Articles

SHAMANISM

Basics

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

Building Relationships with Spirits

The Origins of Houses and House Spirits
Working with Spirits of the Garden

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

BRITISH LORE

These are the deities who I worship.

VINDOS / GWYN AP NUDD

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

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KRAIDETI / 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

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

ANIMAL LORE

Riding the White Horse
The Chasing of Rhiannon and the Nature of Horse
Du y Moroedd – The Black Horse of the Seas
Cwn Annwn and the Passage of Souls
Dormach and the Jaws of Annwn
The Bull of Battle and the Great Horned Bull
The Crazy Owl of Gwyn ap Nudd

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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

PLANT LORE

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
The Calming of Meadowsweet

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

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?

THE OLD NORTH

The Thirteen Treasures of the North
Gwyn ap Nudd and the Old North
Gwyn and the Men of the North – Gwenddolau, Meurig, Bran, Gwallog
The Brightness Beyond Endurance
Forgotten Arfderydd and the Hearsay of Corvids
Gwyn ap Nudd and the Gwyllon
Vindolanda

Myrddin Wyllt

The Ghost of Myrddin Wyllt
Myrddin’s Museum

Orddu

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

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
‘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

RESOURCES

SHAMANISM

Introductory

Green, T. (Ed) What is Shamanism? Moon Books, (2018)
Ingerman, S. Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide, (Sounds True Adult, 2020)
MacLellan, G. Shamanism (Piatkus Guides, 1999)

General

Breeze-Wood, N. Walking with the Tiger, (Independently Published, 2022)
Harner, M. The Way of the Shaman, (Harper One, 2011)
Harner, M. Cave and Cosmos, (North Atlantic Books, 2013)
Hughes, J. The Heart of Life, (Moon Books, 2015)
Hughes, J. The Wisdom of Mental Illness, (Watkins Publishing, 2021)
Ingerman, S. Welcome Home, (Harper Collins, 2000)
Ingerman, S. Medicine for the Earth, (Harmony, 2001)
Ingerman, S. How to Heal Toxic Thoughts, (Sterling, 2007)
Ingerman, S., Wesselman, H. Awakening to the Spirit World, (Sounds True, 2010)

Soul Retrieval

Drake, A. M. Healing of the Soul, (Ann M Drake, 2014)
Ingerman, S. Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self, (Harper One, 2010)

Ancestral Healing

Foor, D. Ancestral Medicine, (Bear and Company, 2017)
O’Sullivan, T., N. Ancestral Healing Made Easy, (Hay House, 2021)
Smalley, N. The Path to Forgotten Freedom, (The Way of the Buzzard, 2022)
Wolynn, M. It Didn’t Start With You, (Vermillion, 2022)

Psychopomping

Allaun, C. Guide of Spirits, (Moon Books, 2021)
Kowaleski, D. Death Walkers, (iUniverse, 2015)
O’Sullivan, T., N. Soul Rescuers, (Thorsons, 1999)
Perry, L. (ed) Deathwalking, (Moon Books, 2018)

Depossession

Salome, P. Shamanic Depossession, (Peter Salome, 2014)

History of Shamanism

Aldhouse Green, M., S. The Quest for the Shaman, (Thames and Hudson, 2005)
Harvey, G., Wallis, R.J. Historical Dictionary of Shamanism, (Roman and Littlefield, 2015)
Lewis-Williams, D. The Mind in the Cave, (Thames and Hudson, 2004)
Wedlock, B. The Woman in the Shaman’s Body, (Random House, 2005)
Winkelman, M. J. Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm, (Praeger, 2010)

Celtic Shamanism

Cowan, T. Fire in the Head, (Bravo, 1995)
Matthews, J. The Celtic Shaman, (Rider, 2001)
Matthews, J. Taliesin: The Last Celtic Shaman, (Inner Traditions, 2002)
Stewart, R. J. Power Within the Land, (Element Books, 1992)
Steward, R. J. Earth Light, (Thoth Publications, 1998)

Shamanic Journey Drumming Tracks

My 20 minute guided shamanic journey with call back
Michael Harner 15 minute shamanic journey with call back

Magazines

Sacred Hoop

Websites

The Way of the Buzzard
Shamanic Healers Circle
The Foundation for Shamanic Studies
Society for Shamanic Practice
Indie Shaman blog
The Shaman’s Cave
Sandra Ingerman

BRITISH LORE

British Gods and Goddesses

Davies, L. (ed), The Grey Mare on the Hill, (Grey Mare Books, 2015)
Fox, S. Ritual Journeys with Great British Goddesses, (Trafford, 2012)
Green, M. The Gods of the Celts, (Bramley Books, 1986)
Herne, R. Old Gods, New Druids, (O Books, 2009)
Hughes, K. Ceridwen: Celtic Goddess of Inspiration, (Llewellyn Publications, 2021)
Matthews, M. Mabon and the Guardians of Celtic Britain, (Inner Traditions, 2002)
McGrath, S. Brigantia: Goddess of the North, (Lulu, 2016)
Wise, C. Finding Elen: The Quest for Elen of the Ways, (Create Space, 2015)

Celtic Culture

Aldhouse Green, M. Sacred Britannia, (Thames and Hudson, 2018)
Aldhouse Green, M. Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, (Routledge, 1998)
Aldhouse Green, M. Dying for the Gods, (The History Press, 2002)
Cunliffe, B. The Ancient Celts (Penguin, 1999)
Cunliffe, B. Britain Begins, (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Koch, J. (ed), The Celtic Heroic Age, (Celtic Studies Publications, 2003)
Maier, B. Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture, (The Boydell Press, 1997)
Pryor, F. Britain BC, (Harper Perennial, 2004)
Ross, A. Pagan Celtic Britain, (Cardinal, 1974)

Medieval Welsh Literature

Primary Sources

Bromwich, R. (ed), The Triads of the Island of Britain, (University of Wales Press, 2014)
Bromwich, R., Evans, S. (eds), Culhwch and Olwen, (University of Wales, 1998)
Davies, S. (transl.), The Mabinogion, (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Ford, P. (transl), Mabinogi and Other Welsh Tales, (University of California Press, 2008)
Haycock, M. (transl), Legendary Poems from the Book of Taliesin, (CMCS, 2007)
Haycock, M. (transl), Prophecies from the Book of Taliesin, (CMCS, 2013)
Jarman, A. (transl.), Aneirin – Gododdin, (Gomer Press, 1998)
Pennar, M. (transl.), The Black Book of Carmarthen, (Llanerch Enterprises, 1989)

Secondary Sources

Bartrum, P. A Welsh Classical Dictionary, (National Library of Wales, 1993)
Hill, G. Lore of Ynys Prydain, (2024)
Hopwood, M. Singing in Chains, (Gomer Press, 2004)
Hughes, K. From the Cauldron Born, (Llewellyn Publications, 2013)
Morus-Baird, G. Taliesin Origins, (Celtic Source, 2023)
Parker, W. The Four Branches of the Mabinogi, (Bardic Press, 2005)

Folk and Fairylore

Briggs, K. The Fairies in Tradition and Literature, (Routledge, 1967)
Evans Wentz, W. The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, (Colin Smythe Limited, 1977)
Gwynn Jones, T. Welsh Folklore and Folk-Custom, (Redwood Burn, 1979)
Jenkyn Thomas, W. The Welsh Fairy Book, (Dover Publications, 2001)
Sikes, W. British Goblins, (Lightning Source, 1880)
Starling, M. Welsh Fairies, (Llewellyn, 2024)
Rudiger, A. ‘Y Tylwyth Teg. An Analysis of a Literary Motif,’ (Bangor University, 2021)
Rhŷs, J. Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Oxford, 1901)
Wilby, E. Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits, (Sussex Academic Press, 2005)
Wilby, E. The Visions of Isobel Gowdie, (Liverpool University Press, 2010)