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Wanderings at twilight in the mountains... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic #mountains #twilight https://www.instagram.com/p/BptkUVQHN73/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b554a4eugyi2

Some work in progress from connecting with my ancient helping ancestors... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqr-hJ4HMHb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mlhyxh67v6x3

Forests fade as memories into cloud... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/BqprMWKnb1G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4ou0278ppqzn

Mountain peaks devoured by mist, ascending towards the threshold where form dissolves leaving more room for magickal possibilities... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpqPHcn0Uc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8o7h3gtgwle7

‘Gift of the Smithy’ ... this is a piece I created a few years ago after a particularly powerful and transformative initiatory journey. #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic #smithy https://www.instagram.com/p/BqhGHveH0fK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3q2tuhro2x7d

Some work in progress from connecting with my ancient helping ancestors... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqr-hJ4HMHb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rgvw6w69dkke

Mountain peaks devoured by mist, ascending towards the threshold where form dissolves leaving more room for magickal possibilities... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpqPHcn0Uc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fc4on76p1f10

Forests fade as memories into cloud... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/BqprMWKnb1G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qi598nml1vft

‘Gift of the Smithy’ ... this is a piece I created a few years ago after a particularly powerful and transformative initiatory journey. #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic #smithy https://www.instagram.com/p/BqhGHveH0fK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o1p5x5rp95fl

Wanderings at twilight in the mountains... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic #mountains #twilight https://www.instagram.com/p/BptkUVQHN73/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xxmns2jjzf5n

Mountain peaks devoured by mist, ascending towards the threshold where form dissolves leaving more room for magickal possibilities... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpqPHcn0Uc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ml8w20muihrf

Forests fade as memories into cloud... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/BqprMWKnb1G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hatf2rhejxgv

Spirit flight - painting in progress... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/BpE9MTDHVAE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=49ff7xc4glcj

Each rune is a complete representation of wyrd. Just as one drop of water reflects a perfect image of all that is around it, so each rune reflects the totality of wyrd. The rhythm of wyrd may be observed at all levels, whether it be the movement of the stars across the sky or the shimmering of a dew laden web... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic #wyrd #norns #web #runes https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9lV7YnIY3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i4bnpdyd4u2i

Encounters with the land - work in progress (WIP)... #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic #wip https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo3aGh3Hpim/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=79gsg3y6lr67

Unforhtigende (Fearless) - ‘Even gods will appear as monsters, when approached with fear...’ A recently finished piece taken from some ritual, journey and healing work I did around encounters with some intimidatingly powerful presences. It made me think about how our reflexive response to these type of encounters can, understandably be fear and it reminded me of the phrase: ‘Even gods will appear as monsters, when approached with fear...’ If we encounter something greater than ourselves, or something that makes us feel somehow small or vulnerable in anyway, we tend to leap (in our fearful state) to the conclusion that whatever it is we have encountered is somehow 'bad'. We need to differentiate between an encounter that is potentially dangerous and that may harm us, to one that is merely threatening our sense of self. Whether we have this type of encounter in day to day life, personal healing work or whilst journeying deep into the Unseen makes no difference. It is an opportunity to use the encounter as a mirror, to look closely at ourselves and to illuminate those places within us that lay unexplored or locked away in the shadows. For maybe... just maybe, those parts of yourself that you fear to face, that you deny exist, that you label demons or monsters and project out into the world are in fact actually gods and powerful allies waiting to help you. All we need is to summon our courage, that we might begin to approach them without fear. Approaching our emotional reactions to these type of encounters in this way can make all the difference. If you are (understandably) encountering strong emotions or reactions to what is going on in the world, then please try, wherever possible, to not buy into the fear and hate that some forces are perpetuating. Try to see these feelings as the gift and the empowering opportunity that they truly are. They offer us the gift of having some of our shadow brought out into the light and the opportunity to heal and integrate it - to realise that our monsters after all might in fact be gods! #animist #animism #witchcraft #pagan #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #spirits #healingart #folkmagic #shamanicart https://www.instagram.com/p/BoEHF_YH7A8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=powuc9junili

Opening The Ways – riding song lines into the land... This is another painting from a series of smaller works on paper looking at journeying deep into the local land for guidance and teachings. * ‘Crossing the stream icy waters rush fast and sharp round me, through me I leave no footprints standing poised at the crossroads neither here nor there. Reaching far down deep into the depths of Mountain’s roots tentatively feeling for her song laying coiled in the stillness I pick up my drum and reply... The song of a thousand mothers resounds deep within my bones growing, louder and louder until I can contain it no more shattering my temporal vessel I am borne forth on the song stream at the opening of the ways.’ * #animist #animism #blackandwhitephotography #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #journey #spirit #northern #artistsoninstagram #magiclife #mystic #shamanism #folklore #nature #ancestors #folkmagic #shamanicart #northern #unseen #untamed #earthmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn9JvJJHR5-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ussqzdcp7gdw