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Continue reading →: Kings of Oak and Holly on ContractIt all began with an image a friend shared on Facebook. I love the story of the Kings of Oak and Holly, of them battling for control of each half of the year. But this image got me thinking: does the story still “work”? It’s something we seem to do…
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Continue reading →: The Brighter the Light…She placed her hands upon my shoulders, looked into my eyes, and pushed me into the river. I saw it from all angles – my large figure falling backwards off the dock, the smack, water droplets flying before enclosing my form within itself. The smile on her face. I did not…
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Continue reading →: 31 Days of Devotion – FinaleI’ve been holding off on completing this until I knew what I wanted to say. I didn’t want to simply copy and paste from my previous 30D0D. I wanted to write the right words, find the right way to say how important Herne is to me, just how amazing…
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Continue reading →: 31 Days of Devotion – Week FourA quote, a poem, or piece of writing that you think this deity resonates strongly with. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. – Edgar Allen Poe The most common and widely referenced when speaking of…
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Continue reading →: 31 Days of Devotion – Week ThreeAny mundane practices that are associated with this deity? I don’t see anything that he does as mundane, so I’ll leave this post here and come back to it. How do you think this deity represents the values of their pantheon and cultural origins? Being that he began his journey…
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Continue reading →: 31 Days of Devotion – Week TwoVariations on this deity (aspects, regional forms, etc.) He was local to London, to Berkshire, and to Windsor Forest. His reach extended out from there through story, through generations, and then through his comparison to Cernunnos. He certainly isn’t Cernunnos, as Cernunnos is as old as time. Herne was once…
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Continue reading →: 31 Days of Devotion – Week OneA basic introduction of the deity. Herne the Hunter is an old British Deity, often associate with Cernunnos and Pan, as they are all antlered Gods. However, they are all very different individuals. Herne was once a Hunter of King Richard II’s court. He was beloved by the King for…
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Continue reading →: Updating 31 Days of DevotionIt’s been two years since I first posted the “30 Days of Devotion” for Herne the Hunter. Two years! Holy crap, Batman! Hearth Witch Down Under over at patheos.com has posted that the “31 Days of Devotion” is somewhat of a blog challenge for the month of August, and has…
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Continue reading →: Visiting Sacred Space in Central AustraliaAround the time of studying Mangamai’bangawarra (Indigenous Science) at university, I mentioned to my mother how amazing it would be to visit Central Australia, to see Uluru and Kata Tjuta, and to experience what some describe as the heart of Australia as a continent. And thus our girls week away…
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Continue reading →: The Longest NightYule, or the Winter Solstice, this year astrologically falls at 8.34am EST on Tuesday 21st June. While I would absolutely love to take tomorrow off so I can celebrate at that exact moment in time, I began a new job today and simply can’t. So tomorrow night it shall be…
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Continue reading →: The Oracle of the Antlered RoadElen of the Ways is an antlered Goddess of British mythology. She is Sovereignty, she is the Green Woman. She is of the ancient tracks and path ways, and is helping me journey down one particular path Herne has claimed as “Women’s Business”. There is not much written about her from…
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Continue reading →: In Keeping SilentThe Pagan Experience – To Be Silent. What does “silence” mean to you? How does it inform your spiritual practice? How is it expressed in your mundane life? And, what is it we are being silent about? Silence is memories of fingers on lips, of the shhh in the library, the awkwardness…
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I’m Rowan
Welcome to BookOfEucalypt, my little piece of the internet since 2011. I write about all things Paganism, Herne the Hunter, my path, with bits of poetry and short stories thrown in for good measure.
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