Rebecca BeattieJun 141 minDevotional WalksWalking in the woods this morning along a path veined with tree roots, I was reminded of my favourite devotional prayer. It’s written by ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 302 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 304 minLammasJuly 22nd 2018 1st August marks the next festival on the Pagan wheel of the Year - Lammas, or the First Harvest. For modern witches who a...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 minMidsummer Night's DreamJune 1st 2018 Midsummer is fast approaching, and it seems that the wheel of the year is turning faster than ever this year. As we approac...
Rebecca BeattieMay 304 minBeltaneApril 27th 2018 If you are keeping an eye on what is going on in Nature at the moment, you may have noticed that the world has just explo...
Rebecca BeattieMay 307 minThe Worldview of the HedgewitchApril 7th 2018 I have been digging through some of my old writing, and dusting it off. It's no use sitting on my hard drive, is it? This ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 minImbolcJanuary 28th 2018 Imbolc gives us a moment to pause and reflect on the winter just passing, and the season yet to come. It is not yet spr...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 minYuletide Blessings and Midwinter FestivalsDecember 17th 2017 At this time of the year, you will probably speak to Pagans who are celebrating Yule on or around 22nd December. That ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 304 minSamhain or Hallowe'enOctober 20th 2017 Samhain (pronounced Sow-en, or Sow-ain) is the old Celtic name for Halloween – All Hallows’ Eve, which occurs on 31st O...
Rebecca BeattieMay 302 minAutumn Equinox24th September 2017 Autumn Equinox happens on or around the 22nd of September, and it is always met with mixed emotions. It is one of two...
Rebecca BeattieMay 302 minWiccan GodsSeptember 24th 2017 In Wicca we recognise that the divine comes in many forms and in many different guises. One of my teachers once told ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 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 304 minRe-imagining the Past - Writing the Diary of Mary Webb23 March 2016 I have a bit of a soft spot for forgotten women. Previously, this has expressed itself as fascinations with Hatshepsut, Pop...
Rebecca BeattieMay 305 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 i...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 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 304 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 g...
Rebecca BeattieMay 304 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 write...
Rebecca BeattieMay 301 minIn John Keats' BedroomPosted @ 11:42:21 on 13 July 2013 Yesterday was a scorcher! While hordes of people were heading for Hampstead Heath, I snuck away down a ...
Rebecca BeattieMay 303 minMy Precious BanePosted @ 11:32:12 on 04 June 2012 It is never a good sign when I start a new post thinking "My goodness, is it really that long since I l...
Rebecca BeattieMay 302 minCountdown to the Holidays - Pear and Walnut ChutneyPosted @ 11:00:24 on 21 August 2011 Next saturday is holiday time - woohoo! It can't come soon enough, as my energy tanks were way beyond...