A New Year Begins

Hello my fellow travellers of the old ways.  Well here we are at the beginning of a New year, we have felt the change as the wheel turned last month, the Holly King surrendered his crown to the Oak King who will now lead us in to the lighter half of the year.  The days although getting colder will also start to gradually get longer.

Last year, particularly towards the final few months got extremely busy for me and although my spiritual practice continued and my journey as a Druid kept me going, I was unable to share as much as I wanted as the time seemed to run away from me with more to do and less time to do it in.  The weirdest thing though was I was actually getting to spend more time with nature which was a bonus, our new little doggy person is a great lover of the woods and therefore every time we took him out we spent time amongst the trees.  What a bonus that was.  This in turn gave me inspiration and I wrote more poetry, this was fitted in with my train journeys to and from sites in London, well there isn’t anything else to do on trains so why not.

I got to thinking about my journey as a Druid and what it actually meant to me, I spent time reflecting on what I had done, what I was hoping to do and how I was going to do it.  To me being a Druid isn’t just saying I am a Druid and leaving it there, I look at it as a way of life, sometimes things go well and sometimes they don’t but the one thing that always remains constant is my belief and my love for mother nature.  I guess I am lucky as I have a partner who, although not a Druid herself, is a pagan and a witch, this means that we can talk about things openly and not worry if they sound silly, I can bounce ideas off of her and we share views, our paths although different in certain aspects also have similarities, and this is what got me thinking.  Throughout my journey I have always known I wanted to share what I have learnt with others, I’m no teacher and to be honest there are people out there who know far more than me, but that doesn’t mean I have to be quiet, (for those who actually know me you will know that being quiet is not what I am known for).  I have friends who, for whatever reason, cant openly express their beliefs or their journeys and in this day and age I think it is awful.  The small group I have on Facebook as well as this blog is like a little haven where we can all discuss and talk about things that we can’t usually mention, and I hope it continues to grow like that so we can share more with each other.  I digress (another of my traits, going off at a tangent all the time)

So, this year I want to do things I never thought I could do, and I want to share them all with you.  My first thought was thinking of a way I could connect with you all in a more personal way, I talk about my journey on here and in the group but its not always that easy to experience it as I would like to so I am going to start working on a YouTube channel, this is such a daunting prospect, but don’t worry I will be behind the camera the majority of the time so I don’t scare anyone away.  I want to do this to take those of you who can’t get out into the woods into the woods with me, I want to share with you the places I call home and possibly read you my poems and share a brew outdoors with you.  I would like to video some of the ceremonies I do (possibly if that is of interest) with you.  I have been looking at video editing over the yule break and might even try to do that to make the videos more compact.  I would like to also take you maybe on some woodland meditations where, although we are spread across the planet, we can all come together for a little while.  It may not work out, but if I don’t try, I will never know.  I would love to hear from you to let me know what you think.