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Multifaith chaplain at the University of Exeter, UK #interfaith #nature #art #music
Happy Samhain, everyone! 🎃 Enjoyed a beautiful ceremony in #Glastonbury at #ChaliceWellGardens. We felt the relatively new peace pole was particularly pertinent #maypeaceprevail 🕊️ Samhain blessings /|\ #druidsky #witchsky #pagansky #heathensky #Samhain #AllHallowsEve
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Asking for help 🙏 I have a short list of "nature and traditional" events in/near #Exeter for our students: www.exeter.ac.uk/students/cha... Would love to add more - know of other #pagan #nature-based #traditional events? Be great to get them connected #pagansky #witchsky #heathensky #druidsky /|\
Pagan | Chaplaincy in Exeter | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Oooh spooky stuff 👇 👻 My friends at the Cinema Museum @bdcmuseum.bsky.social in #Exeter are running a FREE kids' workshop today and a #Halloween discovery trail throughout #half-term 🎃 There's a lunchtime talk for adults, too - about #dragons and #monsters 👏 Yey! #pagansky #witchsky #druidsky
We have lots coming up for #halfterm / #readingweek next week! Don't miss our #halloween trail, kids' shadow puppet workshop or our lunchtime talk about our 'Dinosaurs, Dragons & #Monsters' display - all free, all welcome! 🎃🍁 #museumsky #filmsky @exeterlibrary.bsky.social @exeterunilib.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
There is something really special about old buildings and ancient sites. So much history to explore and to be inspired by. Recommend this #art #workshop to anyone in #Exeter #Devon 👇 Dr Sarah Spencer is a skilled workshop leader and her art is inspired by nature and heritage. #druidsky #paganism /|\
New art workshop on 15th October 🎨 A talk about how artists have historically responded to built heritage, followed by a sensory art workshop exploring St Nicholas Priory #Exeter: www.ticketsource.co.uk/lightbearlan... 🍂 @exeterlibrary.bsky.social @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social @exeterobserver.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hi 👋 #Devon peeps, you don't want to miss this 👇 Autumn Ceilidh plus apple pressing and a harvest meal! See you there! #druidsky #Exeter #pagansky #harvest #autumn #ceilidh @lightbearlane.org @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @exeterfood.bsky.social @exetercycling.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social /I\
October 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Had a lovely evening at the Exeter Hindu Cultural Centre celebrating Navratri ✨🪷✨ and learning more about #hinduism and worldview. Great food and dancing with colleagues from @exeter.ac.uk 🪔🎉 #HappyNavratri
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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“A beautifully written book of traces and absences.” Many thanks to Stuart Kelly and Scotland on Sunday for this thoughtful review of Upon A White Horse. Great to share the pages with @megaheid.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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🥳🍾The Argyle Street ash has been crowned UK #TreeOfTheYear 2025 🎉🏆

The 1st tree in Glasgow to be protected by a tree preservation order, it's adored & cared for by the community. Thanks to David Treanor for nominating, & players of People's #PostcodeLottery for their support of the contest.
September 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This review really resonates👇 @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social picks up on Spirituality of Place and, perhaps most importantly, identifies "a phenomenology of Britain’s sacred landscape that is *performed* as much as it is known or understood." Can't wait to read "Upon A White Horse" #druidsky /I\
Over on 'All Old Strange Things' I've written a new free-to-read post reflecting on @peteralanross.bsky.social's thought-provoking book 'Upon A White Horse': substack.com/home/post/p-...
September 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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My review of Ayoush Lazikani’s ‘The Medieval Moon’, in the latest @historytoday.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Druid Prayer for Peace:
Deep within the still centre of my being, may I find peace.
Silently within the quiet of the grove, may I share peace.
Gently within the greater circle of humankind, may I radiate peace.
May there be peace throughout the whole world. #druidsky /I\ #InternationalDayofPeace
September 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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#FolkyFriday
Hazel nuts were believed to be a source of wisdom and poetic inspiration. Nuts fell into a sacred pool from nine surrounding hazel trees and were eaten by a Salmon - both Welsh & Irish folklore have references to the ancient Salmon of Knowledge.
🎨Anon & Judith Shaw
September 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Looking forward to hosting this #HeritageOpenDays event at our new Multifaith Centre today 👇Darren Davis, project manager for building works, will give a short talk & tour at lunchtime about sustainability & multi-faith use of the space. @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @helenhartstein.bluesky.social
#HeritageOpenDays are fast approaching! Join us at the Multifaith Centre @exeter.ac.uk to explore this new, purpose-built space. Relaxed talk with refreshments on 18th September 👇 Limited availability, so book your free ticket now www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e... @exeterobserver.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Autumn is here and that means... Freshers' Week! Campus is buzzing @uniofexeternews.bsky.social Have a great start of term, everyone! /I\ @croftspeaks.bsky.social @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social 🍃🍂💚 #chaplaincy #druidsky #university #freshersweek!
September 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Been out to explore #StoverPark near #Exeter. Lovely green space and lake full of wildlife - and the nature education centre is fabulous! Particularly enjoyed the poetry walk linking art and nature - beautiful 🍃🍂 #TedHughes #nature #druidsky /I\ #witchsky #heathensky @lightbearlane.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Our final walk of the Dartmoor Outdoor Festival was a #storywalk, guided jointly by storyteller Helen Bruce & festival co-director Hannah Durdin.

Helen shared tales of the Weaver of Dean Combe, Vixana the witch & the group spent time exploring #Merrivale.

dartmoorpreservation.co.uk/merrivale-st...
Merrivale Stone Rows Storywalk - Dartmoor Preservation Association
Our final walk of the Dartmoor Outdoor Festival was a storywalk, guided jointly by storyteller (and DPA Comms Officer) Helen Bruce and festival co-director Hannah Durdin. The loop began in Four Winds ...
dartmoorpreservation.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@42acresretreat.bsky.social Just reading about you in #CountryLiving - love what you guys do and look forward to following your posts 🍃🍂
September 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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We love this tiny illustration of a Bridgettine nun engrossed in a book! She can be found in the border of Sister Mary Dominic's vow in the Syon Abbey archive.

📷 EUL MS 389/COM/2/2/3/4 (date: 1924-27)

#TinyTuesday #SyonAbbey #Nuntastic #Archives
September 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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September 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Autumn in the air this morning 😊 Found this magical autumn moment 👇 #fantasy #druidsky Bet you got loads of LOTR things @bdcmuseum.bsky.social 🍃🍂
Gandalf Visiting the Shire... 🍂
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Gandalf Visiting the Shire... 🍂
September 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Self Care September - Day 1: Find time for self-care. It’s not selfish, it’s essential actionforhappiness.org/self-care-se... #SelfCareSeptember
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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I love a good #dragon! @bdcmuseum.bsky.social my favourite one is still Fafnir in the 1966 German Nibelungen film. Or maybe Fuchur in #NeverendingStory? Fantasy and film fans in #Exeter #Devon, this is for you 👇 @visitdevon.bsky.social #fantasysky #druidsky #heathensky
Our #Dinosaurs, #Dragons and #Monsters display is now open! 🦖
From #JurassicPark to #Frankenstein, don't miss your chance to catch merchandise and memorabilia from some of cinema's most memorable and monstrous #MovieMoments! 🎥🎞🎬

We're open every day, 10am-5pm.
#filmsky #cinemasky #museumsky
September 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM