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herne

  • In Search of the White Goddess

    I’ve been searching for who this particular lady is for some time. I’ve been referring to her as Sovereignty as she never gave me her name, or if she had I couldn’t remember it upon waking. There isn’t a lot on… Continue reading

  • An Urban Altar

    This week on Pagans Down Under the topic of discussion is ‘altar’. I’ve had an interesting journey with creating and changing my altar as when I practiced Ocean Witchcraft I felt as though I didn’t need one, and I couldn’t… Continue reading

  • The Wild Hunt begins

    I didn’t think I was “open” today. Normally when I’m this exhausted I can’t hear, I can’t see, I can’t sense. But He had other plans, other ideas, and a different agenda. He didn’t care that I was at work, that… Continue reading

  • Welcoming the new year

    I feel as though this post will be written over a series of days as resolutions is something I’ve never really understood. I’m sure I’ve mentioned previously, but for me my new year begins at Litha, not when the Gregorian calender… Continue reading

  • The hand that governs change

    Hail the Mighty Holly King, for He has won the crown from the frail Oak King and now rules over the (Southern Hemispheric) Waning Year! Or so I’d normally proclaim at Litha. (Firstly, yay for being back at a computer!… Continue reading

  • Through the Mist to Avalon

    With Herne’s blessing I have begun a new path of study on my Pagan path: Avalonian Witchcraft. I’ve always been in love with tales of King Arthur and Merlin, and I know several different versions of the tales. It wasn’t… Continue reading

  • Reflection, upon finishing ’30 Days of Devotion’

    Thirty days of daily devotion, all in the form of blogging. For a brief moment I thought, “could I really do this?” Of course I could. I’m great at talking when I don’t have to open my mouth, finding the… Continue reading

  • Day Twenty-Four: Help me!

    Day the twenty-fourth: A time when this deity has helped you. There are multiple instances, but many I don’t really want to share. The biggest and I guess the most important right now is that he helped me find my… Continue reading

  • Day the Twelfth: Places associated with Herne

    Day the Twelfth: Places associated with Herne and their worship. The most notable is Windsor Forest. It was there that he hunted, and in death lead his Wild Hunt. Damh the Bard wrote a beautiful post about his own journey… Continue reading

  • Day the Eleventh: Festivals, days, and times sacred to Herne.

    Day the Eleventh: Festivals, days, and times sacred to this deity. The Horn Dance. I first read about the Horn Dance in Eric Fitch’s book, In Search of Herne the Hunter,  mentions a local festival which he believes is “a living… Continue reading

  • Day the Ninth: Common mistakes about Herne.

    Day the Ninth: Common mistakes about this deity. Major one: He is not Cernunnos. Please stop saying that he is another facet of Cernunnos. They are not interchangable. Just like Athena and Diana are not the same Deity – they… Continue reading

  • Day the Eighth: Variations and regional forms of Herne.

    Day the Eighth: Variations 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… Continue reading