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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...


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...


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...


Symbolism and the Alchemy of the Archetypes
It may not look like it, but on my hands I carry the remains of two guns. The blood red color is a blend of iron oxides derived from...
