse
Through the misty peaty levels
Across vast canals and open reedy rivers. Comment - Like
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Jun 22, 2010, 11:31 am
Above: Bassenthwaite Lake
Above: St Bega's church, Bassenthwaite
Chapter 6, the penultimate chapter of Bega and the Sacred Ring. All text is original, onlythe photographs have been updated to enhance your enjoyment. Look out for the final chapter due to be posted in a couple of days....
11 July ... Comment - Like
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May 16, 2010, 6:42 am
Photo: Inside Merlin's Cave by Jo Withers
Tintagel Haven
The acrid saline sploosh of incoming waves
Sweep over the inky slate darkened bulwark
Of the misty headland.
Frothy white moorland water
Cascades into this rounded cove
Running across dark-grey sand and black sea-pebbles
Concocting
Hydro-alche... Comment - Like
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Apr 20, 2010, 4:05 pm
Buckator
Oh Great Divine Spirit of land and sea
Feel the hum of the earth and follow me
Through the deepest glen and darkest cave
The highest cliff and the biggest wave!
Androgynous One of the portal deep
Who visits me during restful sleep
Whirling swirling energy dances spiralling round
From the t... Comment - Like
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Mar 21, 2010, 5:31 pm
Above: Saffron Walden parish church
This is the second episode of Dave Hunt's research into the legends surrounding Thomas Hickathrift. It appeared in ASH number 2 winter 1988 and is reproduced here with brand new images to help enhance and expand the article. Dave, a Cornishman by birth, looks at ... Comment - Like
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Mar 21, 2010, 4:01 pm
Above: The "tinners rabbits" an ancient springtime fertility symbol
depicting three Hares often found in West Country churches.
Spring Equinox Poetic Meditation
As the light finally
Catches its twin faced dark
A brief truce is called
As the balance of opposites
Merge and entwine.
As new life emerge... Comment - Like
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Mar 20, 2010, 2:28 pm
The inauguration of our new shrine (below) took place at 17.30 GMT at the octave of the Vernal Equinox 2010. The new shrine is built of locally collected Cornish slate, granite and quartz, with locally sourced shells and pebbles and a few crystals and fossils from our collection.
The shrine is built... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 4:23 pm
Foundation Union Triad
The Fellowship of Isis has been changing and expanding over the last few years.
To keep pace with the global changes the Right Rev. Olivia Robertson, co-founder, has recently issued the following statement on the future of the global family of the Priesthood, the Druid Clan... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 1:41 pm
The Mermaid of Doom Bar
The rocks of Rock cry
Impregnated with the wayward souls
Of seafarers broken at the last.
The Mermaid of Doom
Sings her salty song of death
As she reclines by the Padstow shore.
She sits on her briney throne
Upon Doom Bar's rocky drift
By the curse of her own demise.
Aft... Comment - Like
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Feb 26, 2010, 5:03 pm
Through the Void of Imagined Dreams
Within the darkest peaceful night
Amidst the void of imagined dreams
Many and varied ghosts, dormant within
Twilight vague half memories and
Distant recollection
Abdicating, liberating reminders
Both loved and cherished
Awkward and anguised
Meaningful and at times... Comment - Like
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Feb 20, 2010, 3:21 pm
To mark today's feast of Atargatis, 21st February 2010, we are pleased to present an article that was originally published in The Lighthouse number 2, Autumnal Equinox 1993 issue. The Feast of Atargatis, a strange but true surreal visionary adventure of psychic communications across time and space, ... Comment - Like
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