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Clare Gogerty

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Clare Gogerty

Books
Card Decks
Journalism
Buy my books
My Garden
About
Contact

Contact me

I am represented by Jane Graham Maw (jane@grahammawchristie.com) of literary agents Graham Maw Christie, for all my non-fiction books.

For all other enquiries, please email me or contact me via Instagram.

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Self sown poppies hopping with pollinators this mo

Self sown poppies hopping with pollinators this morning. 🙂

Very good to meet @tijanadraws yesterday at @watki

Very good to meet @tijanadraws yesterday at @watkinsbooks as we launched our Witch’s Shadow Oracle Deck into the world. Her beautiful illustrations take the deck to a whole other level. Also good to meet Christa, Alice, Rachel, Christina and all the others whose names I’ve forgotten who bought a deck and stopped to chat. An excellent way to spend the Solstice in the most brilliant shop.

One for locals (and anyone prepared to travel!) My

One for locals (and anyone prepared to travel!) My garden is open as part of the village open garden weekend (ie not NGS) on 28-29 June. It’s one of 12 gardens so plenty to see here! Details of the event on last image. The others are how the garden looks today, carefully shot to avoid scruffy bits. There are also sheep and chickens to see and an orchard to wander around.

Very pleased to see The Witch’s Shadow Work Orac

Very pleased to see The Witch’s Shadow Work Oracle Deck released into the world this month. Each of the 40 cards has been illustrated by the massively talented @tijanadraws and the accompanying booklet has been written by me. These are a few of my favourites.

The deck draws on Jungian themes, folkloric figures, myths and legends to help you shine a light into the darker, shadowy parts of your psyche. Each card has a guidance, an affirmation and an exercise to guide you through the forest of your mind.

Tijana and I will be ‘in person’ at @watkinsbooks, Cecil Court, London WC2, on 21 June from 2-4pm so come and say hello if you are in town.

The effects of the all-night gong puja last weeken

The effects of the all-night gong puja last weekend are still resonating. A big thank you to @csoundspace @resonantbeing helped by Tess and Debbie who gonged all through the night at @hellensmanor. They created a lovely low undulating rumble that was in turns comforting and unsettling. It was lovely to be 'gonged' in the 16th-century barn at Hellens and wake up to birdsong and a healthy breakfast before re-entering the world full of Spring energy.

A big thank you to @pilgrimtrust and especially @d

A big thank you to @pilgrimtrust and especially @drguyhayward for chatting to me about The Water Remedy, my new book, on their podcast.

Water, we discussed, is at the heart of many pilgrimages and there is a history of springs, waterfalls and lakes being venerated as places of restorative power. It is also where many spirits dwell, including selkies, ladies of the lake and the evil Jenny Greenteeth.

The book is a compendium of folklore, ritual, recommended places to visit and personal stories. My hope for it is that it helps us appreciate and value our watery places and in the process take better care of them.

A link is my bio.

Today was spent learning the dark art of compost m

Today was spent learning the dark art of compost making with Sue Mabberley at inspirational, forward-looking @nantybeddgarden Here she is sieving leaf mould to make potting compost and explaining how to make a windrow, a big fat compost lozenge. The results are seen throughout the garden which bursts with health and pollinators. Thanks Sue and Ian for the knowledge and the abundance of cake.

It's always a good day when your new book is relea

It's always a good day when your new book is released into the world and The Water Remedy (published by @calonbooks) is one I'm really pleased with.
It's a hymn to water in its many shapes and forms, from giddying whirlpools to still lakes and morning dew. Along the way, there are rituals to perform, folkloric characters to meet, personal accounts of my aquatic adventures and recommendations of places to visit.

Now, more than ever, with plastic pollution, sewage spills etc, it is time to acknowledge the importance of water in our lives, and to take better care of it.

Pics of some of the places I visited for the book.
1. LLyn Fan Fach in Wales, home to a Lady of the Lake.
2. The Virtuous Well, Trellech.
3. Malvina well, Great Malvern
4. The yew tree, Hope Bagot, Shropshire
5. The river at Ystradfellte which runs into the tumultuous waterfalls.

Of all the blossom out in the garden now, quince i

Of all the blossom out in the garden now, quince is the loveliest IMO.

The verges are full of dandelions right now so mak

The verges are full of dandelions right now so make haste to pick them before the council contractors come and mow the lot flat. Then you can make no end of delicious and nourishing things. Plenty of ideas in my book The Little Wild Library: Dandelions, including my favourite Dandelion Jelly, which is a bit like honey and can be poured over ice cream, cereal and so forth.

PS remember to give them.a good wash because of dogs, cars etc

It’s the last day of ‘Hans Coper: resurface’

It’s the last day of ‘Hans Coper: resurface’ at @arcwinch in Winchester. A very fine exhibition, we saw yesterday and which features many vessels and three ceramic murals of his displayed for the first time, including these, which puncture the wall pleasingly.

Best day of the year. Poster @oldhopearchive Hare

Best day of the year.

Poster @oldhopearchive Hare @sophiewoodrow

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