Midwinter/Christingle – December 22nd

Companion contemplatives are welcome to join us on Zoom for our annual Midwinter/Christingle at 4.15pm on Sunday 22nd December (for about an hour). You will need to come prepared with either a Midwinter or Christingle (as above) or simply a small candle or tealight in a holder. For more details and to receive the Zoom … Read more

Forest Bathing Pilgrimage

For the penultimate walk in this year’s saltmarsh pilgrimage, as part of our River Dart Way, we were in collaboration with ‘forest bathing’ guide, Clare Coyne, as we journeyed from Ashprington to Totnes. Once again, we were blessed with lovely weather and enjoyed a peaceful ‘wander and wonder’ through woods and meadows along the river, … Read more

The Sacred Arts of Peregrinatio & Lectio Divina

River Dart Wild Church – Core principles and practices After seven years of drawing upon and teaching these practices within River Dart Wild Church (and even longer within the other Wild Spirit groups), it seems time to articulate them in writing and share some written sources for those who wish to explore further… Peregrinatio – … Read more

Advent Pilgrimage with Roots into Reverence

This was the first Roots into Reverence pilgrimage in Devon and the first in the depths of winter. We started out in the pale afternoon light of an early December day and the light faded as we walked a circular route from St Mary’s Church, Dartington. We walked in silence and in song and each … Read more

Sacred Spring Remembrance

Wild Church gathered for a special Remembrance Sunday pilgrimage this year with local poet, Roselle Angwin. Roselle was brought up in Cornwall, where sacred springs abound and in recent years has developed her own well keeper course, so it was a particular pleasure to have her join us as a guide for an afternoon centred … Read more