Tales of a Technogypsie

Holy Wells and Sacred Springs, a set on Flickr. Via Flickr: Photos from visits in 2011 to Holy Wells and Sacred Springs. 8 July 2011: Giants Well at St. Michael’s Mount; Madron Well. 31 October 2011: Chalice Well and White Spring, Glastonbury, England. Well of Tara.

The Tree Leaves’ Oracle and Folk Fellowship * www.treeleavesoracle.org * 1991 – Present * Livejournal Community * Facebook Group * Founded in 1991 as an underground Neo-Pagan newsletter, evolving into an arts and crafts wandering business, “Tree Leaves” eventually mutated into a cooperative / collective of folk enthusiasts, folklorists, artists, musicians, religionists, and culturalists who [...]

St. Michan’s Church Crypt, Dublin, Irelandlegendary inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula Vampires A creature of lore, legend, folktale, and myth that is believed to be an undead human (human brought back from the dead) that either feeds on the blood or life force of living humans in order to survive. There is much controversy in [...]

Witches Kitchen* Rock Close * Blarney Castle, Blarney, Ireland * http://www.blarneycastle.ie * In the enchanted grounds of Rock Close in the fabled lands of Blarney Castle is the infamous Kitchen of the Blarney Witch. Atop her wishing steps is her kitchen. Offset from the kitchen is her stone. Apparently by legend she is bound and [...]

Badger Cave * Blarney Castle, Blarney, Ireland * http://www.blarneycastle.ie * A feature of the Blarney Castle are the caves below the fortress called “Badger Cave”. This was the escape route used by the guard when Cromwell’s general Lord Broghill besieged the castle and fired down from Card Hill above the lake and broke through the [...]

Legend of the Blarney StoneBlarney Castle, Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland * Phone: 00 353 21 4385252 * http://www.blarneycastle.ie/ One of Ireland’s most valuable and mesmerizing mythical collections is the infamous Blarney Stone. Called “Cloch na Blarnan” in Irish, it is the legendary stone for the gift of gab. “Blarney” means “Clever, Flattering, or coaxing talk”. [...]

Dunseverick Castle* Along the Giant’s Causeway / Coastal Causeway Route, Northern Ireland * Near the Giant’s Causeway, on an isolated rock surrounded by the sea in a small bay, is the crumbling remains of “Dunseverick Castle”. A maritime fortress of Dalriada, built by Sovaric, son of Eberic mythically in the year of the world 3668 [...]

Valérie Frances Gallery at Trolls et Legendes Festival in Mons, Belgium: 4/11/09 – 4/12/09 www.lefantastique.net/valerie-frances/ At Trolls and Legendes, inspirational artist Valerie Frances presented her artwork and sketches of many of the heroes and legends of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Valerie was born in 1975. She got a degree in biology and science. [...]