SACRED WATERS
  • Cwm Eleri
  • RIVERS
    • Rivers in a Landscape
    • Healing and Defending Rivers
    • Relating to a River
    • The River Dee
  • MERERID -Guardian of the Well
    • MERERID
    • Mererid and the Deluge
    • Well Maidens & Cup Bearers
    • CANTRE'R GWAELOD
    • Fanahan's Well
    • The Waters of the Otherworld
  • roos
  • GODS
    • Dionysus
    • For Brigid
    • Matrona and Welsh Mermaids
    • Healing and Defending Rivers
    • Sulis and Coventina
  • WATER SPIRITS
    • Greek Nymphs
    • Mermaid
    • The Asrai
    • Ursilla and the Selkie
    • Sulis and Coventina
    • Non’s Well
  • Sabrina and the River Severn
  • Amdanaf

Relating to a River


Always look upstream first to greet the oncoming waters and then downstream to bid farewell as they flow away.

Visit often, in different places, so you know your river in all her moods and circumstances (my river is female, so I write in that case, but yours might not be).

When crossing be aware of her, even if it is by road in a car, though you can discover places where a more intimate exchange is appropriate. As with your other  relationships, context is all.

Having chosen a special place where you can be intimate, offer gifts and listen to the water song. Find out what gifts your river likes, and how she wants to receive them.

The source and the estuary are special places, but not the only ones. If the source, in particular, is accessible and you can go there often, then do. But remember that a river has many sources in addition to the one we name. Be familiar with tributaries.

Every river flows from the wells of the Earth, carrying whispers from the Other World down to the great oceans. Each drop of water you drink is a blessing. Savour it, whatever flavour or other substance it carries into you. Likewise with flowing out. 

Some rivers are gregarious and will love to meet your friends, others shy and difficult to get to know and these you should visit alone or with intimate friends only. Be sensitive: know those places which are private and those which are public. Most rivers have both.

When you visit, be prepared to carry away any rubbish that has been dumped, but remember that some things that you consider rubbish might be valuable to the river. Judge wisely.

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  • Cwm Eleri
  • RIVERS
    • Rivers in a Landscape
    • Healing and Defending Rivers
    • Relating to a River
    • The River Dee
  • MERERID -Guardian of the Well
    • MERERID
    • Mererid and the Deluge
    • Well Maidens & Cup Bearers
    • CANTRE'R GWAELOD
    • Fanahan's Well
    • The Waters of the Otherworld
  • roos
  • GODS
    • Dionysus
    • For Brigid
    • Matrona and Welsh Mermaids
    • Healing and Defending Rivers
    • Sulis and Coventina
  • WATER SPIRITS
    • Greek Nymphs
    • Mermaid
    • The Asrai
    • Ursilla and the Selkie
    • Sulis and Coventina
    • Non’s Well
  • Sabrina and the River Severn
  • Amdanaf