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The Pagan Chaplain

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Multifaith chaplain at the University of Exeter, UK #interfaith #nature #art #music

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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One for us, #nature folks 👇 Ruth #flute and Alex #piano are enchanting, don't miss this autumnal feast for the senses 🍂 #pagansky @druidsky.bsky.social #druidsky #witchsky /|\ #heathensky #runes #musicsky
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It was a real pleasure to host the International Biennale "If Trees Could Talk" event 👇 at the Multifaith Centre, share nature stories and answer questions about #druidry. Lovely to see real interest and an appetite for #pagan happenings /|\ #druidsky #naturejournalling #mindfulness #wellbeing 🍃💚
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Love the #longread about cave paintings 👇 #druidsky #pagan #prehistory
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today is World Environment Day! Did you know that archives can be a rich resource for understanding environmental history, including climate change, pollution, natural disasters, and other environmental concerns? Let's explore! 🧵 📷 Common Ground archive: EUL MS 416/PRO/9/2/2 #WorldEnvironmentDay
One newspaper-printed poster lying on top a colour poster, photographed at an angel. The poster is entitled 'Mayday! Mayday! Nature's Call for Help.'
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Have you voted for your favourite wildlife animals to go on the new banknotes yet? 👇 I found it difficult to choose! No cats @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social 😉 but a lovely list to choose from nonetheless. #wildlife #nature @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @visitdevon.bsky.social
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Amazing art festival about #trees and connections 💚 I am hosting one of the events "Tea with a Druid" on 8 June in #Exeter Join me? Booking link below for your free ticket 👇 #druidsky #pagansky #pagan #wicca #trees #naturejournalling #wellbeing #walk
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Important considerations about digit habits and the impact they have on #nature and #wellbeing 👇 #druidsky #wicca #pagan
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Really enjoyed the South West Shakespeare Festival 👇 Looking forward to next year! #shakingitup #swshakespearefest
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Lightbear Lane @lightbearlane.org · 23/04/2026
Our Young Poet Awards 2026 at @exeterlibrary.bsky.social - a real treat. Parents, teachers and winners - a lovely bunch of people who appreciate poetry, literature, and writing. All the things we love 🩷 Here are some photos 👇Thank you all for coming! #shakingitup @exetercityoflit.bsky.social
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
History shows that when we change our perspective, we change our hearts and our policy. It's time to see the big picture again. #SeeTheBigPicture #ArtemisII #NASA #EarthDay
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Lightbear Lane @lightbearlane.org · 23/03/2026
Announcing the South West Shakespeare Festival, 22-26 April! Tickets available here: www.lightbearlane.org/shakespeare #swshakespeare #shakingitup #shakespeare #dramasky #musicsky @visitdevon.bsky.social @devondeved.bsky.social @chamberdevon.bsky.social @sdevonplayers.bsky.social
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Palm Sunday procession at our local church today 🌸 Such an amazing story - here are my reflections on the Passion www.jsmorgane.com/2016/03/28/t... #palmsunday #passion #druidsky #multifaith #chaplaincy
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Beautiful celebrations at our pond - teeming with life! Happy Equinox, everyone /|\ #druidsky #pagan #naturereflection #witchsky
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A bit of good news for #Exeter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #carshare #gogreen
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Exeter to introduce pay‑as‑you‑go car club
Devon County Council says this supports its ambitions to reduce traffic and improve air quality.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
My article ‘Europe’s Last Pagan Nation’ appears in the next number of Lithuanian Heritage magazine www.draugas.org/lh/
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Loving this 👇 Particularly looking forward to the well dressing 💐💦 #druidsky #wicca #pagan
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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
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Lightbear Lane @lightbearlane.org · 24/02/2026
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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Happy Imbolc, everyone! 🌕 Beautiful weekend out walking and a fire ceremony under the bright moon /|\ #druidsky #pagansky #paganism #Imbolc
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Now this looks like exciting news for the new year 😊 #culture #Exeter
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Hope y'all had a lovely Solstice. Midwinter is such a special time ✨ Happy Solstice, everyone! #pagansky #midwinter #yule
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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!
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The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum @bdcmuseum.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
#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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Fascinating! www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #pagansky #wicca #witchsky #OBOD #Celtic #linguistics
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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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Local happening 👇Today at St Thomas Library 😊
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Tamsin Abbott @tamsintheshed.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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.
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The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum @bdcmuseum.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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 /|\
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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 /|\
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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\
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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
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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
“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
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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🥳🍾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.
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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\
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
My review of Ayoush Lazikani’s ‘The Medieval Moon’, in the latest @historytoday.com
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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
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Joy Parry @joy13.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
#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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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!
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Been out to explore #StoverPark near #Exeter. Lovely green space and lake full of wildlife - and the nature education centre is fabulous! Particularly enjoyed the poetry walk linking art and nature - beautiful 🍃🍂 #TedHughes #nature #druidsky /I\ #witchsky #heathensky @lightbearlane.org
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Dartmoor Preservation Association @dpadartmoor.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Our final walk of the Dartmoor Outdoor Festival was a #storywalk, guided jointly by storyteller Helen Bruce & festival co-director Hannah Durdin. Helen shared tales of the Weaver of Dean Combe, Vixana the witch & the group spent time exploring #Merrivale. dartmoorpreservation.co.uk/merrivale-st...
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Merrivale Stone Rows Storywalk - Dartmoor Preservation Association
Our final walk of the Dartmoor Outdoor Festival was a storywalk, guided jointly by storyteller (and DPA Comms Officer) Helen Bruce and festival co-director Hannah Durdin. The loop began in Four Winds ...
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
@42acresretreat.bsky.social Just reading about you in #CountryLiving - love what you guys do and look forward to following your posts 🍃🍂
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We love this tiny illustration of a Bridgettine nun engrossed in a book! She can be found in the border of Sister Mary Dominic's vow in the Syon Abbey archive. 📷 EUL MS 389/COM/2/2/3/4 (date: 1924-27) #TinyTuesday #SyonAbbey #Nuntastic #Archives
Illustration of a nun standing on the left-hand corner of a blue border. She is wearing a grey habit, black veil and a white linen crown forming a cross over her head, with five red spots that represent the five wounds of Christ. She is holding a book bound in brown leather in front of her, which she appears completely engrossed in. To her right are words in Latin.
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Lightbear Lane @lightbearlane.org · 08/09/2025
Our latest edition of "Letters from Lightbear Lane" is out: mailchi.mp/c15e69a0e5db... Don't forget to subscribe ✉️ @exeterlibrary.bsky.social @exeterobserver.org @dianafmoore.bsky.social @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @visitdevon.bsky.social @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social
A close-up of a field of wheat with a clear, blue sky in the background. Unfortunately, no harvest mice.
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The Pagan Chaplain @thepaganchaplain.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Autumn in the air this morning 😊 Found this magical autumn moment 👇 #fantasy #druidsky Bet you got loads of LOTR things @bdcmuseum.bsky.social 🍃🍂
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Tolkien Universe @tolkienuniverse.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Gandalf Visiting the Shire... 🍂
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Thoreau and Friends 🌿🌿🌿 @thoreauandfriends.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
“Landscape was here long before we were even dreamed. It watched us arrive.” - Robert MacFarlane #RobertMacFarlane #MacFarlaneMondays #scape #landscape #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky #naturewriting #lake #forest #mountain #eastcoastkin
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