Hannah McQuilkan
The Oldest Tree
At an estimated 500 years old, this huge and sprawling pohutukawa tree located in the quiet suburban street known as ‘Pitau Rd’ in Mount...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
the tree that holds up the universe
As I have researched the role of trees in indigenous cultures around the world, I have discovered that a tree is often central to the...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Nov 28, 2022
- 4 min
Celtic tree lore
One of the most essential teachings of Celtic Spirituality is the power and intelligence of Trees. Trees were regarded as living magical...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
native american marker trees
I recently discovered the curious phenomenon of marker trees, trees that were modified by First Nations peoples across the USA and...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Nov 9, 2022
- 5 min
japanese tree lore
Trees have been revered and worshipped by indigenous cultures the world over. I have been researching the role of trees in the spiritual...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- May 22, 2022
- 7 min
Sovereignty, the Celts and Covid
Sovereignty is a quality I’ve been exploring deeply over the past year. Its something the Celtic people understood as intrinsic to human...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Sep 14, 2021
- 6 min
Tree Mystics Guide to Covid 19
This lockdown has been a mental and emotional challenge for me, as I’m sure it has been for many people. The novelty of the first one we...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Jul 10, 2021
- 6 min
Imbolc - the festival of Brigid
In the darkness of winter there comes a time when we start to long for more light. For our ancestors the return of that light was crucial...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Jun 18, 2021
- 4 min
Avalon calling
Avalon holds its own as a mythic place linked to Arthurian Legend and the Holy Grail. Most people have heard of it, often from reading or...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Samhain: Celtic New Year
Samhain is the mid point between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice and was the biggest Celtic festival and the Celtic New Year. In...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Feb 16, 2021
- 4 min
Resolve trauma and blocks now
Anyone who has attempted to change deep seated patterns, childhood traumas or unexplained fears will quickly realise that it is a complex...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Jan 15, 2021
- 4 min
Celtic Harvest Festival
Lughnasadh is the first of the three autumn months and literally means ‘assembly of Lugh’ who was one of the main gods of Tuatha De...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Dec 1, 2020
- 6 min
Midsummer Madness
Midsummers Eve, the night before Summer Solstice was one of three days on the Celtic seasonal wheel where the veil between worlds was...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Oct 13, 2020
- 5 min
Beltaine - The festival of spring
For those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, the blossoms are blooming, the days are longer and warmer. Spring is arriving in all her...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Sep 10, 2020
- 8 min
Developing an authentic earth based practice
I have come to believe over my 20 years of spiritual seeking and training that the most powerful thing we can do as individuals and as...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Jul 20, 2020
- 8 min
Why White Shame Will Never Move Us Forward
The current issues surrounding race and white privilege have, like many of us made me stop and reflect. I haven’t felt 100% comfortable...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
Turn your home into a forest!
With winter arriving in New Zealand and shorter colder days, it can be a challenge to get outside as much as one might like to. Diffusing...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- May 12, 2020
- 5 min
The Way of the Nature Mystic
Throughout time, human beings have communed with nature and seen it as a magical source of spirituality. In ancient times and still among...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- May 12, 2020
- 8 min
Forest Therapy and three prisons in three different countries
Receiving the opportunity to present a Forest Therapy experience in an Auckland Womens Prison was a daunting task. Not only would I not...
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Hannah McQuilkan
- May 12, 2020
- 3 min
Join the Reconnection Movement
As human beings, we look around this world we have created and think to ourselves consciously and unconsciously, ‘What have we done?’....
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