Category: Fire
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Embracing the Element of Air: A Druid’s Perspective
In my previous post I examined my relationship with the element of Earth and how I use the sensual nature of my body to engage fully with the Web of Life. In this short essay I will offer my thoughts on the nature of AIR This is the most elusive of the four elements. We…
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Ancestors
When people know that I am a Druid what comes to mind is an old man with white hair and a beard in robes with a cloak and a staff. I do visually fit that archetype But also they tend to equate Druids with stone circles. This picture by Stephen Barnes was based on me…
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The Web of Life
I have a little off grid hut at the top of my property, it’s perched high above the burn that forms my eastern boundary and I regularly spend time there with an overnight stay once every week or so. It’s like a mini retreat that I give myself. I just sit quietly, open to whatever…
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The five string harp
If you are regular reader of this blog you. will know it has been my morning ritual for the last seven years to bathe in the wild highland burn that runs down from the hills and forms part of my property. At about 7am, throughout the year, I step naked and barefooted onto the grass,…
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Embracing Nature Through Nakedness
Thoughts and photos! Any of you that read my blog on a regular basis will know that I regularly spend time completely naked and barefoot out in nature. I live in a remote area surrounds by tens of square miles of open access land that is completely unpopulated which allows me this wonderful opportunity. So…
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Sacred..
I am a Druid and one aspect of Druidry that I like is the fact there is no dogma, it is a personal path. We joke that if you asked one hundred Druids what Druidry is for them? You are likely to get at least one hundred and ten different answers. But there are something…
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Into the darkness
This morning when I stepped out of the house for my morning dook, Scottish for a quick dip in the burn, this is at 6.45am and it was pitch dark and raining steadily. I was wearing what a dutch acquaintance calls Adam’s suit. Now, to the usual mind set, that act would be seen as…
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From Light to Dark
As I write this we are one day past the autumn equinox when the time between sunset and sunrise is longer than between sunrise and sunset and we enter the dark of the winter season. As Druids we celebrate the changing seasons by honouring the wheel of the year. As an explanation it’s convenient to…
Muddy Feet 