At this time of year, we would normally be opening the doors of our retreat house to our Companions, after our winter deep clean. Just to say that we are thinking of you, we miss you and as the new retreat manager here I look forward to welcoming you as soon as we are able.[…]Read more…
Here we are still in winter but with our thoughts turned to the hopes of spring. As before and especially at Winter Solstice, this dressing is built upon the strength and ongoing growth of evergreens, long looked to as symbols of hope.
The Coming of Bride’ was written by Alice alongside her students of the Chalice Well for the Guild of Festival Players (Glastonbury and Street). It was first produced on 6th August 1914. The play follows Bride’s story
What are lichens? They are a mutualistic symbiosis. The plant body (or thallus) consists of two quite different organisms together in an intimate association; a fungus and a microscopic green plant (an alga). The fungus makes up the bulk of the thallus and the algal cells are buried within it. Or rather, imagine the fungus[…]Read more…
The foundation of this Winter Solstice dressing is made from yew (Taxus baccata) and larch (Larix decidua), symbols of transformation, rebirth and spiritual connection. Simply as an evergreen, the yew represents perpetual life and hope; whilst birch (Betula pendula) acknowledges the turning of the Wheel. With them is holly (Ilex aquifolium) for protection and in[…]Read more…
All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well…
“We are one but we’re not the sameWe get to carry each other” Bono | from ‘One’ As shared by Gareth Lovelock, our Companions Registrar.
My soul tells me, we were
all broken from the same nameless heart,
Join millions on 21 December 2020 at 9pm GMT for the annual Global Silent Minute. We will celebrate by holding a Chalice of Silence from 8:45pm to 9:15pm GMT.
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love,
