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The weird and wonderful world of English Folk Customs
From its abundance of traditional songs, tunes and dances, to its strange but locally revered calendar customs, English communities have...


What is Ecological Storytelling?
“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town,” is a saying often attributed to the...


The Etymology of the saying 'Knock on Wood'
Did you know that the tradition of knocking on wood actually comes from the belief that every tree is inhabited by a spirit known as...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'The Frost', by Hannah Flagg Gould
The Frost looked forth, one still, clear night, And he said, 'Now I shall be out of sight; So through the valley and over the height In...


Welsh Folklore: 'Tale of a Welsh Shepherd'
"There was a shepherd near Cwm Llan, who heard some strange noise in a crevice of a rock, and turning to see what it was, found there a...


Blúiríní Béaloidis 33 - Death
In life, there is much which seems uncertain to us. Concerning death however, there can be no doubt. It was an honour to speak with...


The Tree of Life
The original symbolism of the Tree of Life involved a mythical sense of a world axis, the “axis mundi” around which creation was created,...


Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Winter Crone', by Audrey Haney
Her clothes are dusk, folding shadows She walks barefoot across the land Her hair is Grey with streaks of white that fall as snow as soft...


The Scottish man who has dedicated his life to Trees
In 1986 Alan Watson Featherstone founded the award-winning conservation charity, Trees for Life, which works to restore the Caledonian...


All is a Miracle
"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in...


Words to live by
I have no parents: I make the heavens and the earth my parents. I have no home: I make awareness my home. I have no life or death: I make...


On the Gift of Wholeness
This time of the year can be difficult for many, opening a portal into feelings and memories of deep loneliness, shame, sadness, and...


On the Bedrock of BEing
It’s compassionate and also merciful to step back and acknowledge how much we’ve been through with this pandemic. Just to be alive as a...


On Shadowlands
We all have aspects or ourselves that we’ll do just about anything to avoid ~ our deep fear of intimacy, unacknowledged narcissism,...


On Integration
Just because we 'have' an experience does not mean it is 'integrated' and metabolized. Just as the belly can experience leaky gut,...


On Earthing
The next time you notice you’ve turned against yourself, tangled in a looping storyline about how you’ve failed, how you’re not enough,...


The Elder Archetype and the Earth Element
'Remember, the ugly, old woman/witch is the invention of dominant cultures. The beauty of crones is legendary: old women are...


A Glimpse Into the Lives of Ireland's Most Notorious Witches
Alice Kyteler First up is Dame Alice Kyteler, who owned the Kyteler Inn, in Kilkenny, where she would lure local businessmen with her...
