Like Minded Folks
Well not necessarily like minded in every respect but related & hopefully interesting.
3rd Stone: Archaeology, folklore & myth:
PO Box 961, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2TS
An excellent magazine!
a5e is the occasionally mutating homepage and magical archive of Phil Hine. The different sections of a5e reflect his major magical interests, including Pagan, Chaos & Tantric material but he warns us that he doesn't necessarily agree with all the material posted here - even his own!
Ancient Sacred Landscapes Network, AsLan:
A remarkable group, mediating between the various different groups who share an interest in our ancient heritage.
London Information Office, Natural History Museum, Earth Galleries, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DE
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV):
36 St Mary's Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 0EU
The UK's leading charity working with people to bring about positive environmental change.
Caduceus: Healing for People, Community & Planet
38 Russell Terrace, Leamington Spa CV31 1HE
Another great magazine.
Gold Hill House, 21 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8JE
Internationally recognised for playing a unique role in the arts and environmental fields, distinguished by the linking of nature with culture, focusing upon the positive investment people can make in their own localities, championing popular democratic involvement, and by inspiring celebration as a starting point for action to improve the quality of our everyday places.
Charles House, 5A Charles Street, Petersfield, Hampshire
Campaigning to end the factory farming of animals and long distance transport through hard-hitting political lobbying, investigations and high profile campaigns.
Council for British Archaeology:
Bowes Morrell House, 111 Walmgate, York YO1 9WA
A heady mix of Paganism and Environmentalism!
English Folk Play Research Home Page
Home of the traditional Drama Research Group. English folk plays, often called Mummers' Plays, are short traditional verse sketches performed at Christmas, Easter and other annual festivals and taken round pubs and private houses. This site is a compendium of research, archives, links & news. An absolute must!
Unit 21, 41 Old Birley Street, Manchester M15 5RF
The UK's only alternative consumer organisation looking at the social and environmental records of the companies behind the brand names.
26-28 Underwood Street, London N1 7JQ
Friends of the Earth inspires solutions to environmental problems which make life better for people.
Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN
The eponymous environmental protection & protest organisation.
Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA):
Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry CV8 3LG
Dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food. Also produce a good magazine.
Shân Jayran, 33 Oldridge Rd, London SW12 8PN
Established in 1985 to provide contact, support, learning & celebration for Pagans and the like-minded (women & men). Over 15 years HOG has helped many hundreds of people of all kinds and ages to find their own individual ways of using the practical, life loving craft of Paganism, including Barry!
Site based on Julian Cope's epic guidebook of the same name. Since launching in March 2000 ce, the site has grown to be a massive resource for news, information, images, folklore & weblinks on the ancient sites across of the UK & Ireland, thanks to the remarkable efforts of all those who contribute.
My friend Gyrus' site. It's named after the near-future anarcho-capitalist autonomous zone in Ken MacLeod's novel Star Fraction. Run by present-day anarcho-syndicalists, it's full of fascinating articles, interviews, reviews, web links, stuff for sale, and snippets of news and ideas... even a bit by Barry. Norlonto is interested in a wide variety of topics, including ecology, mind, politics, magic with a wide array of talented, frequently reluctant contributors.
PO Box 513, Preston PR5 6UZ
Organisers of camps and publishers of the famous Little Red Book, a comprehensive selection of British and international Pagan listings.
The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids (OBOD):
PO Box 1333 Lewes, E. Sussex BN17 1DX
One of a number of modern druid orders. I like their emphasis on the creative arts & ecology & they do great camps!
Pagan Midlands
A web based resource for pagans living in the UK Midlands
Founder member of the Association of Polytheist Traditions
BM Box 7097, London WC1N 3XX
The Pagan Federation was founded in 1971 to provide information on Paganism and to counter misconceptions about the religion. The Pagan Federation works for the rights of Pagans to worship freely and without censure. They also run a contact network & publish a magazine, Pagan Dawn which may be purchased or subscribed to without joining the organisation.
Paganlink is a network for all who honour & celebrate the Spirit of the Earth. The first organisation to pioneer open, local pub moots back in the late 80s.
The Sustainability Centre, East Meon, Hampshire GU32 1HR
Solutions For Sustainable Living. This leading environmental magazine is the vanguard of permaculture. Practical thought provoking articles on organic gardening, sustainable agriculture, agroforestry, eco-villages, alternative technology, eco-architecture and building, community development and much more, written by leading experts. The same group, Permanent Publications, also publish the Earth Repair Catalogue of essential books.
1 Lerryn View, Lerryn, Lostwithiel, Cornwall PL22 0QJ
PFAF is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. They practice vegan organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment using perennial plants. You can buy plants from them by mail order.
World peace and the best orgasms, from scientific discovery to comic genius, through contentment, spiritual health and personal achievement; all can be achieved through truth. No catches, no cults, no money; it is for you. Wise & wonderful pages from my friend David.
P.O. Box 444, Bicester OX25 4AT
Guardians of this wonderful stone circle, also have a support group which you can join called the Friends of the Rollright Stones.
2nd Floor Camelford House, 87-90 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TW
Protecting footpaths & rights of way across the countryside, this is the UK's largest walking organisation.
Ford House, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6EE
An excellent bimonthly magazine which serves as an international forum for ecological and spiritual thinking. Art and society, soul and science.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB):
The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL
The RSPB has grown into Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity, with more than a million members. The RSPB manages nearly 170 nature reserves for the benefit of wildlife.
Heddfan, Drefach Felindre, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, SA44 5UH
British based magazine concerned with contemporary & traditional shamanism.
Hawkbatch Farm, Arley nr Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 3AH
The principal aims of Treespirit are to protect & conserve trees & woodlands through the land, to create new woods & to promote a greater understanding of all matters related to trees. With their literature they hope to create a deeper sense of awareness & affection for trees, woods & the natural environment as a whole. They now own 3 pieces of land in Wales & produce an excellent quarterly magazine.
Gwndwn Mawr, Trelech, Carmarthenshire SA33 6SA
LifeRites is dedicated to serving the needs of those individuals who hold no formal religious beliefs and who seek to affirm their life and death in a personal and individual manner by providing practical advice and guidance on Rites of Passage and Life Celebrations, empowering people to do things for themselves. They also acknowledge the needs of those who ascribe to Nature based spiritualities. They produce a magazine called Viator.
103 Abbotswood Close, Winyates Green, Redditch, Worcestershire B98 0QF
White Dragon is an independent quarterly pagan magazine covering witchcraft, northern traditions, the occult and earth mysteries serving the ancient kingdom of Mercia in the English Midlands. It has been published at each of the fire festivals since Samhain 1993. It is edited by Dragonmeister Rowan.
The Kiln, Waterside, Mather rd, Newark, Notts NG24 1WT
The Wildlife Trusts partnership is the UK's leading conservation charity exclusively dedicated to wildlife. Their network of 47 local Wildlife Trusts works to protect wildlife in towns and the countryside.
Autumn Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6LL
The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading conservation charity dedicated specifically to the protection of our native woodland heritage.