Ferdiad

The River Thames facing west from Blackfriars. It is early evening and low tide with the gravelly foreshore visible.

Never not a good evening for a walk beside the river.
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#Thames #TamesisGrove #UrbanDruidry #Druidry #DruidSky
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A preserving jar full of thinly sliced rhubarb pickling in brine.

Low energy kind of day so I thought I’d make pickled rhubarb

Bealtaine fire burns safely in a small cast-iron cauldron on the woodland floor

Bealtaine altar wreathed in hawthorn blossoms: a tea light candle lit in a white lantern

Druid altar on the woodland floor wreathed by hawthorn blossoms. Within, a lit lantern; bowl of water; decorated stone and smouldering herb bundle mark the quarters

Fortunate Fires marked the gateway to summer as #TamesisGrove celebrated our #Bealtaine ritual.
May the blessings of the flames bring us what we need as the wheel turns. /|\
#UrbanDruidry #Druidry #obob #beltane #ritual #DruidSky

Druid Awen badge, Tardis police box badge with rainbow coloured door panels, badge reading “support your local Druid”.

Ready for the Tamesis Bealtaine ritual /|\
#TamesisGrove #Druidry #UrbanDruidry #Bealtaine #Beltane #obod #ritual #pagan #DruidSky

Hawthorn blossoms

Hawthorn blossoms

Hawthorn blossoms

Hedgerows full of Hawthorn blossoms for Bealtaine.
Blessings of sunshine and thorn as the gates of summer open! /|\
#bealtaine #beltane #UrbanDruidry #Druidry #DruidLife #DruidSky

Thanks. That sounds rough, but you’re better off away from that sort of behaviour. There is no way to be apolitical, neutrality in the face of oppression is complicity.
Also, did they even read the Gorsedd Prayer? 🤔

Petition: Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender. We believe the government should change legislation to make it easier for trans people of all ages to change their legal gender without an official diagnosis of gender dysphoria.

Please sign and share ❤️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Please more cisgender people do this. Read @jessothomson.co.uk's and @goodlawproject.bsky.social's articles on the impact of the supreme court ruling and demand primary legislation to urgently safeguard trans rights.

Please cis people step up on this one. Get loud and make it clear there is a problem here.

I’m going to need to start gathering acorns.

UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010 The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.

The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010

www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...

👇 IMPORTANT

Noting Rowling’s vast financial success, Barker felt that Rowling’s newfound position of fame ought to exclude her from discussing trans rights. He added, “It really just seems redundant for a woman as successful, as validated in the world, as Ms Rowling, to be negative, to be disruptive if you will, to a very beaten up subculture. These are human beings. She has no right to opine, I think, upon the lives of human beings that she does not know.” “I feel very protective of people who are on the edge of our culture as gay people still are,” Barker continued. “And certainly transgender people are on the edge of our culture. And here you have one of the most successful people in the frigging world – Ms Rowling. Going after a very emotionally vulnerable portion of our culture. It just seems unnecessary and unfair.”

Clive Barker gets it.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/hellraiser-c...

Trans flag gradient background with the text: Today is an important day to re-affirm that Tamesis welcomes and affirms the sacredness of our trans, genderqueer and non-binary members. Tamesis stands in a circle of fellowship, inclusion and equity: both in our grove and in the wider world. It is not a space where we will debate the existence or human rights of any person, especially not people who are marginalised in society. If your druidry does not include "the love of all existences", then it is not a druidry that will find a comfortable home in Tamesis.

The love of all existences. 🏳️‍⚧️/|\
#TamesisGrove #druidry #UrbanDruidry #DruidLife #DruidSky

Baking is alchemy, cooking is improv.

A spring equinox altar on bare earth showing magical tools and decorations: a lantern, incense censer, bowl of earth and bowl of water. Three empty pots wait to have seeds planted. Flower petals are scattered in a circle

Heavy thunderclouds over the London skyline as viewed from Primrose Hill in the late afternoon

The balance of light and dark, gratitude for spring time and dramatic thunder and lightning. All part of a lovely Spring Equinox celebration with the Tamesis Druids. /|\
#TamesisGrove #SpringEquinox #AlbanEilir #UrbanDruidry #DruidLife #obod #pagan #druid #druidsky

#Labour INTEND to kill disabled people.

It's not accidental. They know.

And when they say "savings" you need to hear "cuts that will kill the most vulnerable."

There is this weird bullshit about 'spiritual folks not involving themselves in politics. If you don't actively stand up for justice, for human rights, for fair-mindedness, for moderation, for LOVE - then, WTF is your spiritual practise good for?

Dress ups? Show? Nice aesthetic?

#witchsky

It’s better to light a Wicker Man than curse the darkness.
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I’d invite anyone who feels an interest of connecting to Artio to consider if they’d like to celebrate those dates and what might be a meaningful way for them to mark them.

The counterpoint is Artio Retiring which falls on 21st October (also the Feast of St Ursula), to mark the beginning of hibernation seasons.

Myself and several others celebrate Artio on two dates during the year: this is a modern syncretism and doesn’t claim ancient provenance.
Artio Rising is marked at the first new moon after Imbolc and roughly coincides with the end of hibernation season across Northern Europe and North America.

Thank you 🐻

Exceptional 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

An altar with an offering candle depicting a women wearing a bear mantle and the name Artio (the Celtic bear goddess) printed at its base. The altar objects include various carved bears in wood and stone, pictures of bears and offerings of water, incense and fresh spring daffodils.

Blessed Feast of Artio Rising /|\
#Artio #arctolatry #NewMoon #Ritual #Altar
#UrbanDruidry #Druidry #BearGoddess #ArtioRising #DruidSky #PaganSky

Same fandom, different day 🤓

Steve North is president of Unison - screenshots from the other place

You guys, @gaystheword.bsky.social is here. Now it's a party. Go follow them.