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Art Craft and Beauty, Cryptids, Filk, Heart, Living Life, Music, musings, Original Music, Original Songs, Pagan, Singer, Singer-Songwriter, Songbook, Strangeness of Life
Tonight I sang an hour of original songs for the Festival of the Living Rooms, an online filk festival with a lovely community which I first performed at last December. I sang about cryptids, mermaids, the lost Welsh lands, hubris, curiosity, and community.
My heart is happy.
Ten year old Halo would be so proud of us. I’m so proud of me, especially after being bullied out of singing in m teens. It’s taken me a long time to get to this point, and I’m so very grateful that I have.
The filk community have a culture of sharing music to spread the love, so for those that were there and would like to sing the songs I shared, here’s the songbook:
Each song I write is intended as both an exploration of a story, myth, or theme, and an enchantment for healing and inspiring. With many of the songs I share in these spaces, my aim is to delight, because we need more of that in the world. So, in the spirit of play, let me know about your favourite cryptids! Write a verse or share a story and I’ll weave a verse for you…
Magical Classes & Talks – with Halo
BABALON CIRCLE & BOOK CLUB
Monthly magical workings with the Red Goddess – For Babalon Circle Members on Patreon – replays included
- Babalon: Mother of Monsters – Wednesday 29th July, 8pm (UK)
- Babalon Circle (Theme TBA) – Monday 31st August, 8pm (UK)
Join the Babalon Circles & Book Club here.
DIY Tarot Club ~ Online
Explore the cards of the tarot and make your own deck! – For Grove Members on Patreon – replays included.
- Class 4: “A Decision: The Hermit, The Wheel, Justice, the Threes” – Wednesday 15th July, 8pm (UK)
- Class 5: “Consequences: The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, the Fours” – Monday 10th August , 8pm (UK)
Upcoming appearances include: A Cauldron of Dragons and Fireside Tales (Storytelling at Festival at the Edge – 17th – 19th July), Open Day for the Museum of Magic and Folklore (A pop-up day at the Climate Shop, Aberystwyth – 5th August), Finding Your Magic Stories and Cocreating Ritual (Workshops at Druid Camp – 12th – 16th August), Blood and Roses: Working with Babalon (Workshop for International Thelemic Symposium – 12th September), A Rose By Any Other Name: On Faeries and Daimons, (Talk at Pandaemonium – 18th – 20th September)
Halo Quin 