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The Rule of the Heart
Over the past couple of weeks members of the Monastery have been discussing the formulation of our Rule and we have agreed upon the Rule of the Heart. Our Rule centres on cultivation of love of the Annuvian Gods. In this each individual is free to follow their own heart in aligning their heartbeat with […]
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The Heart of Annwn
It began with a drumbeat. During the period I was struggling with anxiety about the disruption to my sleep pattern caused by night work, which was making me lose even more sleep, I found a helpful practice in the Way of the Buzzard’s ‘Healing Drum’ Course. It was a drumbeat which echoed the sound of […]
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Revisioning the Monastery and Laying the Foundations
Over the past week or so I have received a little feedback on the monastery. I’ve gained pointers towards less Romanised and more Celtic designs such as the bee hive shaped huts of St Fionan on Skellig Michael in Ireland. Their shape reminded me of a building I have journeyed to with Gwyn, which I […]
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Introducing the Monastery of Annwn
If you know anything about Annwn, ‘the Deep’, the Brythonic Otherworld, and its Gods you may think that a monastery of Annwn is a contradiction in terms. So did I, for a long, long while, in spite of my own monastic leanings. For it was Christians who seized and converted the pre-Christian sacred sites, the […]
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