The Pagan Chaplain

My article ‘Europe’s Last Pagan Nation’ appears in the next number of Lithuanian Heritage magazine www.draugas.org/lh/

Loving this 👇 Particularly looking forward to the well dressing 💐💦 #druidsky #wicca #pagan

I brought in some cuttings from pruning our apple trees (after wassailing them, of course) - in the warmth, they have blossomed. An early spring awakening 💚 /|\ #druidsky #pagan #naturereflection

We had the pleasure of speaking to Hospital #Radio #Exeter today. Dr Sarah Spencer and Maya Dallal chatted about our community project Roots & Routes, the South West Shakespeare Festival and more. Listen to it here 👉 player.autopod.xyz/1208755 @malcmardon.bsky.social @visitdevon.bsky.social

A small altar to mark #Imbolc today at the Multifaith Centre. A beautiful way to start conversations about the wheel of the year and the seeds we now sow for a rich harvest #chaplaincy #druidsky #Brighid Perfect day to walk our labyrinth, too 🌕 @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

Happy Imbolc, everyone! 🌕 Beautiful weekend out walking and a fire ceremony under the bright moon /|\ #druidsky #pagansky #paganism #Imbolc

Now this looks like exciting news for the new year 😊 #culture #Exeter

Hope y'all had a lovely Solstice. Midwinter is such a special time ✨ Happy Solstice, everyone! #pagansky #midwinter #yule

Winter Graduation at the University of Exeter in full flow @uniofexeternews.bsky.social 🎓 Delighted to officiate as Chaplain today - so lovely to see proud and happy students be celebrated for their hard work 🎉 #chaplaincy #HE #highereducation #wintergraduation Congratulations all!

#Christmas has arrived at the #Museum🎄
Thank you to everyone who dropped in to make decorations for our film-themed #Christmastree or contributed their favourite Christmas #films!

Tell us about your favourite here & we'll add it: forms.office.com/e/MdcqnRSbcR @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape

Fascinating! www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #pagansky #wicca #witchsky #OBOD #Celtic #linguistics

Local happening 👇Today at St Thomas Library 😊

It’s that time of year again. Advent and waiting for the light to return. So I thought I’d post an image of my work a day until the solstice. Here’s The Green Knight, a panel I made in 2022 but it’s a subject that has entranced since I first studied the poem at Stirling University in the 1980s.

Lights... Camera.... Christmas! 🎬

Help us decorate our #museum #Christmastree🎄

Drop in on 8th December, 2:30pm-5pm to make your own film-themed decorations and join us afterwards at 5pm for a mince pie, festive drink, and a tour featuring our #Christmas display!
#filmsky #museumsky #cinema

The Bishop's Wife! Magical, charming and funny 🎄 See you on the 8th December!

Happy Samhain, everyone! 🎃 Enjoyed a beautiful ceremony in #Glastonbury at #ChaliceWellGardens. We felt the relatively new peace pole was particularly pertinent #maypeaceprevail 🕊️ Samhain blessings /|\ #druidsky #witchsky #pagansky #heathensky #Samhain #AllHallowsEve

Pagan | Chaplaincy in Exeter | University of Exeter

Asking for help 🙏 I have a short list of "nature and traditional" events in/near #Exeter for our students: www.exeter.ac.uk/students/cha... Would love to add more - know of other #pagan #nature-based #traditional events? Be great to get them connected #pagansky #witchsky #heathensky #druidsky /|\

Oooh spooky stuff 👇 👻 My friends at the Cinema Museum @bdcmuseum.bsky.social in #Exeter are running a FREE kids' workshop today and a #Halloween discovery trail throughout #half-term 🎃 There's a lunchtime talk for adults, too - about #dragons and #monsters 👏 Yey! #pagansky #witchsky #druidsky

There is something really special about old buildings and ancient sites. So much history to explore and to be inspired by. Recommend this #art #workshop to anyone in #Exeter #Devon 👇 Dr Sarah Spencer is a skilled workshop leader and her art is inspired by nature and heritage. #druidsky #paganism /|\

Hi 👋 #Devon peeps, you don't want to miss this 👇 Autumn Ceilidh plus apple pressing and a harvest meal! See you there! #druidsky #Exeter #pagansky #harvest #autumn #ceilidh @lightbearlane.org @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @exeterfood.bsky.social @exetercycling.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social /I\

Had a lovely evening at the Exeter Hindu Cultural Centre celebrating Navratri ✨🪷✨ and learning more about #hinduism and worldview. Great food and dancing with colleagues from @exeter.ac.uk 🪔🎉 #HappyNavratri

“A beautifully written book of traces and absences.” Many thanks to Stuart Kelly and Scotland on Sunday for this thoughtful review of Upon A White Horse. Great to share the pages with @megaheid.bsky.social

🥳🍾The Argyle Street ash has been crowned UK #TreeOfTheYear 2025 🎉🏆

The 1st tree in Glasgow to be protected by a tree preservation order, it's adored & cared for by the community. Thanks to David Treanor for nominating, & players of People's #PostcodeLottery for their support of the contest.

This review really resonates👇 @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social picks up on Spirituality of Place and, perhaps most importantly, identifies "a phenomenology of Britain’s sacred landscape that is *performed* as much as it is known or understood." Can't wait to read "Upon A White Horse" #druidsky /I\

My review of Ayoush Lazikani’s ‘The Medieval Moon’, in the latest @historytoday.com

He'll be missed - an inspiring person. Here's to celebrating a good life 🎉

Druid Prayer for Peace:
Deep within the still centre of my being, may I find peace.
Silently within the quiet of the grove, may I share peace.
Gently within the greater circle of humankind, may I radiate peace.
May there be peace throughout the whole world. #druidsky /I\ #InternationalDayofPeace

#FolkyFriday
Hazel nuts were believed to be a source of wisdom and poetic inspiration. Nuts fell into a sacred pool from nine surrounding hazel trees and were eaten by a Salmon - both Welsh & Irish folklore have references to the ancient Salmon of Knowledge.
🎨Anon & Judith Shaw

Looking forward to hosting this #HeritageOpenDays event at our new Multifaith Centre today 👇Darren Davis, project manager for building works, will give a short talk & tour at lunchtime about sustainability & multi-faith use of the space. @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @helenhartstein.bluesky.social

Autumn is here and that means... Freshers' Week! Campus is buzzing @uniofexeternews.bsky.social Have a great start of term, everyone! /I\ @croftspeaks.bsky.social @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social 🍃🍂💚 #chaplaincy #druidsky #university #freshersweek!