#druidism

[boymanmaletheshequel]

May lady Gaia, Pan, and Artemis work together to send any American conservative who voted for the destruction and defunding of our national parks right off and over the edge of a cliff when they go hiking this summer 💚🙏

[malefixium]

the trees you grew up with have not forgotten you. their branches still whisper your name in the breeze and their roots remember the paths your feet once traced through their shade.

[aleck-le-mec]

“Where are your pagan gods now?”

Gardening

Comforting your abandoned dead

Reclaiming

Rerooting

[vox-anglosphere]

Sunrise at 4:51 am illuminates the ancient megaliths of Stonehenge

[the-hermit-at-midnight]

"Witches' Night" is here!

May Day Eve (Apr 30) is Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgis Night) across parts of Europe.

Known as "the other Halloween", it's a time when witches and evil spirits take to the skies for a little mischief.

[mushroomw1tch]

If you're interested in a community that is Adult Witchcraft Folk Magic Intermediate to Advanced or just any "magic" path or faith that falls around these practices, I've started a community for one.

It's geared to not include very baby witch information/inquiries. For me, that content no longer serves me. Its also a safe space for information on magical concepts that you may not want to discuss with children/minors.

Request to join if you're interested! 🕯

[thegoodmorningman]

You like this picture? I "drew it"!

[voiceoftheoldways]

Blessings on Tyr’s Day.

Be the justice the world seeks,

Speak with honour

And let your deeds

Clothe those words;

Be the water in the dry place,

The dawn where daybreak is long due,

The bulwark against the encroaching horde;

Though you be but one,

One alone, stand.

[modark]

Unfinished portraits of Irish gods from 2021

[woundedsoul12]

[aodhan-art]

A commission of Brigid for @bloodtreachery (awww, it was SUCH a pleasure to do it!). I put an emphasis on her aspect as a poet, hence the fire of poetry ablaze! The poem in the flames is a liberal translation of these lines from The Hosting of the Sidhe into Old Irish (courtesy of my wonderful husband):

...if any gaze on our rushing band, We come between him and the deed of his hand, We come between him and the hope of his heart.

[boymanmaletheshequel]

Subtle ways to honor Helios ☀️🌞

- wear sunscreen and enjoy the feeling of sun on your skin

- make some summer lemonade

- sunbathe or suntan

- do some gardening during the summer

- plant sunflowers

- wear a sun hat or sunglasses

- wear shades of yellow or orange

- wear or even dedicate a piece of jewelry to him, such as Heliodor (named after him!), sunstone, Citrine, etc.

- learn about the earths atmosphere and the degradation of the ozone layer as a result of climate change

- plant bee Freindly flowers!

- buy and eat honey or work with beeswax from local farmers

- farm or eat oranges, drink orange juice

- look into utilizing solar power when or if you can afford it

- purchase or make a sun-catcher

- go for a walk in the sun

- enjoy warm summer days under an umbrella or parasol

- learn about his contemporary, Apollo.

[malefixium]

Hey. Your matter recalls cosmic explosions and you tasted oblivion before you learned your own name. Fear nothing.

[jstor]

Seventeenth-century English antiquarians thought that Stonehenge was built by Celtic Druids. They were relying on the earliest written history they had: Julius Caesar’s narrative of his two unsuccessful invasions of Britain in 54 and 55 BC. Caesar had said the local priests were called Druids. John Aubrey (1626–1697) and William Stukeley (1687–1765) cemented the Stonehenge/Druid connection, while self-styled bard Edward Williams (1747–1826), who changed his name to Iolo Morganwg, invented “authentic” Druidic rituals. Druidism has come a long way since. In 2010, The Druid Network was listed as a charity in England and Wales, essentially marking the official recognition of Druidism as a religion. (74,000 called themselves Druids in a recent census.) Historian Carole M. Cusack positions Druidism as one of the branches of the tree of Paganism and/or New Age-ism(s), which burst into all sorts of growth during the twentieth century. Modern Druidism fits into the smorgasbord of what Cusack calls the “deregulated spiritual marketplace” of our times. But there’s a disconnect here. In the popular imagination, Stonehenge and Druidism now go together like tea and crumpets. Historically, Stonehenge, a product of Neolithic Britain, predates Caesar by thousands of years. It had nothing to do with Druids and certainly nothing to do with modern Druidism. “The false association of [Stonehenge] with the Druids has persisted to the present day,” Cusak writes, “and has become a form of folklore or folk-memory that has enabled modern Druids to obtain access and a degree of respect in their interactions with Stonehenge and other megalithic sites.”

Learn more from our friends at JSTOR Daily in “Stonehenge Before the Druids (Long, Long, Before The Druids)” by Matthew Wills.

Image credit: Spectators gather at Stonehenge to watch a group of Druids carry out the Dawn Ceremony on the summer solstice, or longest day of the year, 1956. Getty.

[vox-anglosphere]

Spectacular