All Blog Posts Tagged 'Druid' (9)

Who do you think of when i say 'Modern NeoPagan Druidry' in America.Well for me its simple, born in 1949 in Royal Oak Michigan.Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits is to say the very least, the Godfather of American Neo Pagan Druidry and has been since the early to mid 60s involved in shaping and helping to define many facets of all manner of pagan culture.

Isaac Bonewits has been a highly visible and respected Elder in the Pagan and Occult realm in America for many years. Isaac is an…

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An ancient Celtic poem which speaks of the origin of the Universe, the nature of the Gods and the path to Wisdom.

In my film version, King Arthur having recovered Bran The Blessed's talking Head, brings this head to a Samhain gathering where Bran recites The Song of Amergin to the assembled gathering;



I am a Stag of the seven Tines,

I am a flood on the Plains,

I am a wind over the deep Waters,

I am a shining tear of the Sun,

I am…

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I have set Taliesin's Battle Of The Trees within two other pieces of writing,

firstly Tacitus' report of the Roman invasion of the Druid island of Angelsey,

followed by another poem by Taliesin which had been mixed in with The Battle of The Trees in a method of concealment to hide the poems meaning from those without understanding.



For the written poem and more details about its meaning, please see my Blog;

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Please note:  all of my poetry is copyrighted in my mundane name.  The protection is just as valid here.  Please honor that.

 

Druewiccanae

            ©26 July 1991 by RIVER AETERNA

 

On Thursday, I sat

Beneath an Oak Tree

And remembered my Fathers.

Greatly revered,

They found pathways to

Wisdom now lost to Antiquity

 

If I sing to them their own song,

Will they teach me

To…

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The Druids Oath;

We swear by Peace and Love to stand, heart to heart and hand in hand,

Mark, Oh Spirit, and hear us now, confirming this our sacred vow!



Lammas;

The mighty wheel of the year has turned upon us once more,

And I give thanks for the bountiful harvest.



All hail the Sun, whose golden rays have bestowed magic

upon the growing fruits of our lands.

All hail the Sun He has ripened our fields And blessed us by…

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King Arthurs poems written and narrated by King Arthur Pendragon.

King Arthur Pendragon, crowned 'Raised Druid King of Britain' on 3 January 1998 on the ancient Coronation Stone by representatives from 5 Druid Orders, is also the Titular Head and Chosen Chief of The Loyal Arthurian Warband, a Pagan Priest, and Druid Swordbearer with an unshakeable belief in the Divine and his place in this system and most widely known for his role as an environmentalist, and… Continue

Beltane or Beltaine is the Gaelic name for the festival that rightly begins on April the 30th or Beltanes eve and continues on first day of May, May Day.

Marking the beginning of the summer season the lighting of two great bonfires on Beltaine's eve.

Because this is one of the magical times when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, the Faerie… Continue

An Environmental Machinima film based on Willi Paul's modern myth, The Bee Cave Spirits;

( http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1638 )

Set in a post Distopian society of a not too distant future, this film introduces the cause of bees and their integral value to the Eco-sphere.

 

Bees in… Continue

Hoping you may enjoy my new machinima film The Mermaid Queen,

with music by Lisa Thiel

Bright Blessings…

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