The Artemis Gathering

We made an early start today as we resumed our Artemis Gathering plan and headed off from Weymouth to Oxfordshire in convoy with Mel. There was a fair bit of traffic which game me a chance to take some pictures of roadside flowers.

When we arrived on the site we pitched our Bell Tents near Bob and Sam and so we were ready to camp. We'd already missed most of the talks/workshops that were held but we managed to catch Taloch Jameson doing an excellent talk on Practical 21st Century Magick. There were some very poignant messages:

Ego will destroy us
Love Is The Law, Love Under Will (with some interesting Crowley stuff)
We can ALL work magick!

After the talk we had a chance to chill out before getting changed and heading off to see The Dolmen play. That's right folks, we were watching them for the third time in three days! Hard times eh?

Much to my surprise (and yes it was), I was dragged up on stage for some drumming during The Devil's Table:

Much less of a surprise was to remain on stage for Go Laddie Go which I played with them last night.

Another brilliant gig from The Dolmen and a real honour to have been able to play with them again!

Dolmen Grove Essex Moot

It was that time again as we loaded up the car ready to head into deepest darkest Essex for our monthly Dolmen Grove Essex Moot. We picked up Mandy en route and then we were off.

It was a good moot. Taloch Jameson (Dolmen Grove founder) had come up to give a talk on the state of paganism today and also to give a brief overview of the Dolmen Grove.

After the talk we had an amazing drum ceremony. The level of energy that we raised was out of this world. It was great to see some new members in attendance too. Plans are now set of the August moot too which looks to be filled with more excitement.