Articles

BRYTHONIC POLYTHEISM

What is Brythonic Polytheism?
Practices: Prayer, Meditation, Trance

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SHAMANISM

Basics

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

Shamanic Practitioner 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
Ancestor Work – Remembrance and Healing
Psychopomping – from Witnessing to doing the Work
Exploring Depossession
Shamanic Practitioner Training Complete

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BRYTHONIC GODS AND GODDESSES

VINDOS


Mythos

An Introduction to Vindos / Gwyn ap Nudd
Gwyn ap Nudd and the Spirits of Annwn: Remembering the Underworld Gods 
Gwyn and the Healing Power of Art
Gwyn and the Old North

Ritual Year

Calan Mai: Gwyn’s Battle for Creiddylad
Honouring the Death of Gwyn
Gwyn’s Feast
Nos Galan Gaeaf: Gwyn’s Hunt
Winter King and Twelve Days of Devotion

My Devotional Journey

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

Practices

Meditating Gwyn
Being Present for Gwyn
The Art of Turning Sadness into Joy

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CREIDDYLAD (CONSORT)

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

NODENS / NUDD (FATHER)


Nodens and the Serpents of the Deep
Nodens and the Weather Shapers
Nodens God of Dreams and Building a Dreamwork Practice

ANRHUNA (MOTHER)

Lady of the Marsh
Discovering Anrhuna
Anrhuna the Dragon Mother

VITIRIS / GWYTHYR AP GREIDOL (RIVAL)

Gwythyr: God of Fire, Sun, Summer and Seed
Gwythyr’s Ants

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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
Penwortham Fairy Funeral 
Boggarts

The Ribble

Belisama: Goddess of the Ribble

Preston

Lost Wells and Watercourses of Priest Town
The Black Dog of Preston 

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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
I’m Not Enough
Food, Food Noise and Meditation

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PHYSICAL HEALTH

Fitness

Running as Prayer
Strength Training (one) and (two)

Medical Conditions

Diabetes in my Mother Line

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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 DawnNo 204, Autumn 2017

‘Orddu, the Very Black Witch’ in Pagan DawnNo 202, Spring 2017

‘A Rose for Rigantona’ in The Grey Mare on the HillDecember 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