The Otherworld Archives - One Willow Apothecaries

I always seem to have big things happen in autumn. Job changes, new relationships, the passing of loved ones, windfalls, leases and

There is another world that lays alongside this one, like the twin roots of a great oak. In this Otherworld live all the hidden things—

The bright copper of October has finally faded into the brown of November. There are more leaves on the ground then the trees now. When I

Samhain (pronounced sow-en) is the traditional Celtic holiday of death, endings, beginnings and visionary magic. Straddling the transition

Growing up, I always felt the power of fall. I loved Halloween and its lantern-lit festivities, the amber hue of the canopy and gold

Once upon a time all of us were indigenous. At some point in the past we all had ancestors who came from a very particular place, a land

In autumn, we embrace the dying. As the leaves grow spotted, then yellow and aflame, we watch the world around us begin to wane. We’ve

Last month I traveled to Ireland to visit the old neolithic burial mounds and the seaside where my forebearers most likely made their

I began these pilgrimage trips last year, with a visit to Japan. Sometime last summer I got the nudge to begin visiting places in the world where