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'She of the Sacred Grove'
The meaning behind our name and the ground beneath your feet. Almost nobody speaks of her these days. That was part of the appeal. Nemetona was a Celtic goddess, 'she of the sacred grove'. Her name comes from the old Celtic word nemeton: a sacred place. Not a temple. Not a building. The people who honoured her largely didn't worship under a roof at all. They gathered outside, in clearings, among standing stones & beside springs. They held that the earth itself was sacred and needed no walls to make... Read more...