@oakdragoncamps
Every summer people of all ages and from many walks of life gather together for 10 days and create a community. Exploring inclusive spirituality, living closely with nature, and taking part in workshops and ceremonies. Based in Somerset, UK. oakdragon.org
I just love the weeks that we have something to offer on every day, and Saturday this week has 3 different classes. This means so much to the Airy Fairy vision of providing a school for well being and magic.
🔗If anyone would like to book, links are below....
Our woodland
Trees are social beings that learn & remember, nurse their sick, warn each other of danger via a sophisticated fungal network that also keeps stumps of felled trees alive by feeding them.
They also feel something analogous to pain, so when hugged, I like to think they know ☺️
A man with long grey hair stands in a marquee decorated with fairy lights and bunting. He is wearing fantastic handmade antlers adorned with fairy lights and red and yellow ribbon.
A young girl and her grandma stand under a natural archway created by a tree and decorated with fairy lights.
A man wearing a white dress decorated with colourful sequins stands wearing a hand-carved wooden mask with feathers sticking out of it.
If you're having a moody Monday we thought we'd cheer you up with some more photos from the recent summer camp 🌳🐉 #OakDragonCamps
Red hawthorn berries
Common Hawthorn berries
Used in medicine for chest pain, heart failure, blood circulation problems, high blood pressure and anxiety
'Peaceful Dawn' Glastonbury Tor this morning before sunrise.
A chalkboard with the plan for the day along with drawings of mushrooms. It is propped up outside a marquee decorated with bunting.
A young boy is carried inside a backpack on a young man's back, they are both laughing.
Three people sit peacefully, smiling inside a decorated yurt.
A man with long hair and glowing antlers pokes at a roaring fire.
Another year another wonderful camp 🌳🐉
Sending so much love to all of you who joined us in the Mycelium this year. Our threads remain connected and we'll see each other again in person when we are able. 🍄❤️
#OakDragonCamps #Community
Fabulous weekend course coming up. Are you a Pagan and feel you want to up your game in your practice and serving the community? Daniel LeFay is joining us to teach all things Handfasting. All info in the photo slides. Link: www.daniellefay.co.uk
#CelebrantTraining #PaganCelebrant #HandfastingUK
A beautiful sunset in a cloud-streaked sky. Below tents, a teepee and a campervan on a field circled around a campfire.
Not long before we can look forward to sleeping on the field 🏕️ #OakDragonCamps #InclusiveSpirituality #Pagan #PaganGathering #Somerset
A softly glowing full moon partially covered with dark clouds.
Full moon tomorrow, 10th July, at 9:26pm. July's full moon is known as the Buck Moon, Hay Moon or Mead Moon depending on where you are in the world. 🦌🌾🍺 #WheelOfTheYear #MoonMagic #FullMoon
Immerse yourselves in the world of Wild Folk with Jackie Morris & Tamsin Abbott. Stone Club's very own co-founder Lally MacBeth taking us on a journey into The Lost Folk. Renaturing with James Canton - back to the land!
Let's enter that portal once again.
stoneclub.rocks/events/the-s...
A photo of a campsite with a graphic overlaid saying 'Enter the Mycelium The Magical World of Mushrooms 2025 camp 1st-10th August', along with the Oak Dragon Camps logo.
It's already the 1st July! August will soon be upon us and you need to get your tickets sorted for this year's summer camp 💚🏕️ oakdragon.org/upcoming #Lammas #Lughnasadh #PaganThings #WitchyThings #InclusiveSpirituality
Ahhh I’m so excited to hold it in my hands!! 🥹 Book number 3!!
Pagan Portals: Y Mabinogi is out NOW in the UK!! And will undoubtedly start reaching those who pre-ordered outside of the UK very soon too!!
Have you received your copy yet?? Send me photos!! 😁
A Lughnasadh altar with sunflowers, sheafs of wheat, local flora, wooden bowls, apples, a tambourine and a round leather drum.
Solstice blessings 💛 we're looking forward to being with you all soon at Lughnasadh 🌼🌾 #Lughnasadh #Lammas #Solstice #OakDragonCamps
A sign propped up against a gate covered in colourful ribbons reads "you are now entering sacred space".
6 weeks to go! Tickets must be booked and paid for in advance - you can come for the first weekend or for the full camp 🏕️ oakdragon.org/upcoming #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Pagan #WitchyThings #OakDragonCamps
A group of people standing in a field in a circle around a campfire raising their arms up to the sky as the morning sun beams down on them.
It might be rainy now, but we're sure it'll look more like this in August 🌞 book tickets for this year's camp oakdragon.org/upcoming #OakDragonCamps #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Pagan #Druid #InclusiveSpirituality
A woman holds up a toddler who is playing with the rag bunting hanging in a big top stripey green and white marquee.
Who's coming to frolic with us this summer at Oak Dragon?
Baby dragons and those with silvering scales all welcome 💚🐉
#OakDragonCamps #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Pagan #InclusiveSpirituality
An ash tree in Ireland, beside the ruins of an old cottage.
Ash trees are for protection in Gaelic lore, with the wood used to ward off fairies in Manx folklore, while in Scotland an astringent sap made from ash trees is used to protect against the power of witchcraft; even Irish ogham features a letter named for ash. #FolkyFriday
Glastonbury Tor revealing it's own very special magic this morning.
We are taking a trip into the substratum with talks from Philip Marsden & Dr Ruth Allen.
There will be conversation with photographers Sally Barton & Serena Burgis exploring their work for Echoes: Stone Circles, Community and Heritage & a screening of Still Out.
stoneclub.rocks/events/stone...
A woman holds up a toddler who is playing with the rag bunting hanging in a big top stripey green and white marquee.
Who's coming to frolic with us this summer at Oak Dragon?
Baby dragons and those with silvering scales all welcome 💚🐉
#OakDragonCamps #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Pagan #InclusiveSpirituality
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee. And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee.
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
If bees are few.
Emily Dickinson
Title: Solitary Bee Poem: No dance, wiggle, or jiggle for me, I'm a solitary bee. I build my nest on my own, Drink nectar and bring back pollen alone. I provide my larvae with everything they need, But as bees, their own lives they will lead. I may not be social, But my pollinating skills are total. So build a house for me, And I'll help your garden bloom for free. By Francesca L Rolle
Happy #WorldBeeDay! Here's a poem I wrote last year celebrating solitary bees 🐝 #Poetry
'Folklore and the Senses', our hybrid conference in collaboration with the Department of Folklore & Ethnology
@ucc.ie, is fast approaching and the deadline for booking to attend in person is 6 June 2025. View the programme & download the booking form here: folklore-society.com/event/folklo...
A woman with purple hair and wearing colourful tie-dye clothing sits knitting with purple and pink wool and smiles at the camera. There is a speech bubble that says "Bookings open!".
Chrissie says 'Bookings open!' - head to our website to find out more about this year's camp and how to book: oakdragon.org #OakDragonCamps #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Pagans #Druids #Witches #InclusiveSpirituality
A woman sits on a low wooden camping chair in warm clothes in the early morning sunshine with a flask. She is holding her hand above her eyes shading her view and smiling.
What's that we can see over there? Is it the site of you getting your tickets for this year's camp?! 👀 #OakDragonCamps #Lammas #Lughnasadh #EnterTheMycelium
Stone Club are coming to Derby & Sheffield for the first time!
Tickets - stoneclub.rocks/events
‘Flower Moon’, oil on canvas, hare sits amongst the flowers under the May full moon
Hare planted herself among the spring bloom,
warmed by the light of the Flower Moon.
As the leaves on the trees slept, and the night became dark,
the only sound was her breath weaving a rhythm with her heart.
#FlowerMoon
#HareMoon
#FullMoon
#MayMoon
A full moon in a purple and pink sky over a silhouette of a lighthouse and buildings.
Full moon, Flower Moon today 17:56 🌕🌸
Also known as the milk moon or hare moon. All the names seem to be reflective of the spring and new life in abundance at this time of year.
In parts of northern England and Scotland, rowan was the favoured tree of Druids
A tree of vision : burnt to make 'wild fire' to increase the life-force of warriors
A tree of protection : charms made of rowan twig and red thread protect from evil
#trees #folklore #druidry
A woman with purple hair and wearing colourful tie-dye clothing sits knitting with purple and pink wool and smiles at the camera. There is a speech bubble that says "Bookings open!".
Chrissie says 'Bookings open!' - head to our website to find out more about this year's camp and how to book: oakdragon.org #OakDragonCamps #Lammas #Lughnasadh #Pagans #Druids #Witches #InclusiveSpirituality