The gifts of the Tarot

Posted on Sep 15, 2015 in Spiritual living, Tarot

As I’ve just booked the dates for my next Tarot weekend workshop, it got me thinking about why I love it  so much as a powerful tool for spiritual growth.

Although its origins are a bit of a mystery and there are many theories, my personal understanding is this. Ancient knowledge about the true nature of our spirit and human experience has been passed down through the ages from Lemuria through to Egypt, from the Druids to the Essenes and beyond

Don’t hold back the river

Posted on Sep 6, 2015 in Poetry

Don’t hold back the river.
Tug me into the current,
Tow me into the flow,
Show me the float and drift.

Don’t hold back the
Tempt and tangle of riverbed tendrils,
Sirensong whispers.
The fret to fight free.

Don’t hold back.

You know best

Posted on Aug 26, 2015 in Spiritual living

In a blog post last month I talked about not ever allowing ourselves to grow past the labels we can stick on ourselves at an early age. The other aspect of this personal boxing in is the fatal mistake of comparing yourself to others, and this was really brought home to me at the weekend.

I volunteered to take part in a joint venture between two theatre companies: one the Willow Globe community company to which I belong and the other The Wet Mariners, 

The Way of Wyrd

Posted on Aug 12, 2015 in Book reviews

A beautiful shaman friend directed me to this book by Brian Bates, and hot on the heels after visiting many sacred sites of the UK it seemed entirely appropriate timing to dive into another aspect of my spiritual and cultural heritage.

It’s an unusual book in that although it reads as a richly written novel, it’s based on the mystical teachings, remedies and rituals documented in a thousand year old historical text known as The Lacnunga Manuscript, held in the British library. The author himself describes his book as “psychological archeology” which alone is intriguing enough to compel me to read it! If you like that summary as much as I do then I know you’ll love the novel.