Earth Magic
After the Gods
From early childhood. I knew that something was terribly wrong in our world. It took me decades to figure out that most people weren’t aware of it and even longer to find out what it was. Then came the years…
Fang and Pheasant
The door to the magical kingdom has appeared and every man holds the key. All he needs to do is bring his skills, ideas and experience, all his love and attention to pleasing his Queen, in whatever manner the moment…
The Twinflower Tuning
The Twinflower Tuning is a way of bringing yourself into the flow of Nature and the worlds beyond the matrix. It’s an ‘open’ tuning and helpful if you feel stuck, overwhelmed and alone. We go through this isolation so that…
The Seahorses of Amnesia
According to the official record, Julius Caeser Arantius named the hippocampus in the brain in 1587. He is said to have coined the term from the Greek word for seahorse, hippos, meaning horse and kampos, meaning sea hippocampus monster, because…
The Arc of the Phoenix
And the Current-see of Re-creation The Arc of the Phoenix is a grand narrative, covering all our mythology, religions and history, from the beginning of the iron age. The myth-makers of that era were the eponymous Phoenicians, who carry on…
Bound to the Land
The Land chooses her own and sends her emissaries to find them and bring them home. I didn’t intend to bind myself to the Land when we moved here. It happened in stages, with clear milestones that I couldn’t see…
The Sacred Predator-Prey Bond
The predator-prey bond is the last remnant of Nature’s inner guidance system, that enables us to resource ourselves in multiple ways, whilst remaining in harmony with the Earth and all other life forms. It operates behind the veil of our…
Merlin Heart-fire
Merlin stands shining bright in his cave, silently looking out through your eyes. The heart-fire swirls out of his stillness, invisible tongues flicking out, far and fast, transforming all they touch. Merlin, the figure of a bearded and wise older…
Stone Spirits
I give you stones! The photo at the top of this post is of an ancient chestnut tree at the area known as Las Médulas, the former gold mine of the Roman Empire. We visited the site last month and…
Black Jaguar and the Green Knight
I sat down to write this post and the shadow of the resurrection fell across my mirror. Resurrection, or reincarnation? Rebirth, even? The Lady of the Lake has declared herself and Black Jaguar visited on the night of the 18th…
