Dreaming the Land – The Songlines of Snowdonia – Wales

Here’s a wonderful blog by Medwyn McConachy, one of the team of dreamers who wove a song line along the path of the Poet Stone during our Dreaming the Land gathering last week. Profound thoughts, rich words and stunning photographs await!

Medwyn's Meanderings

Before I left my home on Vancouver Island I spoke of my desire to walk the sacred pathways of my ancestors, this last week in Wales found me doing exactly that. In the good company of eight others, our group of nine meandered o’er vale and hill visiting with the old ones in tomb, circle and standing stone. Eric Maddern and Angharad Wynne have been exploring these pathways in the spirit of creating songlines drawn from the Australian definition “a songline is an ancient mythological route that connects sacred places across a landscape.” Eric is a mystic/storyteller/ecowarrior called to the foothills of Snowdonia to create the place he named Cae Mabon, Angharad born on these lands joins him in these mystical journeyings.

Opening to the land and the beings of the land, we explored within and without. Messages flowed from the stones, the rivers, and the ancient landscape, allowing us…

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