Panacea

13/02/2026

I'll be at the Cromarty Market until 12.30 tomorrow. I should be back in the shop around 1pm

01/02/2026

Have a blessed Imbolc everyone.

Brigid is not the goddess most people think she is. (Though you probably knew that.)

A lot of modern writing frames her as a quiet hearth goddess. Comfort. Domestic fire. Gentle warmth. Nope.

In early Irish sources like Sanas Cormaic, Brigid’s name is linked to breo-saigit meaning “fire arrow.”

She is credited with inventing keening, the vocal crying and wailing performed after death. She rules poetry, healing, and smithcraft. All transformative, powerful disciplines.

But here’s what really stood out when I went back to the Carmina Gadelica.

Brigid isn’t just associated with fire. She uses her breath to wake the earth from winter.

In Scottish Gaelic tradition, winter was sometimes called am mìos marbh (“the dead month”) or an ràithe marbh (“the dead quarter”). On Brigid’s Day, she uses her breath and her white wand and breath to reanimate the land itself.

After this awakening, a serpent associated with winter’s venom is drawn up from the earth and slithers away.

Brigid is not a passive hearth figure.
She’s the catalyst.

And she arrives this Sunday.

Read more about her powers, myths, and how to work with her here: https://www.pagangrimoire.com/brigid-goddess/

24/01/2026

OK...update! I am a lot better, although my leg is still sore, red, and swollen. I have to keep it elevated as much as possible. So, I will be in the shop today (or if I get too sore, will be in my house at no. 33...just knock on the door). Con't be surprised if you come in to find my foot up on my desk!

22/01/2026

I am fairly poorly right now, with cellulitis in my right calf, and a raging temperature. The shop will be shut tomorrow...hopefully I will have stabilised by Saturday.

31/12/2025

30/12/2025

Panacea will be closed until the 6th January...it's been quite a year, and I need to recharge!

18/12/2025

All Black Isle Soaps now restocked

18/12/2025

The Crystal Corner at Panacea is full of goodies, thanks to Liam Wood, and three days serious sbop reshuffling! It looks so lovely.

17/12/2025

Exciting! I have received a beautiful new batch of crystals from Esoteric Earth...they are truly gorgeous. Photos follow when I have put them all out. I was all day yesterday, doing them, so I am nearly there!

15/08/2025

Smudge sticks are back in...and dragons!

15/08/2025

My new necklaces: