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A selection of articles, poetry, prose, videos, and tutorials that journey the natural cycles, seasons, elements, and archetypes in Irish tradition, and the Celtic Wheel of the Year.

Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Mistletoe', by Walter De La Mare

Sitting under the mistletoe (Pale-green, fairy mistletoe), One last candle burning low, All the sleepy dancers gone, Just one candle...

Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Hoar Frost', by Moira Cameron

In icy cover of the dark- too cold, the Arctic air can’t muster up the will or care to gust- strange magic thrives in stillness stark:...

Keening Traditions and the Irish Wake

When looking at the lifecycle in terms of folklore it cannot escape ones notice that many aspects of the life cycle have clearly defined...

The Hazel Tree in Irish Magic, Witchcraft and Folklore

The hazel tree was held in high and mystical regard by the ancient Irish people. In Irish mythology the hazel tree was said to bestow...

Reincarnation, the ‘Interlife’, Universal Consciousness & the Holographic Soul

Modern studies repeatedly suggest that a significant proportion of people in the Western world now believe in reincarnation. Although...

Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'A Dream Within A Dream', by Edgar Allan Poe

"Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a...

The Amadán - The Most Dangerous Fairy of All?

The Amadán is a denizen of fairy said to be most active during the month of June and a fairy being sometimes linked to the solstice...

Amoral Tricksters that Enhance World Mythology and Entertain Cultures

Mythologies around the world speak of beings which cannot be defined as good or evil. German folklore mentions a household elemental...

Walking Ceremonies, Processional Paths, and The Hidden History of Witchwalking

The history of Witchwalking is as old as movement itself. Like many other examples of occult knowledge, it is a legacy that often...

Moon-Bathing Folklore

As well as a full moon, tonight and tomorrow morning will bring a lunar eclipse. I won’t go into the science of this as there are already...

The Rise of New Fairy Religions

Recently, there has been an explosion in the growth of new fairy religions, as well as the popularity of fairy worship within mixed...

Sage Advice on how to see the Fae Folk

"The condition favourable to the belief that Fairies are being seen would seem to be that the right type of person should be in an...

Can Fairies Lie According to Irish Lore?

I was interested in a question that Morgan Daimler author posed regarding fairies in Irish lore and whether they are compelled to always...

Dark Bealtaine Folklore and The Fairy Queen

Depending on where you live on this beautiful planet, astronomical Bealtaine will take place on either May 5th or 6th this year. The dark...

Bealtaine, Fairies, and the Pleiades

In a previous post I wrote about the connection between our concepts of the similar patterns which appear throughout the universe,...

Is time your friend or master?

'We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.' - H.G. Wells....

Fairies and the Changing Seasons

I had a question put to me recently which I found interesting. Do fairies come and go with the seasons, and might one type of fairy be...

The Elf Stone

"The 'Elf-stone' (aka Elf-shot) is described as sharp, and with many corners and points, so that whichever way it falls it inflicts a...

Bluebell Folklore

The bluebell thrives at the start of the warmer weather but will die off from mid-June, when the trees have their full compliment of...

Filaments of Connection - from the Macrocosm to Microcosm, and back

When it comes to mythology and ancient indigenous wisdom it is generally accepted that the stars, constellations, and the cosmos itself...

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