A few years ago I advocated for a Holi (Hindu festival) celebration at my place of work. They said “we don’t do religious holidays”. I said, “But you just did something for Valentine’s Day, Pancake…| Dowsing for Divinity
The original version of fake news was called propaganda — originally a means of disseminating the Catholic religion, then from about 1914, a news item meant to promote a political point of view. Pr…| Dowsing for Divinity
People who say that you can’t do anything about world events: that is what collective action is for. Boycotting products that harm people you care about is very effective. The BDS movement has show…| Dowsing for Divinity
The huge diversity of personifications, spirits, deities, and other entities that are associated with Yule and Christmas is astonishing. There are multiple versions of Father Christmas (aka Santa C…| Dowsing for Divinity
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Faramir is my favourite character in The Lord of the Rings, alongside Éowyn of course. He’s very friendly with Gandalf, from whom he learns a lot of old lore and legends. They hang out in the libra…| Dowsing for Divinity
This article is too good and too interesting for it to be lost so I have retrieved it from the Wayback Machine. Reclaiming Narnia: Walking Trees, Talking Beasts, Divine Waters By Jonathan Wool…| Dowsing for Divinity
Do you judge books by their cover design? It’s very hard not to. Books are colour-coded these days. Pastel colours suggest a light beach read. Especially if the cover art is an actual painting of a…| Dowsing for Divinity
The pentagram is an ancient symbol, used around the world to represent things that come in groups of five (the five senses, the five elements in Chinese symbolism, four elements plus spirit in the …| Dowsing for Divinity
We went to New York yesterday. It was amazing. I had expected it to be grimy and full of traffic but it wasn’t. It is an amazing city, and has more trees than I expected too.| Dowsing for Divinity
The story of Gelert is incredibly poignant and sad. But it’s also made up… or is it? Certainly the Welsh version didn’t happen to Prince Llewellyn and his faithful hound Gelert, and the “grave” in …| Dowsing for Divinity
9 posts published by Yvonne Aburrow during July 2024| Dowsing for Divinity
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Val Thomas (2019), Of Chalk and Flint: A Way of Norfolk Magic, Troy Books. I’ve been wanting to read this book for ages, ever since I heard Val Thomas talking about Chalk and Flint as the Lady and …| Dowsing for Divinity
