Keeley Farrington Celebrant

20/09/2018

Handfasting and Vow Renewal, Summer 2018

20/09/2018

I had the very great honour of officiating this Handfasting and Vow Renewal Ceremony for a 20th Wedding Anniversary over the summer - Thank You Eli & Dan for diving into this so wholeheartedly, what a wonderful day x

Photo by Chris Clements Photography

13/11/2013

this looks like it will be wonderful

Here's a preview chapter from my forthcoming book Bump: how to make, grow and birth a baby. Out Spring 2014. Inspirational? Educational? Accurate? Please let me know in the comments. ...

28/10/2013

Vows of the Priestess

I choose to walk my path fearlessly
To live with my Heart wide open
To be Grateful for my experiences
Which led me straight into the arms of the Goddess
And taught me compassion for all things

To forgive and forgive and forgive again
While maintaining the boundaries of my own Sacredness
Not resisting life, but allowing it to be
To accept and embrace it
And transmute my fear and suffering into Joy
And just by Being,
give others permission to do the same.

To know that everyone is a mirror
Reflecting the light of the Goddess
All with Truth at the core of their being
All unique, all beautiful, all different aspects of Her.

Source: Ariadnes Temple

26/10/2013

What if our religion was each other,
if our practice was our life,
if prayer our words?
what if the temple was the earth,
if forests were our church,
if holy waters - the rivers, lakes and oceans.
What if meditation was our relationships,
if the teacher was life,
if wisdom was self knowledge
if love was the centre of our being?

Ganga White

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19/10/2013

A beautiful Blessingway for a very special couple & their family. Photos courtesy of www.jessography.co.uk. Thank you :)

19/10/2013

Blessingway bump Henna

07/10/2013

25/09/2013

"I am dreaming back my sisters
Whisper-worn footfalls on the Temple steps
Skywalkers
Storm dwellers
Heavy-breasted cauldron keepers
Songweavers
Snake sisters
Darkmoon dancers

Labyrinth builders
Star bridgers
Fiery-eyed dragon-ryders
Wind seekers
Shape shifters
Corn daughters

Wolf women
Earth stewards
Gentle-handed womb sounders
Dream spinners
Flame keepers
Moon birthers

Come home sisters, come home"
~Marie Elena Gaspari

Art by Susana Santos
Photography by Andre Roosevelt

24/09/2013

"We locked up our wisdom into our bones
And swallowed the keys
They sank in our rivers of blood
And we forgot the maps
Because we had to forget the mysteries
To keep them safe.
We wove our hair into brooms
And swept over our paths
And then burned the earth with our rage
We didn't teach our children
It was the only way to protect them,
we thought
But in them we planted seeds, seeds and keys
And told them stories and riddles and songs
With no roots, just tangled threads
That would take years to unwind
Just enough time
For the rains to fall again
and put out the fires
For the dams to break
For the rivers to flood
For the paths
to be walked again
For the soil to breathe
And as the old bones crumble
Deep beneath the rubble
We find we've always had the keys
Our stories and our maps
Our paths are revealed to some
And the seeds grow again
The threads are unspun
And woven again"
~Amara Bronwyn Hollow Bones

Art by Albert Joseph Pénot

15/09/2013

Today I had the honour to be in ceremony with the wonderful Shona of Spirit Dream Weavers (that is she gleefully clutching a magpie wing!)~ I can't recommend her incredible Shamanic drumming & healing more highly x