By Damh the Bard|2019-07-23T12:05:48+01:00July 23rd, 2019|Categories: Just for Fun, Soundtrack of my Life|Tags: Disturbed, dougie maclean, folk music, metal, Metallica, Nirvana, Rock music, Show of Hands, Soundtrack of my life|3 Comments
I started this little series of blog articles last year and I've just realised that I missed one... Here are the links to the first three: The Early Years The Early Years (but a bit later) Teenage Kicks I put a post out on my Facebook page
By Damh the Bard|2019-07-19T12:51:38+01:00July 19th, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: British Pilgrimage Trust, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, OBOD, pagan, paganism, pilgrimage, religion, spirituality|0 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 148 Wolf Totem - The HU - https://www.thehuofficial.com Norupo - Heilung - https://www.facebook.com/amplifiedhistory/ Guy Hayward from the British Pilgrimage Trust - https://britishpilgrimage.org Email for Scottish Folklore Tales - albionadventures@outlook.com Davey Dodds - Lucia - https://www.facebook.com/people/Davey-Dodds/100013901624600 The Perfect Storm - Leslie Hudson - https://lesliehudson.com Leslie’s
By Damh the Bard|2019-07-16T12:42:35+01:00July 16th, 2019|Categories: paganism, The Pagan Grail|Tags: druid, druidism, druidry, magic, OBOD, pagan, paganism, religion, spirituality, Triumph of the Moon, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|12 Comments
After taking a good long look at the why we follow this path, what we do to express our path, and the importance of the Mystic and the Magician, maybe it's a good time to think about authenticity and validity. There was a time not so long
By Damh the Bard|2019-07-01T12:31:29+01:00July 1st, 2019|Categories: The Pagan Grail|Tags: celtic lore, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, Grail, Mabinogion, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, Y Mabinogi|8 Comments
The term myth can sometimes be seen as a derogatory word. If something is labelled a 'myth', in this broken, reductionist world we find ourselves, it is seen as untrue, maybe as a quaint story, sometimes as a way of taking the power away from beliefs that
By Damh the Bard|2019-06-24T09:32:28+01:00June 20th, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, OBOD, pagan, paganism|0 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 147 Bones - Nigel Shaw - https://www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk Talk given by Carolyn Hillier at the Pagan Pheonix South West conference (https://paganphoenixsw.com) - The Book of Hag - Travels towards Ancientness - https://www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk Tread Gently on the Earth - Carolyn Hillier - https://www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk DruidCast theme
By Damh the Bard|2019-05-30T10:59:51+01:00May 30th, 2019|Categories: paganism, The Pagan Grail|Tags: druid, druidism, druidry, Grail, magic, Mystic, mysticism, pagan, paganism, religion, spirituality, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|14 Comments
Last weekend at Witchfest Midlands I gave a talk titled The Pagan Grail that focussed a little on the Grail from the Taliesin poem The Spoils of Annwn, but the main intent was to ask the question, what is the modern Pagan Grail? I got some very
By Damh the Bard|2019-05-20T11:33:38+01:00May 20th, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|0 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 146 The Dreaming - Damh the Bard - https://www.paganmusic.co.uk Interview with Awnangee (really not sure if the spelling is even close!) Angel - Deborah Cher - https://deborahcher.bandcamp.com Artorius Rex - Malkin Tower - https://www.malkintower.co.uk Arthurian story with Professor Roland Rotherham - https://www.rolandrotherham.co.uk Belthain
By Damh the Bard|2019-05-13T10:14:26+01:00May 13th, 2019|Categories: music, News|Tags: awen, damh, druid, druidism, druidry, Mabinogion, music, pagan, paganism, song, song writing, songwriting, spirituality, writer, Y Mabinogi|9 Comments
The snow-capped mountains reach towards the blue sky, and as they do so the white begins to fall away. Rivers of melted snow rush downward and soon join as one with the river below. Soon the river is flowing so fast it's uncontrollable. It has a life
By Damh the Bard|2019-05-01T05:03:58+01:00May 1st, 2019|Categories: Tales from the Road|Tags: ancestors, australia, beltane, druid, druidism, druidry, pagan, paganism, religion, samhain, spirituality, Tales from the Road, wheel of the year, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|7 Comments
As I glance along the feeds of my social media accounts I see friends celebrating Beltane. I can imagine the hedgerows at home beginning to be heavy with Hawthorn flowers, the birdsong will be a symphony of voices, the skylarks will be singing their song seemingly never
By Damh the Bard|2019-04-23T02:17:20+01:00April 23rd, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: celtic lore, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, roman Britain|0 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 145 The Last Wolf - Cernunnos Rising - http://cernunnosrising.com The Talky Bit - The Silent Gods - Professor Miranda Aldhouse-Green - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Aldhouse-Green Same Old Story - James J Turner - https://www.jamesjturner.com DruidCast theme - Hills they are Hollow - Damh the Bard -
