Westacre is the place where I live. It is much more than a house in the process of being renovated. It is much more than a garden. Westacre is a living piece of land where I am learning the art of co-creation with the Spirits of Place. It has taken long enough, but finally I Read More …
The word ‘energy’ turns up in conversations and blog posts among Druids, polytheists, alternative therapists, shamanic and magical practitioners of every kind. It is everyday currency among people who are interested in Earth Spirituality and alternative healing. And everybody seems to know what they mean by it. Whenever I come across it, it slightly Read More …
A few days ago, a handful of men detonated bombs in the capital city of my country of birth. For a combination of complicated reasons, they had become so disconnected from their own humanity, and from the humanity of others, that they thought this would be a good thing to do. A holy thing to Read More …
It feels like I’ve come home. My daily practice of resting at the centre of my circle, at the centre of all that makes up me, is very nurturing. And it makes me feel, finally, solidly present and confident in myself. And that is, believe me, an wonderful thing. The obvious next question is: how Read More …
When I’m in the smallest room of a house, perched on a ladder and prying off some loose plaster, I have to remind myself why I’m doing all this. It takes a bit of a leap of the imagination, but in the grand scheme of things, I am working for the flourishing of all beings. Read More …
Something major has shifted. Suddenly, the thick defences I built long ago have changed fundamentally. I now no longer see them as walls, but as a living, breathing, flowering and flourishing hedge. It feels like coming alive. For ages I have dreamed of a life of connection with the spirits who share my life. And Read More …
In my attempt to wake up and become more aware of my life as it happens, of the sacred Here and Now, I have come up against an old limitation. My guiding spirits showed it to me as a castle with thick defensive walls, its portcullis closed and too heavy for me to raise on Read More …
I really don’t know how to do it. How to pay attention to life as it happens. How to find the sacred in the everyday and acknowledge it in the moment. I try and then I forget to try. Because I am seriously clueless, I consulted my tarot cards. I asked how I can train Read More …
Questing for signs of the sacred in the everyday, I find myself in the present moment. Beyond techniques of the sacred, like meditation and shamanic journeys, the here and now is the only portal to the awareness of Spirit that I have found. So the sacred here and now is where I need to take Read More …
For so long, I have been dreaming about a particular way of living. I have courted it and longed for it and prepared myself for it. And now finally I realise that I could die of old age doing that. What I really need is to focus my efforts and create that life. I am Read More …