The Bards' Journey

It’s a time when we once again find ourselves between two worlds, travelling from the darkness to the light, feeling the cold giving way to warmth, and standing at the point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox... Imbolc (often pronounced ‘ Imolc ’) is traditionally seen as the first of the Spring festivals and is celebrated on February 1. There are several origins of the name, one being that it came from the Old Gaelic word i mbolc , which means ‘in the belly

Our Autumn Equinox Rite was held in a woodland grove, close to Bath, in the West of England. With a twilight Bardic ritual, songs to mark the balance of day and night and (maybe) a few Celtic gods watching on we welcomed the shorter days in AWEN style. Working with twin spirals mapped out on the ground, representing the two halves of the year, we brought the rite alive with music and sound. The Autumn Equinox is sometimes referred to as the Second Harvest; the harvest of frui

Our Lughnasadh festival celebrations took us to the hills of Wessex with music and mead, to bless the land, sing traditional songs – and visit the local pub. Who wouldn’t?