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- The Druid Camp, Wed 30 Jul-Sun 3 Aug, Forest of Dean, England/Wales border - Fforest y Ddena, ffin Cymru/Lloegr
- 2008 Glastonbury Goddess Conference, Wed 30 Jul-Sun 3 Aug, Glastonbury, Somerset
- Lughnasadh Gathering, Fri 1 Aug, Kingley Vale, W Sussex
- Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru - National Eisteddfod of Wales, Sat 2-Sat 9 Aug, Caerdydd/Cardiff
- Anderida Gorsedd – Lughnasadh Ritual, Sun 3 Aug, Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex
- The Gorsedd of Bards of Caer Abiri, Sun 3 Aug, Avebury, Wiltshire
- Lughnasadh Gorsedd, Sat 9 Aug, Lickey Hills, Birmingham
- Tuatha De Bridget Lughnasadh Festival, Sun 10 Aug, Glasgow, Scotland
- Solitary Witchcraft Course: Third Night: Herbal Magic, Wed 13 Aug, London
- Living With Honour: A Pagan Ethics, Fri 15 Aug, London
- Ritual of Protection, Sat 16 Aug, Hill of Tara, Ireland
- Solitary Witchcraft Course: Fourth Night: Seals, Sigils and Talismans, Wed 27 Aug, London
- Book Launch and Workshop: The Other Side of Virtue, Wed 27 Aug, Barnt Green, nr. Birmingham
- PaganCon 2008, Sat 30 Aug, Glasgow, Scotland
- The Empress of the Tarot: A Goddess Day for Women, Sat 30 Aug, London
- The Mt. Haemus Lectures, Sun 31 Aug, Salisbury
Friday 1 August 2008
LUGHNASADH GATHERING
West Stoke car park, Kingley Vale (Nr Chichester), West Sussex
19:00Hrs
The Kingley Order of Druids have been set up to celebrate the turning wheel of the seasons, the cycles of the stars, moon and the sun. We hold open rites and all who walk the pagan pathway or new friends that we've not yet met are most welcome!!
All will have the opportunity to lay an offering in the centre of our circle, therefore please bring perishable goods only. You may also wish to bring something for the talking stick/Eisteddfod... be it poetry, song or anything that you wish to share with us (as long as it is relevant!) then please do so. After ritual there will also be a healing circle that will also be open to all.
For further details please contact:
theoakenstaff [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk( The Oaken Staff) or moonwatcher75 [at] hotmail [dot] com( Moon Watcher)
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Dydd Sadwrn 2 i Ddydd Sadwrn 9 Awst 2008
Saturday 2 to Saturday 9 August 2008
EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU - CAERDYDD A'R CYLCH
NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF WALES - CARDIFF AND DISTRICT
Caerdydd, Cymru - Cardiff, Wales
Bydd Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru 2008 yn cael ei chynnal yn ninas Caerdydd rhwng yr 2 - 9 Awst.
The 2008 National Eisteddfod of Wales will be held in the City of Cardiff from the 2 - 9 of August.
Am fwy o wybodaeth am Yr Eisteddfod ei hun cliciwch yma.
For more information on the Eisteddfod itself click here.
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Sunday 3 August 2008
ANDERIDA GORSEDD – LUGHNASADH RITUAL
The Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex
The Anderida Gorsedd is a Druid group, facilitated
by Damh the Bard and Cerri Lee, that has been holding regular open
rituals at the Long Man of Wilmington since Spring Equinox 2000.
Anderida Gorsedd open Lughnasadh ritual. Meet
1.30-2pm near the Long Man of Wilmington car park, for a walk up the
hill at 2pm. Then after retire to the Giants Rest pub for a social
drink.
FFI anderida [at] BardicArts [dot] com( Email)
Website
See also our Directory page.
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Sunday 3 August 2008
THE GORSEDD OF BARDS OF CAER ABIRI
Lughnasadh Gathering
Avebury, Wiltshire
Deaf Access.
Muster at Noon beside the Café before making the God and Goddess walks to the Sun Circle.
This is an open Gorsedd that welcomes all who come with good intent whatever their personal path.
Do feel free to bring your songs and poetry, as well as contributions
of bread and mead if you wish. But most of all bring your heart.
Please contact Morgan 01458 835518 if you have any queries.
For further details see our Caer Abiri page.
For information about accommodation around Avebury see our Accomodation page.
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Saturday 9 August 2008
LUGHNASADH GORSEDD
Lickey Hills Visitor Centre, Lickey Hills Country Park, Warren Lane, Rednall, Birmingham, B45 8ER
On Saturday, 9th August 2008, the Bards of the Lost Forest will be gathering for a Lughnasadh Gorsedd.
We will be meeting at 2:00 pm in the courtyard of the Lickey Hills Visitor Centre, Lickey Hills Country Park, Warren Lane, Rednall, Birmingham, B45 8ER.
The ritual is Druid led but it is open to all and families are welcome.
No previous experience or kit is required. However, please bring seasonal offerings (something biodegradable) and, if you feel inspired, seasonal songs, poems, stories and music.
Mead, bread and cakes will also be very welcome!
For further information, please see the website.
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Sunday 10 August 2008
TUATHA DE BRIDGET LUGHNASADH FESTIVAL
Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Tuatha De Bridget is an Open Druidcraft Group in Glasgow.
We meet at 1pm in the Burrell Car Park and then walk through the woods to the Ancient Earthworks Site.
After
our ceremony, we walk back to the Burrell and then have a warm drink,
maybe something to eat in the café and some informal chat.
Contact: siusaidhc [at] gmail [dot] com( Siusaidh) for details.
Also see Group Website
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Wednesday 13 August 2008
SOLITARY WITCHCRAFT COURSE: Third Night: Herbal Magic
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Treadwell's
7.15 pm for 7.30 start. £10.
Third Session
Everyone knows that the old solitary witch knows the secrets of herbs, and can rustle up a charm for luck, love or prosperity. But how does one get proficient? Well, this session gets you started and active with a hands-on session. The underlying principles are explained, and then we get into making three actual herbal magical items in the class. By the end of the evening you will be confident to make things at home, in your own kitchen, often with the ingredients that are there already. Lots of question-and-answer time on practicalities, with free advice on what worked for us. You will be making a sachet, a potion and a candle spell. But also, you will be drawing up your own personalised action plan for what you’d like to make or do at home over the following week.
Course starts Weds 16 July and meets fortnightly. See that date for more details.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Friday 15 August 2008
LIVING WITH HONOUR: A Pagan Ethics
The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY
Evening Talk at 7 for 7.30 pm
Given the anarchistic nature of most modern Pagan paths, to present a Pagan ethics could be seen brash but this is what Emma Restall Orr has done in her latest book, Living With Honour. At Atlantis, she will talk about the basis of her ideas, reasoning her vision from her own animistic Druidic perspective, exploring the nature of honour, of duty and ecstasy, and where an ethical framework can and should sit within modern Paganism. She'll take questions from the floor from those who've read the book and those who haven't.
Emma Restall Orr is head of The Druid Network, an organisation she set up after stepping away as joint chief of The British Druid Order in 2002. She founded Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD) in 2004, an advocacy group working with archaeologists, museums and heritage bodies about increasing respect for ancient British human remains. She is a teacher, priest and writer, her previous books including Living Druidry, Druid Priestess and Ritual.
Cost: £5 (incl glass of wine)
For further information: 020 7405 2120 or atlantis [at] theatlantisbookshop [dot] com( Email) or Website.
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Saturday 16 August 2008
RITUAL OF PROTECTION
Hill of Tara, Ireland
The next 'Ritual of Protection' for and on Tara will be on the Full Moon, Saturday, 16th of August, six days before the Sun enters Virgo. We will start our ceremony by 8ish and finish by ten. Meet on the gravel patch beside the Rath of the Synods at 8pm. We will use our native Celtic Irish language during this ceremony with explanations in English. All are welcome to attend this free and open ritual ceremony on Tara.
Website
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Wednesday 27 August 2008
SOLITARY WITCHCRAFT COURSE: Fourth Night: Seals, Sigils and Talismans
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Treadwell's
7.15 pm for 7.30 start. £10.
The cunning man and the old woman in the woods, we all know, can draw strange seals upon scraps of parchment, then seal them with wax and thread, in order that ‘things happen’. What are those seals and sigils? Where on earth do you get parchment? and if you did learn what it all meant, what on earth is done with the sealed up little wrap? This session is on the seals and sigils of what can be called ‘talismanic magic’. We show you the guidelines, and the shapes of these actually work – we’ll hand round a few 16th century grimoires to give you a bit of the history of the tradition. Activity for the night will be you making a couple talismanic parchments and a wax seal yourself, and discussion and plans on how you can do this at home on your own. As always, by the end of the evening you should feel confident that you can get started doing these on your own in the following week.
Course starts Weds 16 July and meets fortnightly. See that date for more details.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
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Wednesday 27 August 2008
BOOK LAUNCH AND WORKSHOP: THE OTHER SIDE OF VIRTUE by Brendan Myers
Barnt Green Friends Meeting House, 6 Sandhills Road, Barnt Green B45 8NR (on the outskirts of Birmingham)
Life Heroic and Magical Workshop and Book Release event (in the UK)
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Join author Brendan Myers for an evening of Druidic discussion and fun, to celebrate the release of his third book, "The Other Side of Virtue".
Brendan will present a workshop based on the themes of his new book, especially including the origin of the idea of virtue in ancient European mythology. For our most important ideas about politics, justice, friendship, true love, the good life, the nature of the soul, the hope for immortality, and even the pursuit of happiness itself, come from that world. In this workshop I hope to show the modern day significance of the original, 'other' side of life.
Cost: £ 3. All profits beyond rent of the hall will go to the Druid Network's tree planting fund.
More information about the book can be found on the website
Brendan will have copies of ""The Other Side of Virtue" and other books available for sale and signing.
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Saturday 30 August 2008
PAGANCON 2008
Glasgow University Students Union, University Avenue, Glasgow
In order of confirmation, speakers and entertainers are:-
1) Neil Geddes-Ward, Pagan and Visionary Artist who has co-written Faerycraft.
2) Roger Brodie, from Ghost Hunters Scotland who will bring some photos and stories about paranormal investigations.
3) Potia, who's going to give us a talk or workshop on 'Working with Tree Spirits'.
4) Jim and Jean Fowler, with Taking Wicca into the 21st Cent.
5) Andy Guthrie,
who's going to give us some in depth teaching on 'The Fool' in the
Tarot Pack. He is going to take us to new depths in our knowledge of
the Tarot!
6) Dreaming the Land, a shamanic journey working
with the spirits of the land. This workshop will be limited to 30 so
nearer the time you will need to book places. No extra cost, but a need
to book a place.
7) Mark Townsend with 'Religion to Enchantment' a presentation with a difference, magic and spirituality.
Entertainment:
Eryn Strachan, singer and songwriter – in the evening
Martyn the Harper – during lunch, plus more
Paul Newman of DruidCon fame – later in the evening!
And: Readers and Healers available all day – bookable slots!
For booking form and other information Contact by pagancon2008 [at] gmail [dot] com( Email) or Phone: 0845 017 9561
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Saturday 30 August 2008
THE EMPRESS OF THE TAROT: A Goddess Day for Women
Treadwell's Bookshop, 34 Tavistock St., Covent Garden WC2E 7PB
Caroline Wise and Friends
12 noon - 5.45 pm. £30.
This is a one-day goddess intensive for women, centred on the Empress card of the tarot. This beneficent aspect of the goddess bestows abundance, creativity, sensuality and the earthing of desires.
The day will be made up of talks, visualisation, meditation, and practical exercises and we meet Ishtar, Isis, Venus, Ceres, and Athena. There will also be a nod to Florence Farr and her 'Sphere Group' within the Hermetic Order if the Golden Dawn, and tarot artist Pamela Colman Smith (artist of the famed Rider-Waite deck).
Caroline Wise has not only a long involvement with the Fellowship of Isis but is deeply committed to the legacy of women magicians in Britain. Coming originally from an earth mysteries background, her workshops also incorporate a strong sense of place and locality. She has been an occultist for over 30 years.
BOOKING: Please book in advance via info [at] treadwells-london [dot] com( email) or Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 8906 or via Skype at treadwells-london. Map on our website.
Sunday 31 August 2008
The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids invites you to
THE Mt. HAEMUS LECTURES
The Medieval Hall, Salisbury
A day of druidic scholarship and pleasant company, including lunch and sundry entertainments.
£25 per person 10 - 5.30
With papers from:
- Philip Carr Gomm 'I would know my Shadow and my Light' - An exploration of Michael Tippet’s The Midsummer Marriage and its relevance to a study of Druidism.
- Dr Brendan Myers How Beautiful Are They - Some thoughts on Ethics in Celtic and European Mythology.
- Professor Roland Rotherham Working With Animals.
- Dr Adam Stout Universal Majesty, Verity and Love Infinite - The Extraordinary Career of George Watson Macgregor Reid, Chosen Chief of the Druids.
Send your cheque, payable to OBOD, with your name, address and email/telephone contact, to: Penny Billington, 4 Park View, Silver Street, Wells, BA5 1UW.
Tickets, directions and further information will be sent at the beginning of August.
Booking inquiries, please touchstone [at] obod [dot] co [dot] uk( contact by email).
Cheques (or Eurocheques) in Sterling or US Dollars payable to OBOD please.
Sorry, no Credit Cards!
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE INCLUDE AN SAE !!!!!!!!
