Tag: spirituality
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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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Nature’s Elements: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Following on from my last post one reader raised a point that gave me the idea to explore the elements in a more detailed way. I wrote of sensuality in my life and how I use the sensual nature of my body to reinforce my connection with myself and the web of life. EARTH The…
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Sensuality
Unlike the other three elements air is the one we cannot see but it is the most intimate and essential of the four. If my brain is deprived of oxygen for two minutes it begins to die. Each breath that I take is a gift from the air, it penetrates deep into my body and…
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Do you see me?
It’s just near the winter solstice and the earth is cold, it’s been an incredibly wet autumn and early winter and even though the land slopes towards the river there is a slick of water running through the grass. My bare heel touches the soil and due to the muddy nature of everything it sinks…
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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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Love
Half a lifetime ago I was on a 15 day Buddhist retreat and during that retreat I had a deep personal insight into my own being. Without going into the detail I realised that at my core and the core of every other being is what I can only describe as a seed or kernel…
Muddy Feet 