Cylch Blodeuwedd

an article about Earthwalking, by Gillian Monks, first written for the Network News and also Druidic Dawn

Encountering the Story behind the stories … this article I first wrote for the Druidic Dawn newsletter … is all about the relevance of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi to our modern lives, and to our lives as spiritual beings having a human experience!

Viewing the Ritual Circle through the Eyes of Oral Culture. This article is all about WHY we have a ritual circle and the natural, spiritual and psychological reasons behind it. Although this article starts out rather abstractly, PLEASE bear with it until the end because the beginning is the foundation upon which the meaty realizations must be first placed.

written from Bloduwedd’s perspective … a poem about her “fashioning-day” as I call it, which traditionally was on Midsummer.

written when I first moved to Wales after visiting Dinas Dinlle.

A simple heather mead, for sacred and ritual use.

A delicious, nutritious beanpot which is melt-in-the-mouth and perfect any time of the year … but particularly good in cold winter months for some reason! Vegetarian, and can be easily adapted for vegans.

Equipment: All you need is a fermentation bin (available from shops selling home brew stuff), a sieve, a grater and a lemon squeezer. Clean glass bottles – corks are fine but screw tops are better, a length of syphon pipe. Ingredients: May blossom, sugar, lemons and oranges, wine yeast (for amounts see below!). Collecting the […]

a poem written from Blodeuwedd’s perspective addressed to her Welsh “kinsmen” … the first poem I ever wrote in Wales.

Meditation to be done alone or in a group, you can use this meditation to take you exactly where you need to go most–by following the mythical and deeply symbolic elements of the ancient Northern Winter Solstice.