The Honeymoon of the Gods

In my last article, I wrote about the traditional customs that we usually celebrate here in Avalon to mark the duel over the hand of the May Queen. I explained that it is an ancient story or myth that is “written in the stars” to reflect a wisdom teaching about how the alchemical Marriage of…

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Sewing our shadows back on

In my article for Beltane, I explained the star story that underpins the play about Peter Pan. In it, I show the connection between Tinkerbell and Jupiter, who governs the metal tin, and the sign of Sagittarius. (This is all explained much more fully in Stories in the Summerlands). But in brief, J. M Barrie’s…

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Beltane, May Day and the story written in the stars that fall on the Summerlands

If you’re at all interested in the star magic symbolism of Beltane, and why we celebrate it here, on the Summerlands of Avalon, by processing behind the drummers escorting the red and white dragons up to the Fairfields of Glastonbury Tor, then the following article is for you. It unravels the deeper meanings for why…

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