Queer Druidry

Introduction

This is a story that I wrote over ten years ago. I wanted a complete narrative for how I see the relationship between Holly King and the Oak King.

The inspiration comes primarily from the first branch of the…

The Oak King and the Holly King were first proposed as seasonal archetypes by Robert Graves* in his book The White Goddess, published in 1948. In it, he compares the stories of Gawain and the Green Knight and Gwynn and…

For my Autumn Equinox altar, I have a goddess statue that I use to represent Ceridwen. On either side of her, she has a bowl of apples and a cup for cider. This mirrors the Spring Equinox altar where she…

Thunders Barrow is a Bronze Age bowl barrow and Iron Age hill fort on the hill above Southwick, West Sussex.

Similar to how Wayland’s Smithy neolithic long barrow is named after the Saxon smith god, it is likely that the…

Things have calmed down a little bit with the flat sale, so I have been able to host our Lughnasadh ceremony at mine.

The home altar is set up with sheaves of wheat, my bronze sickle, corn dollies and a…

I am selling my flat at the moment, so have had to make the place look a bit less weird for when viewers come round. Because of this, I have not been able to have my usual seasonal altar.

While…

We woke up horribly early for a bank holiday Monday and caught the train to Hastings, East Sussex for their annual Jack in the Green celebration.

I have always loved the Green Man. He was the first god in modern…

My altar for Beltane features two wooden phalluses with red and white altar cloths and ribbons. The candle holder tree above the altar is constructed of ironwork branches, upon which hangs a Green Woman’s face that I have re-painted to…

Last week, my boyfriend and I visited my parents in Wales. One of the ancient stone circles nearby is Moel Tŷ Uchaf.

It is a small, well-preserved circle on the top of a hill at the northern edge of the…

This full moon, I decided to make an incense blend for the full moon as a complement to the incense I have been using for the new moon.

I checked the correspondences in Alistair Crowley’s 777, Scott Cunningham’s Magical Herbalism…

Tools - The Horn

Horns can be used in a variety of different ways in ceremonies. In the Lunasdha ceremony, I normally put uprooted corn into a horn before it is cut in the ceremony itself. I also have a…

For my seasonal altar, I have a statue representing Ceridwen with a goblet for wine on one side and a bowl of seeds on the other.

Spring Equinox is probably one of the least queer of all the ceremonies that…

I performed the same ritual this time as I did during the previous new moon.

After the opening ceremony, I picked a card from the Druid Animal Oracle and then visualised myself in my place of peace and stillness. I…

This full moon, I decided to create an offering mix. This is something that has been recommended by Emma Rustel Orr as a gift that you can give to the spirit of a place, when you perform rituals outside. I…

This year, I decided to do more to recognise the phases of the moon. My intention is to have a small personal ceremony on the evening of the new moon and the full moon.

I’m still working out what to…

My boyfriend and I had a friend over for our Imbolc ceremony. After the long winter, I had been very much looking forward to the rejuvenating and healing properties of this festival.

Snowdrops don't do very well indoors and as…