Magical Mugwort: Dreaming the Future

Lammas is when it is hottest and we rest and recuperate ready for the high energy of the Autmn Equinox. This pause allows for deep rest and is a time to go inward or at least away from everyday concerns. A time to dream and vision how we wish the rest of the year to go. Mugowrt is our guide.

Opening the doors of perception

Aldous Huxley is more remembered these days for his book, Brave New World,(1932) which arguably closely predicted our lives in 2021. But in the sixties, he was seen as a pioneer in hallucinogenic research. He took mescaline and wrote about his experiences in the book, The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell.

An immovable object meets…another

This year there is an ongoing Saturn Uranus square, in the fixed signs of Aquarius and Taurus respectively. This offers an opportunity to revolutionise our relationship with nature, through kindly technology and collective action. George Eliot shows us how this radical square expressed itself in her life.