Southern Hemisphere Pagan Resources

All web site links are listed as a convenience to our visitors. The Church of the Ancient Mysteries takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of these sites. In the event of any unethical behaviour being reported to us, we will remove the subject of the complaint. If the individual/group is known to the Church of the Ancient Mysteries it will be investigated; in all other cases and if the complaint is serious, the link will simply be removed from the listing.

  • HILLSIDE HERBAL TASMANIA
    Natural remedies like organic herbal healing ointments and healing oils with calendula, tea tree, St John’s wort and essential oils, as well as relaxing, sport and baby massage oil.

  • SACROSANCT PUBLISHING
    New publishing venture on Lulu from Rev Wendy Eversen aka Vestra Daemus (Apothecarian Herbology Column in Pagan Awareness Network’s “Small Tapestry”) and friends.

  • CELTFEST
    South Australian site dedicated to Folk and Roots music, dance and lore. Musicians; Instrument Makers; CDs, Tapes, Vinyl; MIDI Audio; Sheet Music; Festivals & Events.

  • CELTIC SOUTHERN CROSS
    Australia and New Zealand’s major supplier to the folk musician.

  • CLANFRASER AUSTRALIA
    A link to our Scottish kinship, to promote friendship and help in tracing your family tree; genealogy, history.

  • FOLK FEDERATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Home of the S.A. Folk Centre; Medieval Festival and much more.

  • LOCRIAN RECORDS
    Original contemporary Australian Celtic music using Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish and Manx languages.

  • PATHASGOAL.COM
    Spiritual Auction - Online Auction. Providing online auctions for spiritual, religious and health-related goods and services.

  • RAINBOW NEWS MAGAZINE - THE SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND
    Explores spiritual development, holistic health and healing, environmental, astrological and cultural issues.

  • MYSTERIOUS AUSTRALIA HOMEPAGE
    Rex Gilroy is widely regarded as the foremost authority on the unknown history evidence for which Australian university text books have no answers … the “Australian Megalithic Uruan Civilisation” the “Forgotten Story” on Australia’s Distant Past, Giant Fossilised Footprints, Megalithic Scripts and Sites; as well as Ancient Seafarers to Australia’s Shores including; Arabs, Celts, Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks, Incas, Phoenicians, Portuguese, Scandinavians, Spanish, Vikings; Egyptian Artefacts, the Gympie Pyramid Mystery, The Gosford Hieroglyphs and other ancient rock inscriptions.

  • SPIRAL DANCE
    Folk Rock, songs and music of magic, myth & legends based in Adelaide, South Australia.

  • THE REALM OF WHITE MAGIC
    Incense, Herbs, Powders, Crystals, Mystical Jewellery, Oils, Spells and much more; Specialists in rare botanicals, incense and magical supplies.

  • UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA
    Scientific Research into UFOs.

  • GODDESS CAFE (AUSTRALIA)
    A site dedicated to Iconic Art, Henna and Amulets crafted by Annie Watkins. It is also the home of Impressionist Music and Medusa Goddess Acappella.

  • WHALE WATCHING AUSTRALIA - JERVIS BAY, NEW SOUTH WALES
    Find tourist and travel information on world famous Jervis Bay and research info on the Humpback Whale and Jervis Bay Marine Park.

  • WISDOM SEEKERS OF NEW ZEALAND - ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE DIRECTORY
    Directory of wholistic and new age services in New Zealand; Link-Up! Newsletter.

  • WITCHAVEN NZ
    A reference and collective website for Southern Hemisphere Traditional, Hereditary Witchcraft and Wiccan Craft.

  • FIONA HORNE
    Our Aussie rock-goddess-witch, now living in L.A.; On the front line, teaching witchcraft through popular culture; watch for her excellent  wide-ranging collection of articles from all the big Wiccan names and many hitherto unknown names, all coming across very lucid and strong and there’s even one from little old me, now how did that happen? It’s called “Pop! Goes the Witch – the Disinformation Guide to 21st Century Witchcraft”, and it’s worth checking out.

USEFUL & INTERESTING LINKS

CLASSICS LINKS

  • COVENANT OF THE GODDESS
    The Covenant of the Goddess is one of the world’s largest and oldest Wiccan religious organizations, with members in North America, Europe and Australia. Wicca is the most popular expression of the religious movement known as Neo-Paganism, reviving ancient Pagan practices and beliefs of pre-Christian Europe and adapting them to contemporary life. The result is a religion that is both old and new, both ‘traditional’ and creative.
  • LULU – INDEPENDENT DIGITAL PUBLISHING
    Founded in 2002, an independent publishing marketplace for digital do-it-yourselfers, where you can publish, sell and buy any and all things digital — books, music, comics, photographs, movies... Lulu provides the tools that leave control of content in the hands of the people who created the content. Lulu is a technology company, not a publisher. So you can use Lulu to publish and sell any kind of digital content, and no one will ask you to change anything... ever. There is no set-up fee and no minimum order to publish and sell on Lulu. They manage the online business, including printing, delivery and customer service.

  • THE ANCIENT ONE – PARANORMAL COMMENTARY & TAROT WITH MICHAEL TEAL
    Canadian pagan site of great individuality and community warmth.

  • LIFE AWAKENING
    Life-Awakening Gemstones & Life-Awakening Herbs, raw & attuned from Mother Earth! A lively, eccentric straight to the point rant on what herbs and crystals (and indeed any magickal tools) are for. Seeking upon a proverbial “path” is no game! Yet, many act as though it is, even at the depth of what they proclaim to believe, much less putting it into action. For without action and self-change to one’s very core, all is for not. Vast and common/normal are the number who “think”, “feel”, pray, believe, hope and are told they are walking a path; few are the ones who, “hand-in-hand” with actions and self-change; truly are walking a path (“The Fool” Martin Boldery).

  • VILLAGE OF LOTHLORIEN
    A non-profit website with about 1/2 million visitors each month; they have a pretty steady base of people gaining information through the forums and classes.

  • THE CHURCH OF IRON OAK HOME PAGE
    The Church of Iron Oak, Inc., ATC is dedicated to The Old Religion through a range of liturgy including English Traditional Wicca, Smith Path, and other polytheistic and spiritually positive ceremony. We provide safe meeting places where the extended Wiccan/Pagan community can gather to enrich their spiritual path through focused personal effort.

  • AQUARIAN TABERNACLE CHURCH (ATC)
    Founded in Seattle, 1979, ATC has 30 recognised legal congregations worldwide. “Learn what has been accomplished here for The Craft, and how you too can make similar strides in your area. We are not offering untried concepts; the things we talk about are solid advancements in the real world where it matters. We must learn to walk proudly in today’s world!”

  • OBSIDIAN ONLINE WEBZINE
    The Journal of Occult Folklore and Mystery Traditions is a comprehensive and detailed source of information, inquiry and creativity for anyone!

  • THE UNBROKEN CIRCLE
    Dedicated to where the boundaries of folk cross over into the stranger territory as it takes in the social changes of the post-mid 1960s psychedelic era. We are the ones who listen when folk reaches into alternative religion, folklore, magic, mysticism, surreality and the dark strangeness of the past... folk music, experimental, folk rock, wyrd folk, pastoral psychedelia, landscape drones, mountain song, folklore exploration, rural song, traditional folk, seasonal plays, communal festivals, folk dance, nature liturgy.

  • MATIJA GIMBUTAS
    The Gods & Goddesses of Old Europe, 7000 to 3500 B.C.; The Civilisation of the Goddess; The Language of the Goddess; The Living Goddesses (edited by Maureen Barlow) “Although she became a world-class expert on the Indo-European Bronze Age, she began delving into ever-deeper layers of the past, discovering something no archaeological theory accounted for at the time: thousands of female figures in art and pottery, and no evidence of warfare prior to Indo-European influence.”

    “Gimbutas discovered evidence strongly suggesting that these peaceful civilizations worshipped the Earth as a Mother Goddess, with some variation from culture to culture. In addition, she found almost no evidence of gender oppression or gender apartheid. Of course, the remaining “classical” archaeologists (almost all of whom are male) have by and large refuted Gimbutas’ research, claiming that it is all speculation. Yet it has never occurred to these men that the archaeology that they have been preaching could also be reduced to mere speculation”. (Maureen Barlow ©1998-99)
    1. Interview with Marija Gimbutas
    2. Documentary on Marija’s life & work by activist/author Starhawk & filmmaker Donna Read; see also Bio, Publications, etc.
    3. Miriam Robbins Dexter’s edited works of Marija Gimbutas
    4. Article by Marguretie Rigoglioso
    5. “Where were the Women?” - An overview of Gimbutas’ work by Maureen Barlow

 

  • WHITE DRAGON
    Excellent quarterly pagan magazine covering witchcraft, northern traditions, the occult, and earth mysteries.

  • MEADOWS OF ELFHAME
    A journey into the Weald of Traditional Witchcraft, beautiful.

  • HOUSE FARINGDOUN TROD
    Traditional, non-Wiccan Witchcraft.

  • AT THE EDGE
    An archive of articles originally published in At the Edge and its predecessor, Mercian Mysteries, exploring new interpretations of past and place in archaeology, folklore and mythology.

  • CHANCTONBURY RING
    Archaeology & folklore of a sacred site.

  • IN DEFENSE OF THE PICKINGILL PAPERS
    Bill Liddell has some writings online now, concerning his claims about George Pickingill, the “Sussex Tradition” and the origins of the Gardnerian Craft.

  • THE DEVIL IN SUSSEX
    Role of the Devil in Sussex Folklore.

  • STONE PAGES
    Stonehenge, stone circles, dolmens, ancient standing stones, cairns, barrows, hillforts and archaeology of megalithic Europe, comprehensive, continually updated.

  • EARTH MYSTERIES
    Information on Earth Mysteries, Ley Lines, Megalithic Sites and Mounds, Dragons and Dragon-Killers, Healing Stones, Morris Dancing, Geomancy, and more.

  • WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS
    New Edition of “The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Faeries” by Robert Kirk, with edited modern English text & original commentary, notes & appendices.

  • THE ROEBUCK
    The Root Tradition of the Ancient Keltic Church, based on the work of Roy Bowers (Robert Cochrane) and the 1734 Tradition.

  • TRADITIONAL CRAFT DEFINITIONS
    From Robin Bowen's Website: Pagan Federation/Wight, defining Traditional Craft; Hereditary Craft; Old Craft Deity; Traditional vs. Wicca; Tools of the Old Craft.

  • PUCK - THAT SHREWD & KNAVISH SPRITE CALLED ROBIN GOODFELLOW
    Puck through the Ages; Puck Links; Robin Hood.

  • LORE OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS

  • TRADITIONAL PAGANISM
    “If you are irretrievably wedded to the idea of Wicca surviving from the year dot or to a synthesis of ideas based on the utter truth of the writings of Dr Margaret Murray, Robert Graves, Scott Cunningham, the Farrars or Gerald Gardner, then these pages are not for you.” Good grist to the mill, and a counterbalance to much of the current recycled pulp... still, I’m rather fond of most of the abovementioned.

    The Sacred Land, Guardianship, Secrecy and Service, Casting off New Age Mythology, Ethics in Old Paganism, The Turning Year’s Festivals, & Traditional Ballads.

  • FLAGS, FLAX AND FODDER THE SECRETS OF 1734 REVEALED
    Joseph B. Wilson’s excellent site explaining the origins and his creation of the 1734 Tradition from teachings, customs and inspirations passed on to him by Sean (hereditary practitioner) Robert Cochrane and Ruth Wynn-Owen. It is a good indictment of the “intellect worship” and lineage politics so regrettably prevalent in the contemporary Wiccan/Pagan scene.

  • THE GWYDDON TRADITION
    The Gwyddon Tradition is not related nor is it another aspect of Wicca. It also has connections with other ‘Crafters’ and Family Traditions whose Paths pre-date the Gardnerian Tradition.

    The Gwyddon is a Welsh Tradition, one with its essence and roots in the Land of Wales, the Language and the Culture of the Welsh Nation. For centuries the Gwyddon have conducted their Communion with the Old Gods of the Brythonic Celts.

  • THE DIFFERENCES
    An essay on some differences between Traditional Witchcraft and Neo-Pagan Witchcraft, or Wicca by Robin Artisson.

  • CUNNING FOLK
    Witchcraft, magic, cunning folk, & charmers in the modern era, with a focus on Somerset.

  • THE WAY OF WYRD
    The website of Brian Bates; Of Saxon Shamanism, Middle Earth & Lord of the Rings.
  • THE WORLD OF CELTIC ART
    One of the largest Celtic art sites on the Web, maintained by Peter Oostervink, featuring articles on Celtic art & extensive links, an excellent resource.

  • EVERYTHING CELTIC ON THE WEB
    Ginormous list of links on everything Celtic.
  
 
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