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Albion Grove supplies ritual and esoteric gifts for Pagans and devotees of European culture and history.

From Drinking horns to custom rune pendants, Bradley Taylor-Hicks (The Cunning Rustic) brings 25 years of esoteric study and knowledge to the craft. Bradley Taylor-Hicks has been immersed in the ancient culture and spiritual traditions of his native England for 25 years. Having spent most of his life working in and for museums, his perspective on craftsmanship and love of European folk culture has

led to his embracing a largely Radical Traditionalist view of the world. Deeply invested in rune-work, he has held many workshops on runic meditation and chanting, as well as conducting ritual at numerous Asatru gatherings. Taking craft into the esoteric, Bradley crafts custom amulets, talismans and artwork using a number of different disciplines, ultimately manifesting will into matter through art. Founder of the Hræfn Wudu Folk Kindred over ten years ago, he lives in Florida, with his wif and hund and an ever growing library.

08/26/2019

Cᴇʀɴᴜɴɴᴏs - The name appears only once, a fragment on a Roman pillar in France. The ‘C’ is missing now, but 18th century drawings show it once existed there. The very name likely means ‘horned’.
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Sacred to my Celtic ancestors, the images of the horned one meld with the lore of my Saxon ancestors. Sometimes he is the lord of the hunt, like Woden, sometimes the lord of the wights like Freyr (who gave away his sword to fight with antlers). His Roman, Celtic and Saxon influences have often led me down a confusing, syncretic path. Yet, to know the Old Ones, isn’t to learn them from books, but to feel them when in solitude, and then recognize them when they are seen.
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Oh, Horned God of Albion, I see you and am awakened.
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07/25/2019

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07/18/2019

Tʜᴇ Cᴜɴɴɪɴɢ Rᴜsᴛɪᴄ ɪs ᴄʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ɪᴛs ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ALBION GROVE
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It’s been a while coming, friends but it makes sense. You’ll get all the same content (maybe even more), including my spiritual musings, carvings, shows and adventures with Gili. It’s time to reflect the journey that I have been on, from my little attempt at a blog, to a full time business in service to Spirit, both my own and that of the Ancient Powers. I sincerely hope you’ll follow me on this journey and we can chat about the things that inspire, challenge and motivate us.
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Facebook won’t allow me to make the change to this page (unlike instagram)😞. PLEASE SEND A FOLLOW TO Albion Grove and help me recover! The Cunning Rustic page will be up for a little while, but content will be moved over soon.
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Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ғᴏʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜʀᴀɢᴇ ᴜs! 🖤

07/15/2019

“Runes you will find
and readable staves,
very strong those staves,
very stiff those staves,
which were painted by the mighty priest,
and rendered by the high rulers,
and risted by the rulers’ invoker.”
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Translation of Rúnatal by
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07/12/2019

Join us tomorrow if you are in the Orlando area.

1211 Hillcrest Street, Orlando, FL.

07/11/2019

᛬ᚢ᛬ ᴜʀᴜᴢ - Tʜᴇ Aᴜʀᴏᴄʜs
“Their strength and speed are extraordinary; they spare neither man nor wild beast which they have espied. These the Germans take with much pains in pits and kill them. The young men harden themselves with this exercise, and practice themselves in this sort of hunting, and those who have slain the greatest number of them, having produced the horns in public, to serve as evidence, receive great praise... their horns differ much from the horns of our oxen. These they anxiously seek after, and bind at the tips with silver, and use as cups at their most sumptuous entertainments.” - Julius Caesar
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This Aurochs jawbone has freshly arrived to my collection from The Netherlands. Not for sale (yet). 🐂
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07/10/2019

Albion Grove will be manifesting at the Jacksonville Tattoo Convention. We will be surrounded by the dance of a thousand needles, rapt in the buzz of art and pain! We will have our usual array of handcrafted ritual items, bone jewelry, esoteric books, drinking horns and more. Come and decorate the walls of your temple with ink and bone!

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Jacksonville Tattoo Convention

07/05/2019

Just a reminder that Albion Grove will magically appear at 7 Aviles Street in St Augustine, FL at 5pm and disappear by Sunday. Catch us if you can.
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07/03/2019

𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙵𝚁𝙸𝙳𝙰𝚈 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚂𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙳𝙰𝚈 :
Albion Grove at Art on Aviles.
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Albion Grove will be back for the First Friday Artwalk on the nation’s oldest street and extending our stay through Saturday! This is the perfect opportunity for our local friends to join us and check out what we really do for a living! Find us in the old Antiques and Uniques building opposite Peace Pie
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Discover Aviles Street
Art Galleries of St Augustine - First Friday Artwalk
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07/01/2019

The Doldrums. I hit the Midsummer slump hard. Florida’s oppressive heat means that the local festival season has ended. I have been going full tilt for over a year with Albion Grove and now summer is slowing me down, and it’s been getting me down. My schedule changes, I have to turn my attention to my house and the things that have been neglected here, and I haven’t been able to get my creative side flowing for a couple of weeks. I find old, bad habits creeping back in. I’m not feeling sorry for myself, but rather taking this opportunity to check my own hubris and observe how the slide down is so much quicker than the climb up. I won’t lose much ground. Time to reassert and wrestle the giants. All thanks to my Tribe and who keep me pushing ahead. Order > Chaos.
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06/30/2019

Returning to Discover Aviles Street for the Art Galleries of St Augustine - First Friday Artwalk this July.

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1211 Hillcrest St
Orlando, FL
32803

Website

http://www.thecunningrustic.com/

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