Blog Posts

Approaching Samhain, Winter, and the North 2025
2025-09-13 11:27 It’s been nearly a year since I wrote my last blog, but that’s because it’s been a year of huge change and upheaval as we prepared to relocate from Somerset back to North Yorkshire, the place of my childhood.
Mistletoe - Winter 2024
2024-12-15 16:27 Mistletoe is a plant that is subject to a lot of new age mythologising – most of it a modern fabrication. I know I won’t win any popularity contests by pointing this out, but I believe it needs to be said. It’s important (to me, at least), to weed ou...
Summer 2024
2024-07-14 16:24 I wanted to write something about the responsibilities and challenges for those of us drawn to living an animist life in the modern world, and it has turned out to be quite a long blog.
The Surprising, and Extraordinary Healing Power of the Peat Bog
2024-02-19 17:02 Peat bogs have long held a significant place in British consciousness, intertwining with the cultural, historical, and spiritual fabric of the region. These unique wetland ecosystems, found extensively across Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales, ha...
Imbolc 2024
2024-01-23 16:04 As I watch the wind pelting the rain against my window, Spring seems like a million miles away, and yet, despite the raging storm, there is a shift in the temperature and the energy of the world outside that is quite palpable. Here in the UK, pagans ...
Winter Solstice 2023
2023-12-20 14:10 The winter solstice, falling around December 21st each year, marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern hemisphere. The etymology of ‘solstice’ comes from Latin sources and breaks down as: sol = sun and sistere = to stand st...