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A long, strange trip

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 13 October 2021 by Ashleigh McSidhe22 March 2022

Friends and kin are sharing stories about their Craft history. These are important. As many of the people involved are now dead, I don’t mind naming some of the names, other’s I’ll keep to myself…and some have been public for a long time.

So, despite being raised in a nominally Christian home (Mother was Assembly of God, Dad was Southern Baptist), I somehow wound up a Witch.

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Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know | Tagged history, personal reflections

Book review: MAGICKAL MANNERS:Guide to Magickal Etiquette

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 16 April 2021 by Ashleigh McSidhe16 April 2021

MAGICKAL MANNERS:Guide to Magickal Etiquette by Puck Shadowdrake My rating: 4 of 5 stars Puck has drawn on his years of experience as both a student and leader of Wiccan covens to present this very useful beginner’s guide to what … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know, Teaching | Tagged book reviews

SHAMANISM: Agony Before the Ecstasy

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 20 October 2020 by Scarecrow27 October 2020

Shamanism: Agony Before the Ecstasy or: Give me that Old Age Religion (originally printed in Converging Paths, 1987 Fall Equinox)by Scarecrow  There is an old Central Asian story of the time that Nasruddin Hoca, the Sufi teacher of Anatolia, was … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know | Tagged Files from Sidhe Mail BBS, Scarecrow's Field, shamanism, Teaching

Book Review: Royal Roads: Pilgrimages Through the Four Elements and Beyond

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 18 March 2020 by Ashleigh McSidhe29 May 2020

Advance disclaimer: I’ve known Dana Corby for close to 45 years, and Bjoern Hartsfvang for over 30 (or as I sometimes joke, long enough to finally learn how to spell his name). Royal Roads: Pilgrimages Through the Four Elements and … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know | Tagged book reviews, other people's thoughts

ELGIAC ODE by Anna Seward

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 13 May 2018 by Nemed Cuculatii13 May 2018

ELGIAC ODE.1 A little while I leave with anxious heart, Source of my filial cares, thee FULL OF DAYS; Lur’d by a promise from harmonic art To breathe her Handel’s rich, immortal lays. Pensive I trace the Derwent’s amber wave2, … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know, Teaching | Tagged Derwent's amber wove, lore, other people's thoughts, other traditions, poetry, Teaching

Another Beltane

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 13 May 2018 by Ashleigh McSidhe13 December 2018

May Eve, 1973: I’m standing at the edge of the Circle, bound and blinfolded, and I feel a sword touch my body. I involuntarily startle, even though I knew it was coming. I hear the questions, and make my responses. … Continue reading →

Posted in Beltane, Beyond the Fields We Know | Tagged Moondancer's mutterings

Allison Gross

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 9 December 2017 by Ashleigh McSidhe9 February 2019

Allison Gross (Child #35) 1 O ALLISON GROSS, that lives in yon towr, The ugliest witch i the north country, Has trysted me ae day up till her bowr, An monny fair speech she made to me. 2 She stroaked … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know, Lore | Tagged Child Ballads, faery, lore, songs, witchcraft

Tam Lin: Child #39A

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 9 December 2017 by Nemed Cuculatii9 December 2017

O I forbid you, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tam Lin is there. There’s nane that gaes by Carterhaugh But they leave him a wad, Either their rings, or … Continue reading →

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Thomas of Erceldoune

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 9 December 2017 by Nemed Cuculatii9 December 2017

Thomas of Erceldoune Anonymous (Circa 1388-1401)  Als I me wente this endres daye Full faste in mynd makand my mone In a mery mornynge of Maye By Huntley bankkes myselfe allone, I herde the jaye and the throstyll cokke; The … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know | Tagged Child Ballads, faery, lore, songs

The Worlds that Bind Us

Nemed Cuculatii Posted on 8 September 2017 by Ashleigh McSidhe8 September 2017

Earth-world, Underworld, Spirit-world. These are the Worlds that bind us. Flesh to the Earth. Soul to the Underworld. Spirit to the Spirit-World. And between the Three, only the Gods may travel without restriction. ~ (original) Etruscan funerary chapel inscription ~ … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond the Fields We Know, Lore, Teaching | Tagged lore, noted elsewhere, other traditions, Teaching

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