By Damh the Bard|2018-10-19T11:46:31+00:00October 19th, 2018|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: Bones, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, Gemma Gary, magic, pagan, paganism, Troy Books, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|2 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 139 Forests - Willowolf - https://willowolf.bandcamp.com/releases Hallowe’en Song - Richard Tucker Talky Bit - The Use of Bones in Magic and Witchcraft - Gemma Gary - http://www.gemmagary.co.uk Troy books - http://www.troybooks.co.uk Children of the Sun - Willowolf - https://willowolf.bandcamp.com/releases Prologue (from Y Mabinogi
By Damh the Bard|2018-10-09T13:28:06+00:00October 9th, 2018|Categories: druidry, magic|Tags: Aleister Crowley, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, Forteana, ghosts, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, long man of wilmington, magic, magician, mythology, OBOD, pagan, paganism, supernatural, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, Wizard|10 Comments
I've always had a private love affair. We fell in love when I was at secondary school. I hunted her out in the library where she used to hang out. It was pretty exciting. To that very young Damh the things she showed me placed my feet
By Damh the Bard|2018-10-05T11:33:50+00:00October 5th, 2018|Categories: Thinking About|Tags: Autumn, beltane, druidism, druidry, Fire Festivals, imbolc, lughnasadh, pagan, paganism, religion, samhain, seasons, spirituality, Spring, Summer, wiccan, winter|30 Comments
I thought I'd open a can of worms today. Throw a hot potato in. You know, stir it up a bit. I don't normally go there but I think, in truth, there is no one correct answer to this so it really doesn't matter in the end
By Damh the Bard|2018-10-02T12:39:30+00:00October 2nd, 2018|Categories: druidry, paganism|Tags: ancestors, australia, Bones, celtic lore, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, folk, Gemma Gary, Grayson Perry, magic, pagan, paganism, religion, Ritual, samhain, spirituality, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|8 Comments
Samhain I still find it amazing how quickly after the Autumn Equinox the season takes hold. Maybe it's the angle of the Sun to the Earth but the shade of light blends with a touch of gold, whereas the Summer sunshine, to my eyes at least, sparkles
By Damh the Bard|2018-09-25T11:20:05+00:00September 25th, 2018|Categories: druidry, paganism, Thinking About|Tags: druid, druidism, druidry, how to, life, magic, Meditation, OBOD, pagan, paganism, spirituality|9 Comments
When I put out the question to readers of the blog what would be the topics you would like me to write about it became obvious that this one was extremely popular. How you fit Druidic practices into daily life. This is a very important question and
By Damh the Bard|2018-09-24T12:41:02+00:00September 24th, 2018|Categories: Fortean, paganism, Story|Tags: DruidCast, Fortean, Ghost Stories, OBOD, The Otherworld|3 Comments
In a recent blog post I asked if any of you had gone through any 'peak' or strange, unexplainable experiences as you have walked your spiritual path. I said at the time I didn't know quite what I would do with any of the responses but if
By Damh the Bard|2018-09-21T10:41:57+00:00September 21st, 2018|Categories: Mabinogion, mythology, Reviews, Y Mabinogi|Tags: Bardism, Hugh Lupton, Mabinogion, Mari Lwyd, myth, mythology, storytelling, The Assembly of the Severed Head, Y Mabinogi|5 Comments
Ok. I'm a Mabinogion groupie. Pretty much any book that has been written about The Four Branches is either sitting on my shelf, or is on a wish list. The journey I'm currently going through, recording the Four Branches in story and song has only made my
By Damh the Bard|2018-09-20T11:57:22+00:00September 20th, 2018|Categories: A Little Fun, Fun, Just for Fun|Tags: heavy metal, Judas Priest, music, Pink Floyd, Prog Rock, Punk, Ramones, The 70s, the 80s, UFO, Yes|11 Comments
So continuing this little series I now move into my teenage years. Man the late 70s/early 80s were such an exciting time to grow up when it came to music. I saw the excesses of Prog give way to the energy of Punk, then that morphed into
By Damh the Bard|2018-09-20T09:22:52+00:00September 20th, 2018|Categories: DruidCast, paganism|Tags: Ashley Mortimer, Doreen Valiente, Doreen Valiente Foundation, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, gerald gardner, pagan, paganism, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|0 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 138 Granite - Melanie Bresnan - http://melaniebresnan.com Hey Brother - James J Turner - https://www.jamesjturner.com Ashley Mortimer speaking on The Early Days of Wicca from Pagancon Preston - http://www.doreenvaliente.com April - Melanie Bresnan - http://melaniebresnan.com The Knarrs - Steve Thomason - https://soundcloud.com/sthomason-1/the-knarrs DruidCast
By Damh the Bard|2018-09-10T13:00:06+00:00September 10th, 2018|Categories: A Little Fun, Just for Fun, music|Tags: ELO, Rock music, Slade, Status Quo, Sweet, Thin Lizzy, Trex|4 Comments
This is the second part of a short series of articles, the first can be found here. There comes a point when, although the music loved by our parents still influences us, we begin to notice our own tastes. This happened to me when I first began
