Nature Folklore

From a local tale of the mating of the Cailleach conceiving the new light to be birthed in Spring, to reverence for the Tree Of Life, and the slow burning of the Yule Log. The joy of the Green we brin...

23 Dec 20201h 12min

Through December, and Christmas, we put up the Christmas decorations, buy a tree, or get out the artificial tree from the attic or shed, and decorate that too. We do our Christmas shopping for food tr...

8 Dec 20201h 26min

One of five Ogham subject sessions I now host each year, and perhaps divination with Ogham is the most popular and most mysterious, because there are no defined scripted ancient archives. All we have ...

3 Dec 20201h 9min

There is a fourth time of celebration of Samhain, but barely observed now, and that was when Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, an open star cluster in the north-west of the constellation Taur...

23 Nov 202053min

Harp lessons are generally about how to play tunes on a harp. This session is about how a 'novice'. anybody really, can obtain a harp and use it to accompany poems, songs, imagination in general. This...

16 Nov 20201h 23min

The old flame dowsed, and the new flame lit, so at least winter will be warm. How does this transition feel to you? Overall, this Sunday Session will tune in to how we revere ancestors, how we cross ...

10 Nov 20201h 32min

How and where did the celebrations of Samhain, and later Halloween, originate? Overall, this Sunday Session will tune in to the whole root of this time, the celebration of harvest gathered, the shari...

4 Nov 20201h 28min

Thoughts of Crows, Ravens, and Corvids can stir up a dirty, and even scary reputation. They are certainly topical of the end of October time of year. This Sunday session explores the regeneration sy...

27 Okt 20201h 8min