Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca and Druidry

Let me dip thee in the water, Thou yellow beautiful gem of power! In water of purest wave, Which pure was kept by Brighid. A blessing on the gem, A blessing on the water, And a healing of all bodily ailments To each suffering creature! from The Silver Bough, (ed. Marian McNeill)

‘Often people get ideas which they give birth to prematurely, and so the project withers and dies because it is not strong enough to survive in the outside world. They should have kept it inside, in their heart and imagination for a little longer – thought it through more, allowed it to develop more.

The Story of the Selkie

When we live in a world of concrete and glass, separated from the cycles and the energies of the natural world, we lose energy and become tired or depressed.

People think that they can live in concrete boxes, isolated from Nature, eating food that was harvested months before and mummified with preservatives, and still be healthy.

That is why particular places have developed over the years as “power points” or healing centres – the Earth’s magnetism varies in intensity at different places, and so does the level of negative ions.

‘If you ever do get ill, there would be aromatherapists and healers nearby to massage you with herbs and oils, to treat you with elixirs, teas and poultices, and to listen to your problems – because often, as you know, our physical ills are caused by troubles of the heart and mind.

It fosters a love of the land, the earth, the wild; love of peace and beauty; love of story and myth; love of history and reverence for the ancestors; love of trees, stones, and animals; love of the body and sexuality; love of the sun, moon, stars and sky; love of each other and love of life.

‘Those two figures represent the God and the Goddess – the two great forces that together create life. Ultimately, all of Life is One, but creation only comes about when that One polarizes itself into two energies. In the East they refer to these forces as Yin and Yang. In Druidcraft we talk about them as God and Goddess. In the Qabalah this same i