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Welcome to the MUSINGS room in our digital nest! Here you will find an extensive selection of articles, poetry, prose, videos, recipes, and tutorials that journey the natural cycles, seasons, elements, and archetypes in the Celtic Wheel of the Year, as well as our Irish indigenous festivals, folklore, and customs.

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Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'On Pain', by Kahlil Gibran

And a woman spoke, saying, Tell us of Pain. And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as...

Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Wild Geese', by Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let...

The Solace of Open Spaces

“There is nothing in nature that can’t be taken as a sign of both mortality and invigoration… Everything in nature invites us constantly...

The Science of How Alive You Really Are: Alan Turing, Trees, and the Wonder of Life

When the young Alan Turing (June 23, 1912–June 7, 1954) lost the love of his life, Christopher, to a bacterium contracted from cow’s...

Navigating the Mysteries, by Dr. Martin Shaw

As we walk our questions into a troubled future, storyteller and mythologist Martin Shaw invites us to subvert today’s voices of ...

Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Mistletoe', by Walter De La Mare

Sitting under the mistletoe (Pale-green, fairy mistletoe), One last candle burning low, All the sleepy dancers gone, Just one candle...

Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Hoar Frost', by Moira Cameron

In icy cover of the dark- too cold, the Arctic air can’t muster up the will or care to gust- strange magic thrives in stillness stark:...

Keening Traditions and the Irish Wake

When looking at the lifecycle in terms of folklore it cannot escape ones notice that many aspects of the life cycle have clearly defined...

Blúiríní Béaloidis 15 - The Salmon In Folk Tradition

Irish communities have been sustained for centuries by the fruits of our seas, rivers and lakes, from which both physical and economic...

Blúiríní Bealoidis 26 - Seals In Folk Tradition

Seals have been an integral part of coastal life in Ireland for generations, and as such there exists a large body of tradition, belief...

Blúiríní Béaloidis 03 - The Moon In Folk Tradition

Since the earliest times, Man has sought to come to terms with the unknown powers and forces that act upon life and wellbeing. It is...

Seasonal SoulFOOD Recipe: Raw 'O-ghurt' with Activated Caramelized 'Buckinis' and Fir Tip Honey

I'm not much of a breakfast person, which is something that makes most people gasp in shock. But the fact is, I find I can't eat...

Seasonal SoulFOOD Recipe: Raw Chocolate, Coconut and Almond Crunch

With Lúnasa just after taking place, we've finally arrived into harvest season in full swing, where berries, fruit, grains, seeds and...

Blúiríní Béaloidis 05: The Threshold Of Plenty - Harvest Customs In Irish Tradition

The arrival of the harvest was for our forebears a time of great celebration, for it marked the point at which the lean months of June...

Seasonal Tutorial: How to make Bath 'Bombs'

A fun Autumn project is to make your own bath bombs. It is the season of water after all, so how about some hand crafted herbal beauties...

The Hazel Tree in Irish Magic, Witchcraft and Folklore

The hazel tree was held in high and mystical regard by the ancient Irish people. In Irish mythology the hazel tree was said to bestow...

Blúiríní Béaloidis 25 - Midsummer

Midsummer has long been observed as a period of jubilant celebration, with communal gatherings at bonfires and prayers, recitations,...

Reincarnation, the ‘Interlife’, Universal Consciousness & the Holographic Soul

Modern studies repeatedly suggest that a significant proportion of people in the Western world now believe in reincarnation. Although...

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