Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone Quotes

“The past is there to teach us, the future is there to direct us, and the present moment exists to capture all that we can be in this moment in time. Our”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“Being a Druid is about making life choices in everything – from vigilant recycling to knowing where our tap water comes from. It is about making a relationship with everything, from the food we eat to the badgers that have lost their homes due to the new housing development. It is a huge sacrifice – giving up ignorance and opening our eyes to the world, seeing what we can do to make it a better place. We”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“As a Druid I work to find balance, harmony and truth in all that I do. A”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“Find out what you can do to honour them, and how you can leave a great legacy that will improve your own place, whether that is your own little plot or the whole planet itself. Often,”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“Our blood is mixed with that of everyone else on the planet. In a sense, there is no “last of the line” when viewed in this manner. There is no fear that we need to procreate to continue the line in our already over-populated world. Honouring”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“Awen is also compassion. Compassion is trying to understand, to see the bigger picture, to be inspired to be a part of an integrated and integral life; living gently, gracefully and with kindness.”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“We work to see how we can live with the least harm to ourselves and the planet, and also what we can do to make the world a better place. We work to create peace within ourselves and peace in the outer world as well. Using our natural abilities and skills, we may work with songs and poetry, or with visions or herbal medicine, with roles in teaching and counselling, in law or in environmentalism – the list is endless. We are devoted to helping and conserving nature and our planet, sharing the awen and giving back for what we have received. Awen implies service. When”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“But just what is awen? It is an awareness, not just on a physical and mental level, but also on a soul-deep level of the entirety of existence, of life itself. It is seeing the threads that connect us all. It is the deep well of inspiration that we drink from, to nurture our souls and our world and to give back in joy, in reverence, in wild abandon and in solemn ceremony. Many”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“Druidry are vegetarian, if not vegan, and yet there are still others who eat the flesh of animals. Some do so claiming that ethically raised and slaughtered animals for food are perfectly acceptable to put on our plates. It is entirely your choice. We must accept responsibility for whatever part we choose to play. We must research and sacrifice our ignorance of a subject before coming to a conclusion while living in service to the land. The”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid

“We live and we learn through awen (Welsh word, meaning flowing or poetic inspiration, more on that later), through inspiration from nature. You”
― Joanna van der Hoeven, Pagan Portals - The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid