The thoughts of a folklore witchcraft practitioner.

Hello Everyone. Well after such a cold winter where even the southern most parts of our glorious land was white with snow, however that time of year is upon us again, where the spring flowers are open and the festivals of summer and Beltane are here again once more. I feel though that this blog is going to focus on one particular festival in a small fishing port on the north coast of my favourite part of the country, Cornwall. This small yet famous place is of course Padstow. Here is a short video from 1951 that is on you tube which tries to explain the Padstow Mayday Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISO1QmG_VE4&t=842s Now you have acquainted yourself with what happens in this little fishing town, we got there on the Sunday and the town was all quiet yet the locals had been busy preparing the maypole and the flags. there was a silence yet the spark of anticipation was electric for Monday was may eve. On May Eve after playing tourist we went for some food...

Hello everyone. It has been a long time since I have wrote on my blog but I feel that now is a time to update on whats been going on and whats been happening.  So as you can see the title is a question that enters most spiritual people's minds and it was one that arose when I met some wonderful new and likeminded people. How do we balance the mundane and the magic? This is why I have been away for so long and that I because I lost that balance and the mundane took over ....even though I was trying to keep the balance right. Its hard in modern society to lead a truly pure and spiritual existence, with the constricting views and ways of others sometimes we get lost in our mundane lives and forget to balance it with the magic. An example of this is why I have not been blogging or writing anything for a while now, I have taken on a new job in the city and the mundane has put me in a routine of work home sleep repeat. it was only when my partner reached out because his balanc...