Rebecca BeattieMay 10, 20216 minWhat do I put on a Wiccan Altar?In these articles I am working through the questions I most commonly get asked about Wiccan practice, either during classes or afterwards...
Rebecca BeattieDec 27, 20203 minMagic runs like a riverMagic runs like a river through our lives, if we just get out of our heads and let it run freely. And it never ceases to leave me...
Rebecca BeattieDec 25, 20202 minWhen the day does not yet belong to manPart of my daily spiritual practice is going walking in nature, particularly in the morning. I’ve always been a morning walker – from...
Rebecca BeattieDec 9, 20203 minThe importance of a daily spiritual practiceOften when I’m teaching, I talk about the importance of having a daily spiritual practice, particularly if you are working with a...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20202 minA Suitcase Full of Boiled EggsMarch 8th 2020 For those of you that are connected to me on Facebook or Instagram, this post will come as no surprise. I have a personal...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20205 minForgotten Women: HatshepsutAs Tutankhamun’s ancestor, Hatshepsut amassed much of the wealth that he was to inherit. She ruled Egypt, the largest kingdom of the...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20202 minForgotten Women: The Queen of the NightApril 1st 2018 The Burney Relief, named after a former owner, is the common term for an early 2nd millennium BC (ca. 1950 BC)...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20208 minForgotten Women - LilithAt a women’s event I attended a few years ago, a woman got up to speak about how men have oppressed women throughout history. “I am going...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20204 minForgotten WomenApril 1st 2018 Anyone who knows me well, knows that I have a bit of a mission in life to give a voice to some of the forgotten women of...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20203 minThis Week I am ReadingTHIS WEEK I AM READING... 29 AUGUST 2016 This Blog series should really be titled 'Travels of a Book Slut' on account of the fact that I...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20203 minThis Week I Have Been Reading25 June 2016 Never one to only settle for one book at a time, and eager to escape the real world for the fictional one, this week I have...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20202 minThis Week I am Reading 19 June 2016 This week I have returned to an old favourite, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. It's been many many years since I...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20201 minThis week I am reading21 My 2016 I have gone back to visit a very old friend. I am re-visiting Robin Hobb's fantasy novels about the Fool and Fitz! She is now...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20202 minThis Week I am Reading 'The Ship' by Antonia Honeywell(and it is exquisite!) 10th May 2016 Update: Its a dystopian novel set in a world very like our own, but after a cataclysmic event. The...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20203 minThe Meaning of Home: Connecting to the Land in Disparate Places25 March 2016 London has been home now for almost twenty years. I adore it. I love the bustle and the excitement of being in the capital,...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20205 minKenneth Grahame - The Missing Nature Mystic15 March 2016 One of the questions I am frequently asked about Nature Mystics, is ‘how did you select which writers to include? Because...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20203 minVie Medicatrix Naturae15 November 2015 I had an important insight into the mind of Mary Webb this weekend, which is really important to the work I am doing at...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20202 minGoing with the Flow30 October 2015 One of the skills I am learning as I grow older is in not trying too hard. There is a skill to be honed in just letting...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20204 minA Week of Mindfulness and Thoughts on Value Judgments18 July 2015 I learned something terribly important in the last few weeks, and it is really important to record it for my own reference...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20204 minMe and Mr. Tolkien13th September 2014 Good writing is not something that requires the reader to be completely passive; it is a dialogue, in which the...