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.

OAK BEFORE ASH: PHENOLOGY
by Grove Member, Holger Burkhart
“Oak before ash … in for a splash – ash before oak, in for a soak!” Who has not heard this old proverb? But, in our everyday lives, how many of us do really take notice of, let alone record the times of the appearance of flowers, leaves, [...]

The Window of Law:
Exploring Celtic Philosophy and Beliefs Through Their Law
by J. MacCormack
to the Bangor Theosophical Lodge
June 2007
Introduction: Classical and Celtic Differences
1) From where does most of modern legislature take its inspiration? What kind of philosophy does that reflect? What kind of worldview does it encourage and propagate?
It is easy to see that [...]

THE
WISDOM OF TREES:
Spiritual Folklore,
Medicine, and Scientific Fact

A
talk by Gillian Monks
to several Lodges of the Theosophical SocietySpring 2007

History of Trees

Humanity and Trees

Ancient Greece

The Romans

The Celts

Anglo-Saxon and [...]