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Jul 17, 2018

The story behind the book: The Cailleach

My publisher, Moon Books has a series of 'introduction' books called Pagan Portals and at this point I had written a couple of books for the series, well more than a couple... Moon Books then had the idea to include gods and goddesses in the series and immediately The Cailleach started to poke me...and whisper in my ear...and then shout...she absolutely wanted her voice to be heard! For those of you that don't know me, The Cailleach is my matron goddess and has been with me f

Oct 15, 2017

'Coming of the Cailleach' - Ritual

Holding onto negative feelings can not only make you feel miserable it can manifest in physical ways too. Don’t hold onto it. Forgive yourse

Oct 14, 2017

'Coming of the Cailleach' - Lessons

She is a dark goddess but you need to see and understand the dark to be able to appreciate and balance with the light. The dark is a place o

Oct 13, 2017

'Coming of the Cailleach' - Working magic

Because of the lack of records telling us how the ancient peoples worshipped the Cailleach there aren’t really any ‘traditional’ symbols or

Oct 12, 2017

'Coming of the Caileach' - Globe Trotting

The focus of stories place the Cailleach in Scotland or Ireland with her morphing into Black Annis in England but her name can be found (pos

Oct 11, 2017

'Coming of the Cailleach' - in the British Isles

In folk stories from Scotland it is said that The Cailleach rises at Samhain and brings with her the snow, ice and harsh weather until Imbol

Oct 10, 2017

'Coming of the Cailleach' - Birth

The Cailleach – Goddess of the ancestors, wisdom that comes with age, the weather, time, shape shifting and winter.

Jul 14, 2017

Black Annis

In England the area of Leicester carries the tale of an old hag woman dressed in black that lived in a cave, the Leicester Chronicle (newspa

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