Originally posted on The Druid's Garden:
I love celebrating the druid wheel of the year. Its just an amazing experience to dedicate eight days to magic, ritual, being outdoors, studying, reading, meditation, gardening, and…
Category: Wandering/ Wondering
What did a visit to Japan’s suicide forest teach me about forest therapy?
Unbalanced society Once upon a time, Japanese society was more a forest civilisation than nowadays. People used the wood to build castles, temples and houses, or made bowls, cutlery and furniture. Today, most Japanese no […]
Birch cake and the colonization of Hokkaido’s nature and Ainu
Last month, my Norwegian friend and I explored Hokkaido, the northernmost bigger island of Japan, for almost ten days. I waited almost two years to visit this place, as I always imagined this friend to […]
A Druid’s Primer on Land Healing: Ecosystems, Interconnectivity, and Planting Guilds
Originally posted on The Druid's Garden:
I had a recent conversation with a friend who lives in the town where I work (and where I used to rent a house). I had commented on…
The tiny sparks from my flint and steel shower down on my char cloth. This flint and steel set was a gift from a fellow druid from almost a decade ago, a gift that has long offered me a connection with my ancestors. It takes me a few moments to remember the technique he taught […]via Embracing Ancestral Fires and Fire-starting at Beltane — The Druid's Garden
Norwegian Easter: time for ash and crime
“These yellow flowers are the heralds of spring,” my friend told me in a small road trip in the coastal area of Norway. He pointed to coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) at the side of the road. In his […]
Ecofeminism in 2019
In European countries such as Sweden, Belgium and the United Kingdom, the current climate movement is attracting enormous interest, and it is perhaps not by chance that it has female (and even teenage !) frontrunners […]
Written in the Trees: Celtic Tree Astrology (2/2)
Did you know that the ancient Celts based their astrology on the flowering period of trees? They translated the characteristics of the prevailing trees into characters. The tree calendar is divided into 39 periods. There […]
Written in the Trees: Celtic Tree Astrology (1/2)
Did you know that the ancient Celts based their astrology on the flowering period of trees? They translated the characteristics of the prevailing trees into characters. The tree calendar is divided into 39 periods. There […]
Druidry for the 21st Century
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This is a challenging age, doubly so for anyone who is connected spiritually with the living earth and who cares deeply about non-human life. The Fourth National Climate…