Hebridean Dolphin Skull - Digital art
Hello,
Welcome to exploring art and ritual for this Seal-skin moon. What we’e covered:
The guided story invited you to sit on a beach as Cee-al wrapped you in your selkie-skin
In this post, I cover some ideas for art & ritual around the Selkie-Skin Moon
The last post for Bealtainn/Selkie-skin moon will be The story of the Shrine of the Cailleach and the return of the stones back into the Glen at the Cailleach’s Shrine
The Cailleach’s Shrine
Cee-al holds your sacred desires and unspoken yearnings - and perhaps in the guided story, you had time to consider yours.
The Great Greening
What does this time of year look like where you live? Are you celebrating the great greening with the unfurling of new leaves or perhaps welcoming the summer visitors into your environment?
Here on the West Coast of Scotland, between Loch Lomond and the River Clyde, April has been cold, preferable to last year’s wildfires. We’ve welcomed House Martins and Swallow back and now wait for the return of the Swifts.
An Altar to the Wild
If you were to consider creating an altar to the wild, what would you add? What birds or animals, plants or trees would you honour - but also, what beloveds might be on red or amber conservation lists? Perhaps you have success stories of reintroduced species that once lived in the landscape and held key roles.
Cee-al’s story brings me to one of the most exciting clans in Scotland - that of the West Coast Community of Orcas. News of the body of Lulu washing up on a Tiree beach rippled through the country. Not only was the body of this apex predator so toxic she was treated as toxic waste, but her tail and flukes had deep linear abrasions, likely caused by rope, which would have rubbed away skin and tissue as the animal strained against them. Sadly, it seems the whale dragged this gear behind her for some time (click here for story source).
Image - Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust. Click on image for source
The dorsal fins of the last two Hebridean orcas - John Coe and Aquarius - both in their late 50’s.
Today the Hebridean orca clan seems to be down to two - John Coe and Aquarius (pictured above), both now in their late 50’s. They are frequently spotted throughout the Hebrides and even down to the Firth of Clyde and have been spotted off the West Coast of Ireland and even on the southwest coast of England
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