Bringing Back the Snakes and Wild Waters to Ireland Every year as Saint Patrick’s Day approaches, I find myself thinking about snakes. Not the symbolic ones we are told were driven out of Ireland by Saint Patrick, but […]
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Sacred trees, Mystic Caves and Holy Wells in rural Spain – or to-visit-sites in your next Spain trip
Recently, I rediscovered a paper by Jaime Tatay, published in the journal Religion, while organizing my drive and considering the publication of a book about sacred trees based on a decade of research. The paper […]
What would you like to learn about the Ash Tree? (Preparing the Writing(with)Ash session, 16 April)
It’s time for another writing session with plants. This time, we welcome another progeny of Eglė—the Ash Tree. Although Baltic mythology doesn’t specifically highlight ash trees, these trees are steeped in rich mythology, folklore, and […]
Flowing with Eglė : Birch, her lover, her fantasy, her carnival mask
Today, I facilitated another Writing(with)Plants session, this time inviting the presence of the birch tree. During the creative writing segment, I found myself exploring who Birch might have been before transforming into a tree, inspired […]
Stories from the Wood Wide Web 