we have entered the borderland where the Cailleach and Brighid dwell and dance
their duality paradoxically emerges from the land, the water, the wind…
Read Morewe have entered the borderland where the Cailleach and Brighid dwell and dance
their duality paradoxically emerges from the land, the water, the wind…
Read Moreteachings on ancestor recovery and relationship speak often of our relations - the kin of our blood and bone
but I feel that this vocabulary, surely unintentionally, excludes those of us who are adopted, or grew up in the foster system. raised away from those we share DNA with for one reason or another.
I have been learning to write myself into these teachings as a person of adoption
Read Morethe wild lives in me, the bird, the bone
the otherworld lives in me, the dark, wet womb of the world
the pathways live in me, sovereign, seeking, connecting, creating
this is to be and to become all at once
Read Morewelcome home, welcome in
the well ones, the wise ones
your blood and bone is built from stoney hills
Read Moremay we bask in the light of our inner worlds…
Read Morequeer voices and stories have been, and continue to be systematically erased from history. As a person of Celtic heritage I have searched for stories of queer bodies and spirits on my homelands and found none. If a quick google search is to be believed, Celtic stories tell only of the hero and/or the heroine in all their hetero glory.
But dive a little deeper and you find the wells of queer lineage…
Read Moreancestors | of land and body…
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