By Damh the Bard|2019-03-20T13:28:15+00:00March 20th, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: damh, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, Fairy tales, Joanna Gilar, OBOD, pagan, paganism|1 Comment
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 144 Diamond Fire - Burnt Paw - https://burntpaw.bandcamp.com Talky Bit - From AnderidaFest 2019 - Joanna Gilar - http://www.fabularosa.co.uk Run - Skald - http://skaldvikings.com Silver Antlers - Burnt Paw - https://burntpaw.bandcamp.com DruidCast theme - Hills they are Hollow - Damh the Bard -
By Damh the Bard|2019-03-11T12:05:21+00:00March 11th, 2019|Categories: religion, spirituality|Tags: Dark Moon, druid, druidism, druidry, Hecate, Hekate, magic, myth, mythology, OBOD, pagan, paganism, religion, spirituality, witch|6 Comments
During the recent Dark Moon phase me and Cerri sat down for a Journey with the Dark Moon. It's part of the work we are doing with our Druid Grove at the moment. We opened our inner Journey in our usual way and then went out, individually
By Damh the Bard|2019-03-04T11:36:47+00:00March 4th, 2019|Categories: music, Thinking About|Tags: Apple HomePod, Audio quality, Endeavour, Morse, music, Music centre, Sonos|20 Comments
I love the TV program Endeavour. For those who have no idea what I'm talking about Endeavour is the prequel series for the popular TV show from the late 80s/Early 90s Inspector Morse. If you don't know who Inspector Morse is, don't worry, it's not important to
By Damh the Bard|2019-02-26T10:10:47+00:00February 26th, 2019|Categories: Thinking About|Tags: celtic lore, Cornwall, damh, druid, druidism, druidry, magic, Names, OBOD, pagan, paganism, philip carr-gomm, religion, spirituality, wicca, wiccan|13 Comments
If you head to the far south west of the country you will eventually arrive in Cornwall. Travel further onwards and you will come to a left hand turning between Truro and Falmouth that leads to the small village of Devoran. Just opposite the school is a
By Damh the Bard|2019-02-18T14:32:28+00:00February 18th, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: Adrian Rooke, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, Gail Nyoka, Healthy Villages Inc, Morris, Mythago, OBOD, pagan, paganism, Recovery|0 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 143 King of the Faeries - Mythago - https://mythagomorris.wordpress.com Talky Bit 1 - Tea with a Druid - Adrian Rooke - http://rooketherapy.co.uk Amazing - Glenn Conroy and all at SHOBODA 2019 - https://www.groveofthesummerstars.nz Talky Bit 2 - Gail Nyoka talking about the Voices
By Damh the Bard|2019-02-04T12:38:23+00:00February 4th, 2019|Categories: druidry, Personal Memories, spirituality|Tags: Burgess Hill, Childhood Memories, druidism, druidry, Haywards Heath, pagan, paganism, spirituality, War-games|19 Comments
When was that first moment when you realised your view of the world was somehow different to the perceived norm? Have you had that experience? I've been asking myself this question and, of course, I find many instances in early life that express that, somehow, the Path
By Damh the Bard|2019-01-22T15:53:11+00:00January 22nd, 2019|Categories: Folk Traditions, Seasons, spirituality|Tags: folk, Folk Traditions, Hunter's Moon, Middle Farm, myth, Mythago, mythology, pagan, Pentacle Drummers, Steyning, Wassail|7 Comments
Here's to thee, old apple tree, May you bud, May you bow! Stand fast root, bear well top, Pray God send us a good howling crop. Every twig, apples big, Every bough, apples now. Hats full, caps full, full quarter sacks full, Holla boys holla, and blow
By Damh the Bard|2019-01-21T09:36:36+00:00January 21st, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: Doreen Valiente, Doreen Valiente Foundation, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, gerald gardner, Nuinn, pagan, paganism, philip carr-gomm, ross nichols, Vera Chapman, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|0 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 142 Wytches and Cunningfolk - The Dolmen - https://www.thedolmen.com Imbolc - Maxine Cilia - https://www.sprigganmist.co.uk Character and Contribution - A Talk on Ross Nichols and Gerald Gardner given by Philip Carr-Gomm - https://www.philipcarr-gomm.com Black is the Colour - The Dolmen - https://www.thedolmen.com Ovate
By Damh the Bard|2019-01-17T17:40:13+00:00January 16th, 2019|Categories: druidry, magic|Tags: druid, druidism, druidry, magic, pagan, paganism, spirituality, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|8 Comments
A few days ago I was witness to a post going viral on the internet. I shared an article that Cerri wrote on her blog about Magic and Tolkien that was titled 'Finally I understand why Tolkien’s Elves make me cry'. I simply shared it on my
By Damh the Bard|2019-01-08T13:51:27+00:00January 8th, 2019|Categories: paganism, Seasons|Tags: celtic lore, damh, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, imbolc, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, spirituality, wicca, wiccan, Winter Solstice|11 Comments
I confess that I have always found January to be the hardest month of the year. Named after the God Janus there is a real sense of things not quite beginning yet, with the God's faces seeing both back to the old year, and forward into the
