Glastonbury done differently!
All this is certainly a different experience of Glastonbury for me; one of hanging, jumping, running and umm, wand connecting!
Eben loves to hang.
Yep, and one handed.
And do pull ups
And jump
He’s wanted a pendulum and a wand like Elijah for a while now and he chose this beautiful red wand made by a local druid-ess. I had eyed them up a while ago thinking my niece might like one, I just anticipated we’d get Eben an oak one, but no, red is his thing and he has carried this wand everywhere today, showing it to anyone who will entertain him. He was slightly disappointed that it didn’t behave like Harry Potter’s and do things for him. I have impressed on him the need to connect with his wand and show it some respect and work to focus energy…let’s see.
As for the pendulum, he chose citrine, on a red cord, and has gone to sleep wearing it tonight…
It was certainly not a leisurely shop, but in fairness I did have a few shops to visit, they have some fab charity shops in Glastonbury and of course all those crystals, eek, and the tree resins, another eek, and all those shops displaying oracle cards for you to try and then the Goddess Temple…in fairness Eben chilled totally in the resin shop and Goddess Temple, proving to me that small does indeed make a difference, let alone the ambiance one creates, I love the Goddess temple, it has such a lovely feel to it and an opportunity for a candle offering and more oracle cards!
Then on to the White Spring and a run up the Tor…
A quick moment of spell making wand action on the top of the Tor with a stone I’d bought from Guernsey…
And a quick dowse to find the power spot…
And a quick photo with mummy
And then a run back down the Tor…
And a quick rolly polly too!
And then back to the White Spring, one of my most favourite places ever, I cannot tell you why, I have always loved it in there and feel invigorated and cleansed by a naked dip in it…that alone, getting your clothes off and wandering in public nude is just really liberating, but there’s something about the place, and this was before I discovered that the St Michael’s ley line goes right through it. I managed three dips within an hour and even Eben followed me into the shallow pool. You are discouraged from taking photos in there due to people bathing naked, but here’s an innocent one of Eben giving an offering to the Goddess (otherwise known as playing with the candles, he was determined he wanted to out one out and inevitably he did!)…
And outside, collecting the red iron water from Chalice Wells…
And the white calcium water from the White Spring…
And a rather tired mummy and Edie outside the entrance to the White Spring…
And then back to hanging…
And more hanging…
And yet more hanging, one handed too…
It gets hot all this hanging…
And after then, a quick shop and off for a much needed a quiet moment over dinner, never have I been more grateful for the iPad and headphones, entertaining him, while I could zone out and process the day…phew, non-stop since 6am and I didn’t even mention the swim at Street’s public swimming pool, or the various running races…or for that matter the amount of treats that have been consumed, all in all keeping his energy high until he crashed at 8!
Love from Glastonbury.
xx
