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3 weeks ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
Read on for a special 20% discount on the forthcoming Wise Women paperback, and the audio recording of an exclusive new wise-woman story from the north of England. This month I’m afraid I’m something of a content-free zone, as I’m grinding away here into the last flagging, gibbering days of completing this new manuscript and my brain cells are all shot to hell and back.
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4 weeks ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
Apart from my monthly newsletters and occasional bits of this and that, my original work here at ‘The Art of Enchantment’ is for paying subscribers. This is because writing is my full-time job i.e. it’s the only way I get to eat and pay the bills. From time to time I offer post previews to all subscribers so you know about what’s available here. I promise you, though, that I will never be irritating enough to send previews to you that contain no more than a sentence or two.
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1 month ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
I promised earlier in the year that I’d open up a conversation in our Temenos explorations about what’s often called ‘Celtic Christianity’ – the idea that the form of Christianity which developed in the Celtic countries as opposed to that which was dominated by Rome, is somehow different and, in particular, more nature-focused. This was a big…
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1 month ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
It’s getting on for a year now since we took our last foray into the world of the fairy-tale heroine and ended our months-long exploration of some aspects of her journey. (If you’re new to this Substack and missed those posts and discussions, you can find the full series here.) And as most of you will know, I’ve been busy ever since turning…
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1 month ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
I’m very much looking forward to Saturday’s Myth & Fairy Tale Salon, in which we’ll be talking about a story very close to my heart: the old Irish tale known as ‘The Romance of Mis and Dubh Ruis’. The story exists only in a shortened form, and in Irish; my version (which I wrote for If Women Rose Rooted) is based on an English summary of two old…
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1 month ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
This is quite a long post, as I want (as always) to offer you a proper perspective on the role that women play in the Grail myths and romances, as an antidote to those who so often present these stories simply as examples of the Hero’s Journey. This all derives from extensive research carried out during my MA in Celtic Studies so is both accurate and up-to-date.
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1 month ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
As I’ve found myself, this year, more focused on listening to conversations around spirituality – not just here on Substack but elsewhere – I’ve inevitably found myself asking myself a lot of questions about what I’m noticing. So I wanted to share some of those questions with you. Note: before I begin, I should perhaps say that I do clearly un…
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1 month ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
Read through for event/ conference news and reading/ Substack recommendations. This message is likely to be truncated in your inbox by your email provider (especially if it’s the dreaded Gmail …) so please click on the title to go through to Substack and read the Full Monty in your browser. And while you’re there, do join the conversation and leave a comment!Here, down by the river in the Beauteous Vale, the cuckoo has arrived.
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2 months ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
I’m looking forward to our Bealtaine retreat this coming Thursday, May 1, from 16.00 – 17.30 UK time. Please find the Zoom link below. The meeting will be recorded for those of you who can’t make it live but please come along if you can; these are always such rich and gentle sessions. You’ll find the recording embedded here in this post on F…
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2 months ago | 
sharonblackie.substack.com | Sharon Blackie
Those of you who are members of The Hearth and following our Temenos threads will know Vanessa Chamberlin; we recorded a video conversation together last month, talking about women’s spirituality, especially in Judaeo-Christian traditions. Her Substack is called The Tuning Fork, and earlier this week she posted an article on it which struck me profoundl…
