I find myself thinking of Demeter as I watch Autumn take hold of the land around me. She’s the Goddess I walk with during the season of Virgo, though my connection with her this year feels different.Usually, I walk more closely with her daughter, Persephone- especially as she begins her descent into the underworld and …
Late summer is bathing us with golden light. We’ve been in a drought for the past few months here in Yorkshire; reports are saying that the survival instincts of the trees are making them drop their leaves to retain precious water that is only just beginning to fall as we approach the end of August. …
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August is full of golden warmth. The fields are heavy with grain (that haven’t been harvested yet) and the hedgerows are starting to ripen with berries. The light is beginning to soften, even so slightly, as high summer is beginning its slow surrender towards autumn. There’s a pause here. A breath between the fullness of …
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We often wait for the big moments; the turning points, the breakthroughs. The rituals marked by moonlight or firelight.But we don’t need to wait. The truth is: a sacred, confident life is built in the small moments. It’s in the way we wake, the way we breath. It’s in the way we speak to ourselves …
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Selene is the ancient Greek Goddess of the Moon-not just of its cycles, but of its very essence. She is the moon itself: radiant, eternal, gliding across the night sky with a soft and steady power. She reminds us that illumination doesn’t have to be harsh. That mystery can be holy and that softness can …
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We’ve made it to the halfway point of the year- June has come in gently this year, bringing with it breathing room at the start of the final half-term before my son finishes reception. It’s giving me the space to pause and reflect this week, celebrate how far I’ve come, and check back in with …
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As May approaches its close, we find ourselves in the luscious heart of Spring. Beltane’s season still lingers- sensual, blooming, alive-and yet there’s a quiet shifting as we begin to turn toward the Summer Solstice. This is a time of blossoming, embodiment and creative flow; an upward spiral of energy that’s easy to be swept …
As a storyteller, a writer, and a Priestess, I’ve nurtured and honed my relationship with my muse. She inspires me endlessly in return for my presence and devotion.My muse?Nature.And nature doesn’t rush. She unfolds, meandering along the paths less travelled, and she blossoms in her own time.I let the rhythms speak to me- the seasons …
In Spring, growth blooms wild and untamed around us. Buds burst open, branches stretch toward the sun, and green seeps back into the landscape. At first glance, it seems simple. Linear. A seed is planted, it grows, it blooms, and eventually, it fades. But nature tells a far older, deeper story, one that spirals rather …
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Each year, Earth Day invites us to pause and remember our place within the living, breathing fabric of this world. It’s a day of awareness- but also of gratitude. A day to honour the land beneath our feet, the winds that carry our stories, the water that sustains us, and the quiet wisdom of the …