Musing on: ROOTS (ancestral, plants) POETRY (my own, others') PEREGRINATION (journeys, pilgrimage, wanderings, #pilgrimagetobeauty) BOOK: Madroots-A Memoir in Poetry. Commentary on mental illness in the modern and ancient world. www.gatheringroots.ca

Culture-making, European ancestry, folklore and how it all came to be.

Explore the liminal wilds of the soul as we navigate the crossroads of myth, psychedelics, depth psychology, and cultural repair.

WOODLAND BARD - Enter Inis na ffidbadh (Isle of woods), a mythology of the Natural World, an in-depth study of trees, plants and the sacred landscape borne from over 30 years of storytelling and working in the field of ecology.

Sacred reflections and inspirations from liminal spaces, wild edgeness and spirit allies. Weaving in Nature wisdom through my Hedge Witchery and Priestess practices.

Here’s where I’m increasingly sharing my new writing. I also host the Feral Angels’ Poetry Café online poetry class and run courses and poetry-related wilderness fasts, which you can find out about on my website: https://tomhirons.com

Within this sanctuary, all who quest for the sacred hallows are welcome: we hear the ancestral voices and sing the ancient stories, remembering who we are. This Sanctuary is hospitable to all people of good will, without persuasion or judgement.

A publication on myth and magic from the Old North curated by Andreas Kornevall and Chaise Levy

Reflections of a Forest Witch

Hi. Welcome to my substack. I write about myths legends and faery lore. I hope you'll come with me on a voyage of discovery into these and other topics.

Stories of Storytelling, Hope, and Social Change