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The Taliesin Sourcebook
by Frank Olding Green Magic, 2024 224 pages, Paperback, £12.99 Index Buy it HERE! I love this book! Had it existed 50 years ago, it would have saved me decades of rooting around in second-hand book...
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“Of War and Peace the Truth Just Twists…”
[Bob Dylan, from ‘The Gates of Eden,’ on Bringing it All Back Home (1965)] Here we are then, 24 years into the 21st century and once again teetering on the brink of a Third World War. As a child during...
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Celebrating May Eve/May Day/Calan Mai/Beltaine in Style!
“With the merry ring, adieu the merry spring, For summer is a-come unto day, How happy is the little bird that merrily doth sing, In the merry morning of May.” Verse from the ‘Day Song’ sung on May 1st...
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This festival is fortunate enough to have a massive tome dedicated entirely to it: the 700-page The Festival of Lughnasad: A Study of the Survival of the Celtic Festival of the Beginning of Harvest, by...
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Autumn Equinox – Alban Elfed – ‘Birth of the Ripe Quarter’
In the northern hemisphere, the autumn equinox normally falls on September 22nd, 23rd or 24th. This year it’s on Sunday 22nd. Equinox means ‘equal night’ because day and night are of equal length at...
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Nos Galan Gaeaf – Night of Winter Calends
“Hey-how for Hallowe’en! A’ the witches tae be seen, Some are black, an’ some green, Hey-how for Hallowe’en.” Traditional Scottish rhyme. The Wheel of the Year rolls on, bringing us to the north-west...
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