This advert for a talk on the history of witchcraft and feminism popped up in my Facebook page recently – and instead of just being online or in down in London it’s actually in Middlesbrough! Here are the details about the talk, which will be followed by Q&A with Dr. Moretti: The image of the…
Storytelling with Half-Man, Half-Myth!
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For the past couple of months we have been along to The Angel’s Cut bar to hear Norse storytelling. The fabulous Half-Man, Half-Myth (also known as P. D. Brown) is telling tales of the Norse Gods and legends from the Sagas and the Poetic Edda. P. D. is originally from York and has recently moved…
Digital Druidry
Hi Jenny here – I am delighted to announce that my paper, Digital Druidry, looking at the nature of online Druid ritual, is now live in the Journal for the Study of Religious Experience (pp. 104-127) available to read for free here: Digital Druidry: An investigation into the development, nature and significance of online ritual…
The Melsonby Hoard
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Yesterday Jenny and I were invited to attend a lecture at The Yorkshire Museum on the Melsonby hoard. The details of the hoard are absolutely stunning. I did start taking some photographs of the presentation but was just so overwhelmed by the volume of amazing images of all of the finds that I ended up…
Silent Witness for the Right to Peaceful Protest
Jenny and Keith represented the OBOD Mandua Briga seed group yesterday joining over 40 members of the Quakers and other faith communities by the Pease monument in Darlington town centre at 11am to mark a silent witness highlighting the threat from the 2022 and 2023 crime and policing bills to the right for peaceful protest.…
Thank you!
To all the people who turned up to our Moot! We had a brilliant time at Hopetown and were overwhelmed that 12 of you came along! We had to do some major table shifting to get everyone together and thank you to the staff of Hopetown for putting up with us! Thank you to Ben,…
Is There Anybody Out There? The Return of Darlington Pagan Moot!
The Mandua Briga Seed Group of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids invite those of all pagan paths – Druid, Wiccan, Heathen, Hedge Witch and others – to a friendly, inclusive and informal moot at the Clocktower Café in The Goods Shed at Hopetown Darlington to find out if there is interest in re-starting…
People of Spirit – A Tribute to Meggie Kynsa (Paul Needham)
Just before Winter Solstice 2024 we lost one of the elders and most distinctive characters from the north east of England’s pagan community. I first met Meggie around 10 years ago at the Northumbrian Gorsedd gatherings at Dilston Physic Garden, organised by fellow OBOD Druids Victor Ball and Marc Johnstone when Meggie was still known as Paul. We shared…
The Mystery of the Stang Amulet
Our story starts in the spring of 1981. A man called Ted Seaton from Barnard Castle, who was a keen local metal detectorist, had taken a drive out to Arkengarthdale to search for artefacts. Ted ran an antique shop called The Mudlark in Galgate in Barnard Castle. Just over four years later, Ted was to…
Book Launch!
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Fantastic day at Leeds Trinity University for the launch of Pagan Religions in Five Minutes. Presentations from myself, Angela Puca, Suzanne Owen and Rhiannon Grant, followed by a brilliant discussion. A very enjoyable day!