SHAMANISM

Basics

What is Shamanism?
Evidence for Shamanism in Britain
Core Shamanism and its Advantages and Disadvantages

Shamanic Apprenticeship

The Gift of Shamanism
Power Animals and Power Animal Retrieval
Soul Loss and Soul Retrieval
Shamanic Energy Healing (including Extraction)
The Benefits of Soul Exchange

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ANCIENT BRITISH GODS AND GODDESSES

VINDOS / GWYN AP NUDD

Gwyn’s Mythos

An Introduction to Vindos / Gwyn ap Nudd
Gwyn ap Nudd and the Spirits of Annwn: Remembering the Underworld Gods 
Calan Mai: Gwyn’s Battle for Creiddylad
Gwyn’s Feast
Nos Galan Gaeaf: Gwyn’s Hunt
Gwyn ap Nudd and the Old North
Vindolanda: The Land of White Springs

My Journey of Devotion to Gwyn

Honouring Gwyn ap Nudd 
Gwyn’s Apprenticeship and the Role of the Awenydd 
On Becoming Gwyn’s Awenydd
Married to Gwyn in Life and in Death

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CREIDDYLAD

The Favour of Creiddylad
Gwyn, Gwythyr and Creiddylad – A Story from the Old North

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NODENS / NUDD

What ails you Father? The Rain of Nodens
Nodens and the Serpents of the Deep
Nodens and the Weather Shapers
Nodens God of Dreams and Building a Dreamwork Practice
Nodens Father of Sea Horses

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ANRHUNA

Lady of the Marsh
Lund-in-the-Mist and Altar to the Mothers
Discovering Anrhuna
Anrhuna the Dragon Mother
The Cow of Anrhuna

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MAPONOS / MABON

Maponos

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BELISAMA

Belisama: Goddess of the Ribble

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ORDDU (A GUIDE)

Orddu – the Very Black Witch
The Last Witch of Pennant Gofid
Orddu and Returning to the Cave

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ANNWN – ‘VERY DEEP’
(THE OTHERWORLD)

Signposts to Annwn – Places, Inhabitants, Lore
The Spoils of Annwn
Annwn – A Land of the Dead or the Living?
The Mysteries of Rebirth
Those Who Live On
The Scream over Annwn

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LOCAL LORE

Penwortham

Greencroft Valley
Castle Hill
Fish House Brook
Penwortham Priory and the Rule of St Benedict

Preston

Lost Wells and Watercourses of Priest Town
Industrialisation and Radicalism in Preston

Lancashire Folklore

Lancashire Boggarts
Penwortham Fairy Funeral 
The Black Dog of Preston 
The Edge of the Dark 
Lancashire’s Last Wolf

The Setantii

The Dwellers in the Water Country
Penwortham Lake Dwelling
The Water Country’s Severed Heads
They Died With Hazel
Setanta – A Hero of the Setantii?

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TREE LORE

Alder – Tree of the Water Dwellers
Aspen – Tree of the Woman’s Tongue
Birch’s Armour
Pioneering with Birch
Daronwy – The Prophetic Oak
Black Poplars at the Source

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MENTAL HEALTH

Autism

Autism and Living in the Fog
Autism and Challenge
Autism and Coping with Overload

Eating Disorders

The Binger and the Secret Serpent
The Religion of Size

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PHYSICAL HEALTH

Strength training (one) and (two)

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ARTICLES IN OTHER PUBLICATIONS

‘The Gods and Spirits of Annwn’ in Sacred Hoop, Issue 129, September 2025

‘Becoming a Nun of Annwn: A Call from the Deep’ in Indie Shaman, Issue 61, July 2024

‘The Prehistoric Archaeology of Chat Moss‘ online talk for the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, January 2022

‘In Moments of Terror’ in ‘People of Prayer‘, Isis-Seshat, Issue 41, Vol. 13, Spring 2018

‘The Ghost of Myrddin Wyllt’ in Pagan Dawn, No 204, Autumn 2017

‘Orddu, the Very Black Witch’ in Pagan Dawn, No 202, Spring 2017

‘A Rose for Rigantona’ in The Grey Mare on the Hill, December 2015

Excerpts from ‘The River Syke’ in Broadgate and District Magazine,
August 2014

Vignette on ‘Druidry’ in Paganism 101: An Introduction to Paganism by 101 Pagans, Moon Books, February 2014

Article on ‘Bardic Poetry’ in Preston Poets Newsletter, Winter 2013