Category: Water
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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 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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Too much information?
Today 13th January 2023 I was mentioned in an article published in the Guardian Newspaper. It came about because they were looking for men to comment on the rise in Male Grooming and Self Care. So I wrote a few words on how I live my life and my final comments were “It was a…
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Covenant
This is an interesting word that means a promise between parties, it can be a formal contract or an agreement but if we are not careful it can simply end up as an acknowledgment of a material connection. For me it means so much more. I got married to Lynn twelve years ago and the…
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The Time of No Time
I sit typing this two days before the winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere which we refer to as Alban Arthan. It is also the time that Druids refer to as “The Time of No Time” when the tipping of the earth stops and it appears that for three days the sun stays still in…
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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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Thoughts on death, the veil thins
I’m a Druid, a member of the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, OBOD, a nature based spiritual fellowship. What this means for me is that I have come to see myself as part of the greater whole of nature, I am part of that wonderful matrix. As we approach the end of October I…
Muddy Feet 