“Those who have ears to hear, listen to the words I now say. Those who have eyes to see, watch as this story unfolds.” In Eternity Past Before the beginning of space-time, dwelling in eternal halls was Elohim, the Eternal Three-in-One, known on earth from ancient times as Yahweh and in later times as … More Song 1: A Song of Creation
The final part of this series looks at the person of Jesus; not the toy sold as “Buddy Jesus”, but the actual historical figure who walked this earth 2000 years ago, and, according to some, whose feet may well have walked upon this green and pleasant land of Albion (yet another blog post for another … More Jesus and the Green Man – Part 6 of 6: Jesus, the Deepest Green Man
This figure is perhaps the most completely developed of the figures we’ve discussed so far in this series. Space only permits highlights of the development of Pan into a Green Man figure and again I’d point you to Ronald Hutton’s The Triumph of the Moon for a whole chapter’s worth of the development of this intriguing … More Jesus and the Green Man – Part 5 of 6: Pan
“The Horned One” is the translation for the only single inscription we have of this particular Green Man character. Found on the Celtic Gundestrup Cauldron and widespread on other engravings, this antlered figure is thought by some to be an important god of the continental Celts, or even the most important god by some commentators. … More Jesus and the Green Man – Part 4 of 6: Cernunnos
“Deep in the heart of England there lives a legend” as the early 2000s BBC series would tell us. Using our two scopes, what can we first say empirically about Robin Hood? The legend of Robin Hood, Marion, the Merry Men and the Sheriff of Nottingham is a narrative that has endured since before the … More Jesus and the Green Man – Part 3 of 6: Robin Hood
Herne the Hunter came onto my radar as a young schoolboy when, sat in front of the telly on a Saturday tea time, I watched Robin of Sherwood back in the 1980s. Here, Robin, Marion and the villagers prepared to meet the mysterious spiritual protector Herne deep in the woods and pay homage to him … More Jesus and the Green Man – Part 2 of 6: Herne
On 6th August, 2017, on a fine Summer’s day in Nottingham Arboretum, thousands of people walking the Pagan pathways celebrated together at the UK’s largest free Pagan festival, Pagan Pride. This was my fifth time in attendance and my fourth time to be asked to be a speaker there¹. The subject I chose to speak … More Jesus and the Green Man – Part 1 of 6
God of Green Hope 