Pete Jennings > Quotes

“No religion has a monopoly on ‘doing good”
― Pete Jennings, Pagan Paths: A Guide to Wicca, Druidry, Asatru Shamanism and Other Pagan Practices

“Names of places are often the key to discovering unused but special places. For example, when I moved into my present home, I noticed that there was a Harrow Hill and a Redbeards Wood marked on a large-scale map of the area. ‘Harrow’ usually derives from the Saxon hearg or altar, and ‘Redbeard’ is a nickname for the God Thor. Sometimes a well or spring will be dedicated to a Christian saint, but many of these reflect a Christianisation of earlier local deities. Thus the Goddess Ellen of the Land often appears in place names as St Helen, and Bride or Brid (of the Brideswell) becomes St Bridget. Several”
― Pete Jennings, Pagan Paths: A Guide to Wicca, Druidry, Asatru Shamanism and Other Pagan Practices