My life is focused on spiritual work for the environment, which has led me to believe our relationship to the Sacred is grounded in our bodies. Body work can bring a mystical awareness of the unity of all things, and inspire a deep love for our Earth.

I started my career in environmental campaigning in the early 1980's while I studying for a Philosophy and Literature degree, and it continues to date.

A fascination with spirituality and ecology led me to Paganism, which I discovered while working for Friends of the Earth. As a result I founded the Dragon Environmental Network (1990) which draws together paganism and practical environmentalism.

Seeking an intuitive way express my ideas, I started to work with photography, and later completed a B.A. degree (1991) and an M.A. (1994) in Photographic Studies. I still experiment with images as a way of expressing my spiritual vision.

I was initiated in 1991 into 'Progressive Wicca', a mix of Alexandrian and Gardnerian Traditions with an environmental slant. I now practice Eco-Paganism with an eclectic non-hierarchical Coven.

During the 1990's I was active in the UK anti-roads movement and began writing articles for UK pagan magazines, including the 'Sacred Earth' series for Pagan Dawn. I've been active in interfaith work, working mainly with Christians, notably the Creation Spirituality movement founded by Matthew Fox.

My PhD. thesis on The Wisdom of the Body:Embodied Kowing in Eco-Paganism was completed in July 2008. Other academic work includes 'Sacred Ecology', presented at the ‘Paganism Today' conference in 1994, and 'Goddess Consciousness: Dimensions of Sex, Ecology & the Sacred' presented at the 1995 Lancaster University conference, 'Nature Religion Today'.

William Bloom's Core Energy Management integrates perfectly with the myriad strands of my life. I completed a CEM workshop and trainers course with William in 2002 and have practiced and developed the techniques ever since.

I've given lectures at several colleges, including Essex University (on ‘The Direct Action Movement’), Falmouth College (on ‘The Internet Revolution’) and the University of Winchester (on Eco-Paganism.)

I currently co-ordinate the Dragon Network and campaign on environmental issues. I write regularly for the pagan press, and act as webmaster for the Dragon Network, eco-philosophy site the green fuse. I also created a site about Hekate which I no longer maintain.


When I'm not working I like to get away from it all...

Publications:

Book chapter: 'Sacred Ecology', in Paganism Today (Ed. Harvey and Hardman) (1996) pub. Harper Collins,

Article: 'Dragon Environmental Network', in The Encyclopaedia of Modern Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism, (2002), Citadel Press.

Articles: 'Dragon Environmental Network' and 'Ecomagic', (2005) in the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Nature,

Article: 'Ritual and Neopaganism' (2006), (with Macha M. Nightmare), in Metaphysical, New Age, and Neopagan Movements, volume 3 of the series Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America, Greenwood Press, Westport,CT, USA.

adrian@gn.apc.org

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