December 2011
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.
– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (via blogofanuglyduckling)
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“The island of Britain derives its name from Brutus, a Roman consul. Taken from the south-west point it inclines a little towards the west, and to its northern extremity measures eight hundred miles, and is in breadth two hundred. It contains thirty three cities, viz.
1. Cair ebrauc (York). 2. Cair ceint (Canterbury). 3. Cair gurcoc (Anglesey?). 4. Cair guorthegern (site Unknown) 5. Cair...
There is no death. Death is only a passage, it's...
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never...
– Leonardo Da Vinci (via ladice)
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Ros an Bucca; Kord hag Olas, Onen hag Oll
“Ros an Bucca (Cornish – Circle of the Bucca) is a small traditionalist witch circle and kord (clan) working in the countryside of Cornwall’s West Penwith region. The kord operates within the ‘Pellar Current’; home to the old artes of the ‘double ways’ witch and Wise-woman/Cunning-man, drawing upon the streams of gnosis arising from the preserved corpus of witch-lore, and folk-ceremonial...
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The four treasures of the Toutai Deuas Danuna
“The Tuatha Dé Danann of the precious jewels, Where did they find learning? They came upon perfect wisdom In druidism (and) in deviltry. Fair Iardanel, a prophet of excellence, Son of Nemed, son of Agnoman, Had as a foolish offspring the active Beothach, Who was a hero of cleaving, full of wonders. The children of Beothach, —-long-lived their fame-— The host of valiant heroes came, After sorrow...