Lorna Smithers is a poet, author, awenydd, and Brythonic polytheist. She is currently exploring how our ancient British myths relate to our environmental and political crises and dreaming new stories. As a devotee of Gwyn ap Nudd, a ruler of Annwn, she seeks to reweave the ways between the worlds.
She has published two books: Enchanting the Shadowlands and The Broken Cauldron. She writes for Gods & Radicals and has edited and co-edited their journal, A Beautiful Resistance. Her work has appeared in a number of Pagan publications and poetry magazines and can be found on Awen & Awenydd and Dun Brython.
The second essay in a series exploring the roots of the coercive technology of cloud seeding. This examines the banishment of the gods of the clouds and mist from Britain and the persecution of witches for weather magic during the witch hunts.
The first part of an essay exploring the roots of the coercive technology of cloud seeding. This focuses on the destruction of ancient animistic and polytheistic cultures in Britain and Europe. From Lorna Smithers.
After a drought summit is called on Lammas/Lughnasadh/Gwyl Awst Lorna Smithers journeys to seek meaning from the Welsh story of Lleu Llaw Gyffes
As a heatwave continues to scorch the UK Lorna Smithers poses questions about water use, the sources of our water and who controls them.
For the Summer Solstice: reflections on the contraries of Summer and Winter, climate change and uncertainty from Lorna Smithers.
A meditation on breathing as participation in a vast realm of beings who are imperilled by the smoke of the Anthropocene.
Lorna Smithers follows her garbage from her bins to its destinations and uncovers how polluting chemical industries are profiting from the alchemy of waste.
An awenydd's perspective on our exploitation of the chaotic spirits of gas and its consequences (from Lorna Smithers).
A copy writer questions his role in the system after seeing the head of Brân the Blessed mouthing silent words at him over Tower Hill. (From Lorna Smithers)
