Mourne Magic

07/04/2026

Happy Anniversary to me! It's been 10 years this month that I put my imposter syndrome to one side and began training as a healer.

As I emerge bleary-eyed from a long winter and post partum from the birth of my second son, I am reflecting on the journey so far.

I started with no intentions other than to develop myself and manage my then very high anxiety and stage fright.. but as I practised on flatmates and friends, I was called to practice professionally, seeing clients in East London and spending any spare hours in Watkins bookshop. I was blessed to have a community of very like-minded, magickal friends, and we all seemed to go down the rabbit hole together -holding each other's hands when the ride got rough.

On moving back to Ireland 5 years ago, I found myself on the verge of a land that was finding its voice again.. a reclamation and awakening which is still rising.. and magical communities that are forming all over and connecting us deeper to the land, the language, and each other.

After 10 years of almost continuous training, I feel even less able to put this work into words.. it humbles me at every turn. I know nothing. I will forever be the student and not the master.

I can only summarise what I understand healing to be in these 3 things..

To bring into balance.
To empower.
To see what is possible...

Deepest gratitude to all who have been part of this journey so far, to all my teachers, my coven of magickal kin, and everyone who has ever trusted me to hold healing space.. I hope to see some of you at a gathering soon..

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." WB Yeats

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GRMA 🙏🌸✨️

31/10/2025

A busy year has meant a lot less ceremony but we are gathering on Sunday at Bear Cottage to reconnect 🐻 ❤️ Last spaces remaining.. 🎃

Gathering to honour the ancestors, the season, the Cailleach Beara, and root ourselves deeply for the coming dark months. We will have Mother Mugwort by the fire before settling into the studio for an immersive sound journey.

17/08/2025

Gorgeous morning at Kilclief ⛱️

Thanks so much to everyone who made it along! 🙏 The bowls were raring to go after a hiatus!

Also thanks to .lovehere for having me back for a third year as part of their Healthy Oceans Healthy Minds events. 🌊

There was barely a breeze and many of us enjoyed a swim or a paddle in the crystal clear water afterwards.. all careful to avoid the jellyfish 🪼!

Reconnecting to nature, taking rest, and taking time out for self care 🦭🌊

12/08/2025

Hello all 👋

I know I've been very quiet on here of late.. I've had other callings and things cooking that have needed my attention more urgently... but I'm delighted to be back at Kilclief Beach this Sunday for some healing sounds, and maybe even a swim after.. 🏊‍♀️

This event is free to book and link is in bio.

Hope to see some of you there.

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lovehere

03/05/2025

Reviving old traditions around this Bealtaine season.. (with a little help from little hands)

As a child, it was my responsibility to pick flowers from the garden for the May altar, as not only does the month bring us the beginning of summer and the great fire festival, it is the whole month of dedication to Mother Mary.

Traditionally, a statue or picture of Mary would be placed on a white cloth and decorated with flowers and candles. Sometimes, the statue would be adorned with a flower crown.

The tradition of honouring Mary in May is said to have begun in Italy in the 11th century, but it may also be linked to the ancient Greeks who used flower crowns to honour and invoke favour, particularly with Artemis to symbolise her connection to fertility and nature.

Mary transcends any religion. For me, she is the embodiment of the divine feminine, The Mother of the World, Mother of Mothers, Mother to all, and we are all her children. Her energy is the purest unconditional love.

Honouring her in this way connects me to my childhood, honouring family lineage of devotion to her, and involving my son, which means the tradition may even carry forward if he chooses to.

So perhaps you might like to revive this old tradition.. or perhaps even start it afresh for generations to come.

The divine feminine lives in us all.. and this time of Bealtaine honours the balance of the male and female energy for new life..

Call on Mother Mary when you are out of balance, call on her when your little one's are unwell, call on her for everything. She is divine grace and love.

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12/04/2025

Here is the booking link to the Easter Sunday Chant for Peace.. 🕊🙏

We are raising much needed funds for Childen Not Numbers and The Gaza Soup Kitchen 🙏

I hope to see you there! 💖

https://bookwhen.com/mournemagic/e/ev-stqh-20250420100000?fbclid=PAY2xjawJnGwhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp0jD0_JKGNLi9BeGQDS76Rx1BhagVgN-XaMwa9dKkPXEbxYeR-xEft0Boee1_aem_yqj1CxQoFDlAjcFn9Fzubw

Join us at The Lodge in Castlewellan on Easter Sunday morning to join our voices together for peace. There is much power to be accessed when we join together in community to send harmony and healing to where the world needs it most. The chanting will be followed by a deep sound healing immersion led...

11/04/2025

Join us at The Lodge in Castlewellan this Easter Sunday to join our voices together for PEACE 🕊

All proceeds going to and

We will chant the universal mantra for peace together. No experience necessary, I will guide you through everything slowly and safely to best activate our voices and generate healing to where it's needed most right now ❤️

Post chanting you will lie down to receive a deep sound healing immersion and beautiful music from ❤️🕊

Booking link is in bio

We have to be the change and activate our voices for peace. There is strength is community. Join us.

21/03/2025

Spirit Bear presides over our Vernal Equinox gathering at beautiful last night 🌙

Leitrim always delivers big magic and epic skies! ✨️

Thank you to all the beautiful warriors who gathered together at the fire last night. I am in awe of how you show up so wholeheartedly for healing and reconnection 🙏🌏🙌❤️🫶

Here's to the Spring, to planting seeds, to balance and new beginnings ✨️ 🙏 🙌

Seed

The first warm day of spring
and I step out into the garden from the gloom
of a house where hope had died
to tally the storm damage, to seek what may
have survived. And finding some forgotten
lupins I’d sown from seed last autumn
holding in their fingers a raindrop
each like a peace offering, or a promise,
I am suddenly grateful and would
offer a prayer if I believed in God.
But not believing, I bless the power of seed,
its casual, useful persistence,
and bless the power of sun,
its conspiracy with the underground,
and thank my stars the winter’s ended

Paula Meehan





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Events at Bear Cottage are sent via mailing list. Link in bio. 💓

Míle buíochas 🙏☘️✨️

03/02/2025

Bear Cottage for Imbolc 💫🌀✨️🙏💚

02/02/2025

St Brigids Day

Already there's a spring in my step;
touch by touch the frost disappears
In the slow light, inches into nothing.

I have given away my past,
My jumpers, books, letters and gold.
Sent them to the poor and overseas.

May they travel well, make
A difference like a smile, small
Comforts, silent breaking of the soil.

Generosity has its own rewards; baby
talk, the prayers of blacksmiths, midwives,
watermen, scholars, travellers and poets.

Take what you need; flour, milk, my quill.
When the days stretch, I'll head for the hills.

Matthew Geden.

01/02/2025

Storm Éowyn shifted us to St Brigids Eve, which felt SO serendipitous. Urban Soul is just across the Rd from St Brigids church and first opened its doors on St Brigids Day! 💚

A very Happy 2 year anniversary to Breige and the team 🥳💚 Here's to many more beautiful healing ceremonies in the city! 🥰🙏💚✨️

23/01/2025

⚠️Stay safe and snug indoors tomorrow⚠️ 🙏 We look forward to seeing you next Friday the 31st instead 🙏💓

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