Just back from a workshop near Milan on the Tarot. Afterwards we traveled down to Tuscany to visit the extraordinary Tarot Garden of Nikki de St.Phalle.
Just heard that an earthquake struck in northern Italy last […]

Many years ago I heard Scilla Elworthy speak at a Psychosynthesis Conference and was very moved by the way in which she combined a deep spiritual awareness while working in one of the most difficult arenas: […]

Many years ago I heard Ian Rees speak at a Merlin conference, and found his paper on the use of animal imagery in therapy really helpful. Here are details of his latest […]

Over the last few nights the moon has been magnificent, seeming bigger and brighter than usual. This is because it is a ‘perigee full moon’, being nearer to us on its elliptical path; this means it appears up to […]

I received this email from Avaaz this morning. Do please sign this if you can. These petitions really do work, as we found out in England when the government scrapped its plans to sell of our forests when so many […]

Last week Stephanie and I spent the day with an old friend from New York and his wife Suzanne Braun Levine, the first editor of Ms. magazine and an accomplished author and speaker. We visited Winchester, with its […]

In our training course in Druidry, there is an exercise in which you jot down your ‘wildest dreams’.
Friend and colleague Damh the Bard recently decided to go for […]

From The BBC News website:
Doctors treating Bee Gees star Robin Gibb say they have been “confounded” by his recovery since waking from a coma.
The singer’s physician Dr Andrew Thillainayagam said he was conscious, […]

Druid friend Youth, from the band Killing Joke, sent an email from Zurich where they are on tour, telling me about the tour blog he is writing. In this excerpt, his blog gives you a good insight into what it’s […]

At key points in our journey through life, we go through Rites of Passage, and for many of us, the ways of marking these within the established or institutional religions, no longer seem fitting.
No wonder there […]

Just back from a chilly Spring celebration in Zurich (see photo) to find an advance notice of the Mt Haemus Day event in my in-tray. I’ll post fuller […]

“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
Anna Quindlen

We were at a deeply moving event last night – the world premiere of the Titanic Requiem composed by Robin and R.J.Gibb. The audience gathered at Central Hall in Westminster – a historic […]

At key points in our journey through life, we go through Rites of Passage, and for many of us, the ways of marking these within the established or institutional religions, no longer seem fitting.
No wonder there […]

Here is a guest post from Maria Ede-Weaving
When I lived on the Isle of Wight, I wrote much upon my own Blog about the island’s beauty and the yearning for rural spaces. Pagan spirituality is often associated with […]

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you; it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart

After twelve days back from India in the oh-so-different world of Britain, I will now try to share some […]

I was giving a […]