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Taboo Folklore in the Irish Record: Sex, Death, and Dark Magic
Recently, I read posts from two different people arguing for opposing views of how Irish folklore should be treated. The first person was...
Warding Against Evil and Irish Folk-Magic Protection
Andrew Michael Hurley's novel, The Loney, is a tale of folk-magic and superstition, as well as a dark coming of age story. One of the...
Christmas Cards from the Victorian Era
A gallery of seasonal greeting cards from a time before Christmas became sanitized. Enjoy!
A Deep Winter Prayer (of Release)
I release my partner from the obligation to complete me. I release my parents from the feeling they failed with me. I release my children...
Seasonal Recipe: Conifer Infused Oil
The new cycle of BIOPHILIA Mentorship began in November and one of the exercises mentee's received was an invitation to connect with...
Chysh Khan' - Siberian Santa
'Chysh Khan is said to be a modern incarnation of the mythical image of Yakut Bull of Winter. Chysh Khan’s residence is located at the...
On the Philosopher's Stone
'There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope. The hopers would feel slighted if they knew.' ~ Jalāl...
The weird and wonderful world of English Folk Customs
From its abundance of traditional songs, tunes and dances, to its strange but locally revered calendar customs, English communities have...
What is Ecological Storytelling?
“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town,” is a saying often attributed to the...
The Etymology of the saying 'Knock on Wood'
Did you know that the tradition of knocking on wood actually comes from the belief that every tree is inhabited by a spirit known as...
Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'The Frost', by Hannah Flagg Gould
The Frost looked forth, one still, clear night, And he said, 'Now I shall be out of sight; So through the valley and over the height In...
Welsh Folklore: 'Tale of a Welsh Shepherd'
"There was a shepherd near Cwm Llan, who heard some strange noise in a crevice of a rock, and turning to see what it was, found there a...
Blúiríní Béaloidis 33 - Death
In life, there is much which seems uncertain to us. Concerning death however, there can be no doubt. It was an honour to speak with...
The Tree of Life
The original symbolism of the Tree of Life involved a mythical sense of a world axis, the “axis mundi” around which creation was created,...
Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Winter Crone', by Audrey Haney
Her clothes are dusk, folding shadows She walks barefoot across the land Her hair is Grey with streaks of white that fall as snow as soft...
The Scottish man who has dedicated his life to Trees
In 1986 Alan Watson Featherstone founded the award-winning conservation charity, Trees for Life, which works to restore the Caledonian...
All is a Miracle
"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in...
Words to live by
I have no parents: I make the heavens and the earth my parents. I have no home: I make awareness my home. I have no life or death: I make...