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Thorn of Avalon
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OBOD Bard /|\, Stage Actor, Writer (Dark Fantasy, Adventure, Magical Realism, Spiritual, Retro Fiction, Plays) Dog Dad. I share & write druidic and mythological stuff.

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I Feel, Therefore I Understand: Humboldt on the Essence of Science and How to Read the Poetry of Nature www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/16/h...
I Feel, Therefore I Understand: Humboldt on the Essence of Science and How to Read the Poetry of Nature
Born in the heyday of the denial of the human animal’s animality, in a world where nature was considered an ember of wildness to extinguish with civilization, its partitioned mystery dissecte…
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October 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A Welsh historian has put decades of his own love, dedication and research into his home county of Neath into a new book which journeys through the area's rich history - from the Stone Age and the Romans to Norman Knights and the Second World War wp.me/p8Mk4U-Vco
Author shines a spotlight on county's hidden histories
Stephen Price A Welsh historian has put decades of his own love, dedication and research into his home county of Neath into a new book which journeys through the area’s rich history – from the Stone A...
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February 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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First published in 1906, Sioned by Winnie Parry was once a favourite of Welsh-speaking readers but never appeared in English. Now, more than a century later, a new translation hopes to share this coming-of-age tale of rural Wales with a wider audience.
Bringing Sioned to light: Translating Winnie Parry’s Welsh classic
John Ifor Wyburn First published in 1906, Sioned by Winnie Parry was once a favourite of Welsh-speaking readers but never appeared in English. Now, more than a century later, a new translation hopes t...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just a brief introduction to my beliefs. I've focused on earth centered spirituality since the early 90s. It began with American Indigenous Shamanism. I practiced for years with solid forays into Taoism & then Faery Folk Magic. But since about 2005 I have focused almost entirely on Druidry. Hello.
October 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
October 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I imagine many of you have heard about Cantre'r Gwaelod, the mythical Welsh kingdom that sunk beneath the waves. But if you haven't, it and Borth have such an inspiring mythology. #inspired

Read more about them here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantre%...

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/anc...
The Ancient, Sunken Forest That Rises From a Welsh Beach
When it does, researchers rush in to study the age-old stumps.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM