And so there are many wells which, like Madron, are named now for the saints – but under their shallow surface ripples lie the deep, clear traces of far older stories.

The instinctive body, in its primal innocence, knows what is best for you. Trust in its wisdom. Consult with it; start a dialogue. Follow its instincts, its feedback, and its feelings. Explore your own energy system and allow the trapped energy to flow again, because it is only by surrendering to the flow that the power of universal Shakti can

“Ancestry” in our culture implies chromosomal connection; ancestors are those humans from whom I have inherited my body tissues. Biogenetics replaces the spirit world. In other societies an ancestor could be a tree, a bear, a salmon, a member of the dead, a spirit in a dream, a special spooky place. These may be addressed as “Ancestor” and an altar