Antlered Path

07/12/2025

I had to share some of these remarkable trees, they teach me so much. Their winter forms are so powerful, especially the Sycamore that is split open. A reminder of fragility, of showing up even when in pain. Trees are exceptionally wise.

30/11/2025

Midwinter light is so very Other to me.

It is a soul light.

I walked with this light last weekend, with Fieldfares - magicians of the winter air, with deep recollections of winter's deep and the blessing that is often felt through the long night's star light.

In this week's Substack I share magical musings from a deer park wander - which leads to a rune spell the following day and a poetic blessing.
Each post I share always has a bit of a blessing in it, we all need a little of the Other light as we wander the wheel of the year.

Blessed be.

Follow the link in the bio or comments to read and immerse in sacred space.

26/11/2025

Hedge riding - hollow paths - following the calls of blackbirds and Goldcrests - winter twilight - cold wind - eyes watering - space to breathe.

23/11/2025

The New Moon Oracles post is now up on the Antlered Path Substack. This month the post includes a guided journey on MP3 to connect with the three allies that arose for the oracle spread.

I chose three stones from my Antlered Allies Oracle stones (a set I have created myself with black beach stones, using symbols that I felt were needed to be expressed). The post is for those with a paid subscription (either monthly or annual). I offer these oracle posts around the new moon each month and usually I walk a liminal path to connect with Nature oracles but will also use my own oracle sets too.

If you wish to see the post and the symbols I have picked, do follow the link in the bio or in the comments. I appreciate all the support given for my work I share on Substack, it is where I tend to share most of my insights recently.
Sending blessings for gentle sacred time deer ones.

19/11/2025

I have just posted a bonus midweek substack post with a rich blessing for the dark long night of winter tide.

I walked to the deer park at twilight recently, to be greeted by owl song, a sika stag mewing, a red deer stag bellowing and more.

I had a strong awareness that this night birthed the start of winter for me. I felt her song through my skin. I woke up.

The blessing I share in my substack post arose from the walk. Twilight is a powerful time, especially at winter, when it hastens through the afternoon to cut short the daylight.

Follow the link in the bio or comments to immerse into winter's sacred night.

15/11/2025

"Once we were part of a whole - we were met through seasons with those who would travel on foot from all sides but particularly the North. We were honoured then. There were many stones in all directions, all part of the declaration of this valley as sacred. This was the hidden cleft of magic of the dragon’s line".

(From Antlered Path substack post 'Nine Stones of Winterbourne - seeking the missing', November 2025).

Follow link in Bio and comments to read more, to attune to the sacred of the Nine, to sense into the missing, to the gifts of mystery.

09/11/2025

I see my journey as one of a Wild Pilgrim, not just headed to a particular sacred place or a fixed destination. More of a serpentine, wild edged wander, a way to live, a way to explore spaces, make deeper connections with the smallest aspects of an ecosystem or with the broadest sweeping landscapes.

You see, the wild pilgrim state is to feel part of the living ecosystem not separate from it. To follow wild trods, create new ones, to pause with emerging flowers at Spring time, to honour the passing of a dead bird on the side of the road, to muse with trees....To feel the rush of the wind before it reaches the skin.

Often I will feel a calling to visit a particular place and that could involve quite an effort, other times I just need to set out and see where I end up. Intuitively navigating, perhaps taking a 'wrong' turn and feeling a bit 'lost' or perplexed as to why I headed down a certain path or turning off the road.

If we are to trust in the mystery, the great unfolding, the shifts in the Wyrd and the transformative potential of our souls, we need to navigate a little with our 'witchdar' - give a little room to our innate knowing, our wild wonderful wisdom.

I feel this the most when I am on the land, in deep dialogue with where we originate from.

As John O'Donohue put it in his book 'Beauty: The Invisible Embrace' -
"The earth is our origin and destination. The ancient rhythms of the earth have insinuated themselves into the rhythms of the human heart".

I have added a new short free post on Substack on my wild pilgrim musings which ultimately will form the book I am writing. Do follow me over there if you haven't already and comment on the post if you can, or hit the like button. It all helps and I really appreciate it!

Wild blessings!

09/11/2025

In this month's Antlered Path Blessings from the trees post on Substack, I share insights and blessings from Reed spirit. Reed grows as a community plant usually forming large reed beds, sanctuaries for birds and other wild kin. Reed holds space and protects. It calls out in the wind as a liminal guide. It is a bridge to Otherworld. It is rooted strongly in watery energy, yet manages to hold itself well in the strongest of winds. Resilient reed ally helps us to face our wounds, our pain and to come to some kind of acceptance of suffering.
I share poetry, meditation and more in this post, it is a packed one!
If this calls to your soul, do follow the path over to the Substack. You are most welcome there.
Blessed be.

09/11/2025

A charm for peace - take a moment to focus on peace - peace within - peace around - peace flowing.

08/11/2025

Arriving at the threshold of twilight - watching the sun shift behind clouds as it sunk into the silver horizon - sea spirits were very frisky - waves leaping up to meet us at certain points - noticing how captivated many others were by the sea’s timeless magic and how easy it is to dissolve a sense of self when close to the vastness of deep water…. Leaving blessings and deep love for the wild.

03/11/2025