Category Archives: Traditions

Mister Fox in Holmfirth

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Flames light the night and the beat of the drum calls… Guardians await the coming of the Silver Fox… Foxes prowl the night… …and the revellers become aware… and they follow. Music fills the night… Trees blossom with fireflowers… and … Continue reading →

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Also Temples…

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Stuart France

‘Vitruvian Man’ *** Many, if not all, geometric forms can be used as templum, and the diagrammatic glyphs of most spiritual systems can be mapped on to the form of the human body after a three-fold pattern. Despite exoteric claims … Continue reading →

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Beltane Eve…

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The thirtieth of April is traditionally the eve of Beltane, the rebirth of summer when, according to Borrobil, the strange little man of William Croft Dickinson’s classic tale, the dark king of winter must be defeated by the white king … Continue reading →

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Musical Roots: The Drum’s Song by Alienora

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Chronicles of an Orange Haired Woman. Alienora and Dean were our Lore Keepers at the Feathered Seer weekend workshop. They rose to the challenge with utter magnificence… of which more will be said later… and then the Shaman … Continue reading →

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It was a dark and stormy night…

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Go on then… as it’s almost Hallowe’en, I’ll share once again the old Yorkshire tale of the Hand of Glory… It is not a myth… though its truth may be obscure… one Hand even survives to this  day, found in … Continue reading →

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Taddington

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Saturday we managed another early start. We had a reluctant visit planned to a hillfort… reluctant because of its history. We were, however, pretty much doomed to failure as there appeared to be no footpaths marked or signed regardless of … Continue reading →

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