After attending initiations at Sheesha Naaga Camp in Bristol, members of Tamion Camp  and Templum Amoris Lodge from beautiful York went out to explore the English countryside.

We went to Uley Long Barrow in Gloucestershire, also known as Hetty Pegler’s Tump after a 17th century owner of the field. It is a Neolithic burial mound, near Stroud,  aligned on the early-May sunrise. It is thought to have been built sometime before 3,000 BC along the ancient road which is now the B4066.

Then we went on to Nympsfield Long Barrow. The name ‘Nympsfield’ is from the  Celtic nimet meaning ‘holy place’. We sat in the sun and ate a picnic of the last of the previous day’s feast, watching the hawks circle above us in adouration of our hawk-headed mystical lord.

It was a really lovely day and the most wonderful way to end a weekend of many Man of Earth initiations. Congratulations to the new initiates.