Rebecca BeattieJan 17, 20217 minCreating Elemental MagicI often find I have a significant river in my life. Growing up it was the Dart, in London it was mama Thames, and here it is the Walkham....
Rebecca BeattieJan 9, 20212 minWalking Notes with the RiverThis landscape is littered with remnants of its industrial past. On the high moor, there are tin mines – old ruined buildings, filled in...
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 BeattieMay 30, 20208 minFinding Your CovenMay 7th 2020 Many of my students often talk about joining or setting up a coven. A coven is a big commitment, and as navigating the...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20203 minWhat is Gardnerian Wicca? (A Brief Potted History) May 7th 2020 Wicca was developed in late 1940s by a man called Gerald Brousseau Gardner, a man who spent many years overseas in the...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20207 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 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, 20205 minMy Name is Rebecca Mary Mohamed23 October 2016 My married name is Rebecca Mary Mohamed. That's one name for each of the three Abrahamic religions, and yet I am none of...
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, 20204 minAn MA, a PhD, and ME10 May 2016 This week is ME awareness week, and its quite timely for me. For the last six weeks or so I have been thrown into quite an...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20204 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,...
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, 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, 20203 minPriestess by Rainbow Jo9th August 2014 When I started on my spiritual path some fifteen or so years ago, someone shared a very special piece of wisdom with me,...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 202011 minAltered Consciousness Conference 1918-1980 (November 2013)Last weekend was the Altered Consciousness conference at Queen Mary, University of London, and was beautifully organised by Dr. Katy...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20201 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 30, 20202 minResearch HeavenPosted @ 11:42:21 on 13 July 2013 Well, I must confess I have been a little quiet on here. I have been buried deep in the research, and...
Rebecca BeattieMay 30, 20201 minThe Silences of the MoonPosted @ 10:43:38 on 20 January 2013 The best moment of my week was running into a teenager on the tube who really surprised me. I...