I’ve mentioned before that the main focus of my practice are the spirits of the Otherworld and I honor both an Irish and Norse/Germanic(…)
Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky
Daoine Sidhe – the People of the Hollow Hills
In my last blog I looked at the Norse concepts of the alfar and the related English elves and Icelandic huldufolk; in today’s blog we are going to look at the Irish daoine sidhe, the people of the fairy hills. This is a very complex subject and(…)
the Alfar, Huldufolk, and Elves
One of the challenges in understanding the Norse and Germanic material is that many different Otherworldly beings are translated into English as “elves”, just as many different Irish beings are called fairies. The Norse word Alfar appears in German(…)
The Fairy Courts – a poem
The Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt is a collection of spirits – some say ghosts, or fairies – that travel with through the air in storms led by a Huntsman. Who the Huntsman is varies as widely as the geographic areas the hunt is found in and the names it is known by (…)
Storm – a Poem
What is Service?
I’ve talked a couple times now about the idea of service and I’ve realized that maybe I need to clarify what I mean by that. Most people who honor the Gods and spirits* do so as the equivalent of what might be called laymen: someone(…)
Why None of Us are Special Snowflakes
This blog should probably have a blogging while ill warning label. So you’ve been warned. 
There’s an expression in modern pagan communities: special snowflake. It’s used for people who are very vocal about …
Selago – Club-moss
“Similar to savin is the herb known as “selago.” Care is taken to gather it without the use of iron, the right hand being passed for the purpose through the left sleeve of the tunic, as though the gatherer were in the act of committing a theft. The clothing(…)
Nation Novel Writing Month
I am doing Nation Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this year for the first time. The past few years I have sat and watched many of my friends do it and felt rather(…)