Tags: Holy Grail

  • For Mabon: The Spoils of Annwn

    The Power of Bardic Poetry

    In the early 1990’s I taught a workshop called Into the West: A Course in Celtic Shamanism, that included ritual work centered around an ancient poem by the great Welsh bard, Taliesin called The Spoils of Annwn. It is probably one of the most  powerful initiatory poems ever created. If you [...]

  • How the Catholic Church Led Me Into Paganism

    How the Devil Got My Soul

    I grew up in religious Catholic family with a long history of Jesuits and nuns, but I was never Confirmed.
    The Bishop did not deign to come to our one-horse-town but once every twenty years, even though 90% of its tiny population were French and Irish Catholics. What that meant was [...]

  • Legacy of the Witchblood

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    I died when I was born. Reluctant to enter the world that my soul knew was the next phase of my journey, I attempted to flee the womb. I tried to leave for a second time and was [...]