I wanted to give a link here in the old Owl to the lovely recording assembled and put up online by my friend and colleague Astrocelt in Wales. The lecture was written for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids as a contribution to Druid scholarship under the auspices of the annual Mt. Haemus [...]
Archive for August, 2008
“Entering Faerie” — My Mt. Haemus Lecture Audio
Posted in Druidry, Otherworlds, Tolkien's Mythos, myth, philosophy, psyche, wandmaking on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts at Lughnasa: Our First Fruits
Posted in Druid festivals, freedom, myth, philosophy, psyche on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last Saturday I had a lovely celebration of Lughnasa with my druid grove. One of my masonic brethren also visited the grove and though we were missing quite a few members of the grove, it was a lovely time. I missed the druids who were not there, but the friends who came and shared the [...]
The Lesson of the Stone
Posted in Druidry, magic, philosophy, psyche on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In my Midsummer adventure in the forests of Frontenac forest, one of the lessons I was taught was given by and upon a stone. I rested as I wondered lost in the woods, following the deer paths and my guides. Amid the tangled underbrush a large flat boulder appeared and I sat upon it willingly [...]
Magic and Will
Posted in Tolkien's Mythos, magic, myth, philosophy, poetry, psyche on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Aleister Crowley, one of our greatest 20th century mages, defined “magick” (as he liked to spell it) as “the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will.” This definition is often quoted and I like it as far as it goes. However, as a grammatical utterance it does not overtly exclude [...]