i am expecting some of my newer readers to wonder why on earth a pagan would choose to go to an old christian church at imbolc?
well, the church, high on a hill, is built within a big round earth work, and the yew has been dated to over 1,000 years old and i, and others believe, as is usual with many old churches, that the original site was either a small settlement or a sacred place for the ancestors of this area.
i have always been drawn to this place and since moving back here after ten years of roaming dorset i find the pull to go up there even stronger than before.
but i only ever go there when i am called and yesterday it was strong despite the freezing weather.
it is really peaceful there, and to me it has nothing to do with it being a graveyard and a sanctified area~that has no meaning for me in a religious sense.
the peace is deeper, taking me out of this time, further back, to a time before christianity claimed it as its own
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I am so moved by the trunk of the yew!
I would love to just sit against it....or have a picnic under it...
hmm.. old churches like that are often built on sites where there were shrines to Brigit so ofcourse it would make sense to go there at Imbolc .. perhaps that was the stronger than usual pull? x
Beautiful place.
Twiggy x
I love the photos. I love old churches and the cemeteries that are usually assoiciated with them. I think it is just fine to be Pagan and visit them. To me there is a peacefulness at places like the one you have shown us.
Beautiful photos. I can see the attraction with the church.
That Yew tree is stunning. xxxx
The pictures themselves, speak a million words. Wow! Being a traditional witch and a pagan - I am drawn too. I would have loved to see this area in person.
This looks a lovely place and I can see why you are attracted to it. There is a peace and serentity about it that is often found in very ancient places where generation after generation of our ancestors have gathered. Will reply to your e-mail over the weekend, sorry for the delay - reason is in a recent blog entry.
Lovely photos!
Whatever the reason-I'm glad you went-and took us along! I loved the pictures-it does look like a place of "old" a place of "peace".
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