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Granny’s Bloomers were nearly offcial military garb for kilted Scotsmen in WW2

2012-05-30T08:49:13Z

The BBC reported that British troops were involved in a secret plan to go into battle wearing women's underwear, it has emerged.

Anglesey Druid Order call for help in honouring the Fallen Birds of Branwen

2012-05-25T10:50:47Z

The land upon which hundreds of birds died in a ill-fated Bird World tourist 'attraction' has been entrusted to the Druids on Anglesey, the ancient home of Druidry that the Druids fought so hard to retain against the invading Romans so long ago. Many hundreds of birds died there as the site became diseased, suffered from neglect and eventually just abandonned. The Anglesey Druid Order have take it upon themselves to clear the land of the broken avaries, re-inter any skeletal remains of the birds that they find and set up a permanent monument to honour those Birds.

Celtic Earth Magic by Lorna Drake

2012-05-21T21:46:58Z

The Celtic peoples believed that everything has an individual spirit, and is connected to everything else and this faith is fundamental to the systems of Celtic Earth Magic that I am going to introduce to you. Students of Celtic Earth Magic receive attunements - symbols placed into the aura - just as for traditional Reiki, by the Celtic Earth Reiki Master, and this system can be studied on different levels culminating in the Master level.

Burning the Wicker Man on Stage

2012-05-20T12:00:15Z

Pic: Geof Teague Jason from the Wild Hunt reports that The Wicker Man is to be a Rock Opera. He reports: After the dreadful abomination that was the 2006 remake of “The Wicker Man” are we really ready for another treatment of this pagan musical cult-classic? Foul Play SF and The Dark Room certainly hope [...]

Arianrhod – Bad Mother or Mythic Goddess? by Claire Hamilton

2012-05-21T14:02:37Z

Arianrhod, as we have noted, is a very powerful Goddess, guardian of the Seat of Poetic Inspiration and linked with the sea, the moon and the stars. She is also the prototype of the Virgin Mary. There are many depictions of the Virgin Mary with a wheel of stars about her head, and she is also often portrayed standing on a new moon, and at other times with the sea all around her. We are looking here at the ancient figure of Arianrhod, her feet on the new moon of Virginity; the wheel of stars, which is her name, circling her head; and the sea, which her tower commands, stretching away from her island castle.

Disney/Pixar bring the Celtic Scots back to the family with new film ‘Brave’

2012-05-18T14:30:44Z

In Scotland, stories of battles and legends have been passed through generations. Merida (Kelly Macdonald), a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), is determined to prove her worth.

Flag Fen treasures discovered with Bronze Age boats and… Nettle stew??

2012-05-17T13:30:27Z

An archaeological dig that took place back in December 2011, revealed many buried treasures from the edges of the Flag Fen Bronze Age site reported the Obersver. They revealed that six boats hollowed out of oak tree trunks are among hundreds of intact artefacts from 3,000 years ago that have been discovered in the Cambridgeshire fens.

Face to Face with Death – Episode 2 in the Welsh Tales is here

2012-05-12T15:31:04Z

In the last episode, Pwyll had gone hunting in the Woods of Glyn Cuch and had been beaten to the kill by a stranger pack comprising even stranger dogs. Having decided that the kill was rightfully his, he had driven off the other pack and set his own dogs upon the prey. It was at that moment that a stranger, the Shadowed Hunter, has appeared and was even now turning his dread gaze upon Pwyll.

OM to Ogham: Guest Blogger Robert Baird

2012-05-10T15:42:52Z

The cover up of Kennewick Man is no where near as important as the cover up of Ogham or Rongorongo.

The Flag Fen funding window is extended, but time is running out!

2012-05-10T15:46:13Z

As we reported in our earlier post, the immensely important Celtic site of Flag Fen is in serious danger of decaying within the next twenty years! Digventures have annouced several amazing new developments in the project.

Rare iron-working furnace found in water-pipe evaluation

2012-05-07T13:10:31Z

An ancient Iron Age settlement has been uncovered by archaeologists working for South West Water in Devon.

Ain’t Myth-behaving!

2012-05-05T09:03:53Z

In September, a book was released by Kate MacAlister which tells two stories: one based loosely on Celtic Myth and one based on Norse myth. The Celtic story is called Stag Party and tells of the Irish fertility god, Cernunnos (?) who has to find a bride in the week leading up to Beltaine or [...]

In memory of John Bruno Hare, creator of the Sacred Texts archive

2012-04-27T12:28:39Z

John Bruno Hare, creator of the Archive, passed away on April 27, 2010. His vision included a sacred text archive of largely Public Domain works that would remain accessible worldwide, and would be forever free to read.

Olympic Flame will go to Stonehenge

2012-04-27T11:27:26Z

here has been some controversy over the route of the Olympic Flame as it wends its way during July 2012 to the Olympic Games which are currently being held in the UK.

We celebrate Beltane in style with the Albion Interview Show

2012-04-30T11:33:51Z

In this show, we hope to bring you the second of our special features about the mythic film, The Spirit of Albion: the Movie and celebrate Beltane along the way! We meet Damh the Bard, who created the songs used in the films and Gary Andrews, the Director, Author and Editor for the film.