The Ritual of Writing: Writing as Spiritual Practice

Because third-person narrative is normally written by an omniscient, or all seeing, narrator, the distance created between the characters and the reader means that the author can move the plot forward relatively quickly and even change the focus of the narrative with ease. For example, George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series relies on thi

Sometimes, when we work with dreams, the final piece can be incredibly fantastical and obscure, meaning that other people may struggle to comprehend what we mean. But that doesn’t matter.

In fact, one of the joys of the old stories is that they are crying out to be adapted, updated and augmented!

The Spirit of Place, the spirit of the land where I am, has a profound effect on my spirituality and was definitely the force which moved me towards Druidry.

Spirituality for many is about being thankful and acknowledging the beauty in the world, it is about sensing the deeper meanings and looking beyond the everyday.

Once you have completed the task above, it would be a good idea to take your story back to the wild place that you visited (as suggested in Chapter 6) and check that it fits with the landscape. You may choose to read it aloud, but this could be problematic if you are likely to be overheard.

During this time I also began keeping a daily diary, noting and reflecting events going on around me, honing my ability to evoke the world rather than just make notes about it.

They were told that, in the last lesson of the year, they would read their work out to others in the class as a ‘present’, a gift to each other, to mark the turning of the year.

Autumn is the perfect time to work with ancestors of all kinds, whether they be blood ancestors or those who live nearby.