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August 2023

August 20, 2023

What Makes a Place Sacred?

Patheos has a new feature on The 100 Most Holy Places on Earth. Rather than...

October 2022

October 30, 2022

A Pilgrimage to Yosemite

My trip to Yosemite National Part was as much a pilgrimage as my trips to...

July 2022

July 21, 2022

Mystic South 2022: A Necessary Retreat

“I needed this more than I realized.” That was my first and strongest thought as...

September 2021

September 21, 2021

Magical Pictures on My Office Wall

It never occurred to me to bring pictures to work. When I finally did, I...

May 2021

May 06, 2021

The Roman Colosseum is Getting a New Floor

This week Italy announced plans to rebuild the wooden floor of the Colosseum in Rome...

October 2020

October 18, 2020

Tourist Returns “Cursed” Artifacts From Pompeii – Being a Good Guest in New Places

We have an ethical obligation to be good guests when we travel, whether to ancient...

October 11, 2020

Enjoy the Silence

Traveling in sparsely populated areas, I experienced a quiet more silent than anything I’ve heard...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

Memories of Hagia Sophia in Better Times

When any religion claims ownership of a World Heritage Site that is significant to many...

April 2019

April 23, 2019

Memento Mori: The Bone Church of Kutna Hora

A visit to the Bone Church left me with some strong impressions I think are...

September 2018

September 06, 2018

Preparing For Pilgrimage

Travel is good in and of itself. Pilgrimage is sacred travel, for a sacred purpose....

June 2018

June 03, 2018

Pouring Offerings to the Morrigan in Ireland

Sacred travel is good, but it is not necessary. Experiencing the Gods is a matter...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

Immigration and Emigration – Where Could You Go If You Had To Leave?

A million Irish people left their homeland during the Great Famine. Some of them are...

April 2018

April 13, 2018

A Pilgrimage to Kildare

This is the first guest post in almost 10 years of Under the Ancient Oaks....

April 03, 2018

Rathcroghan and the Cave of the Morrigan

Rathcroghan is one of the ancient royal sites of Ireland. Its large mound – Rath...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

Lough Gur in a Driving Rain

Lough Gur is a lake south of Limerick with numerous sites of interest to Pagans...

March 27, 2018

A Chorus of Ravens at the Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara is the seat of the ancient high kings of Ireland. It...

March 25, 2018

A Visit to Fourknocks – An Adventure in Four Parts

A visit to the 5000 year old passage tomb of Fourknocks, including a key we...

March 22, 2018

12 Days in Ireland and Wales

I’m back from a trip to Ireland and Wales that was both a vacation and...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

Travel Is Good For the Soul – Including Travel Beyond the Veil

Travel is an educational and life-expanding activity and I highly recommend it. And, the same...

March 2017

March 09, 2017

Listening to the Dead at a Civil War Battlefield

620,000 people died in the Civil War because the world changed and some refused to...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

Go Somewhere While You Still Can

If you’re telling yourself you can’t afford to travel, my suggestion is to shut up...

May 2016

May 05, 2016

Knowth and Dowth

Knowth and Dowth are beautiful and powerful places that connect us to our ancestors and...

May 03, 2016

Not Everything Belongs in a Museum

Like so much in our society, the fact that museums have been around for hundreds...

May 01, 2016

Celts and the Gundestrup Cauldron

Seeing the Gundestrup Cauldron with my own eyes was an amazing, magical, holy experience. But...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

A Pilgrimage to Orkney

I first felt a connection to Orkney during an OBOD meditation ten years ago. It...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

A Pagan at Donner Pass

We treat Nature as something other, something to be conquered and exploited, never remembering that...

November 2014

November 23, 2014

The Pyramids of Uxmal

It’s easy – and satisfying – to judge our ancestors by modern standards. Some times...

August 2014

August 17, 2014

Pilgrimage and Convocation

Until fairly recently, travel was long, hard, expensive, and dangerous. Yet there has always been...

April 2014

April 10, 2014

Nine Things I Think

Nine Things I Think – England, Wales and Ireland Edition: food in England, beer in...

April 01, 2014

Anglesey

Anglesey was a center of Druidry in ancient times and the site of the infamous...