Welcome dear reader to the sixth edition of the Scargle Scroll! Agus Lá Féile Bhríde shona daoibh! We hope that January has been kind to you, and that the beginnings of this new year have been slow, gentle and meditative.

You join us as the wheel of the year turns once more, and we prepare to celebrate the first fire festival of the year, Imbolg, and the Goddess Brighid, who holds a special place in our hearts here at Scargle. Spring is truly on its way with the new growth of gorse flowers and snowdrops, and a faint warmth returning to the earth.

So read on, and discover knowledge, tips and tricks to make the month ahead magical!

The February Season

The earth is still bare, the morning still fringes the blades of grass in a silver rime, but some plants are throwing caution to the wind – that is their moment. Crocuses the colour of the dusk sky and egg yolk open their little cups to daintily hold a measure of cold air. Aconites strew golden constellations across gardens, disdaining boundaries.

Above all, this is the month of pure, milky white snowdrops – once known as Mary’s tapers, Candlemas bells, and February fair maids – which mass together in a snowy shimmer. Too dainty to compete with summer flowers and leafy canopies, they have made their peace with the snow and ice, antifreeze coursing through their veins, to claim a quota of faint winter sun. They are ice queens at heart, though they drop their heads and nod demurely.

Plant for February

Dandelion is associated with the healing aspect of Brighid for a reason. All parts of the dandelion (leaf, flower and root) offer nourishing medicine and food. The wisdom of dandelion is vast, just like Brighid’s reach around the world.

Dandelion

Taraxacum Officinale

Parts used: leaves and fresh flowers. Roots in the autumn. In Ireland, the white sap was taken in milk as a spring tonic.

Actions:

· Liver (root)

· Kidneys (leaf)

· Pancreas (flowers)

· Nutritive tonic

· Endocrine/hormonal balancer

· Diuretic, laxative

· Adaptogen, alterative

Specific uses:

· Original spring tonic purifies the blood by strengthening and toning the liver.

· Kidneys – prevents/eliminates gallstones and kidney stones. Eliminates excess fluids and toxins.

· Rheumatic – breaks down uric acid in cartilage and tendons.

· Promotes digestion, stimulates appetite for better assimilation, good for habitual constipation.

· Lowers cholesterol and balances blood pressure.

· Skin disorders such as eczema, and acne.

· Thyroid disorders.

· Hormonal imbalances.

Applications:

· Tea: root (dry or fresh) decoction or leaf/flower infusion: 3-4 cups a day.

· Tincture: whole plant – 60 drops, 3x times a day.

· Dandelion absorbs through the skin via steams, baths and lotions (dandelion flower is great for glowing skin and supple muscles).

· Use the white sap externally to rub on warts and bee stings. Also diminishes freckles and age/liver spots.

· Juice the leaves to alkalinize the entire body.

More Dandelion Love:

A plant of Fire and the Sun (Leo). A plant of Air, Masculine.

Dandelion is extremely durable and resilient. Grows through concrete, and adapts to whatever conditions it finds itself in, bestowing the same strength, determination and adaptability upon us.

The flowers are made into a delicious wine – perfect at the Winter Solstice to celebrate the return of the light.

Dandelion Flower Fritters

Ingredients

· A pint jar filled with fresh dandelion flowers, stems detached, blossoms fully opened.

· 80g flour

· 80ml milk

· 1 teaspoon baking powder

· 1 egg

· 1 pinch of salt

· Oil or butter for frying

Dandelion flowers will close within 20-30 minutes after being picked so it is important to make them immediately after harvesting.

Mix the dry ingredients then slowly add the milk and beat the egg together into a batter. Add the sweet or savoury ingredients as desired. Dip the flower blossoms into the batter, coating it well. Fry until golden brown.

Imbolg/Imbolc (St Brighid’s Day/Lá Fhéile Bhride)

The festival of Imbolc celebrates the awakening of life after a dark winter of retreating inward. The name Oimelc might possibly mean “first lactation” or “ewe’s milk”, as this would have been the time of the first sheep’s milk. Imbolc could be traced back to the tradition of washing at this time, from the verb folc (to wash/bathe).

The name that I grew up with was Imbolg, which translates to ‘in the belly’ in modern Irish. In the traditional Irish agricultural cycle, couples and spouses who conceived at Bealtaine would roughly give birth at Imbolg.

It is said that on the eve of Imbolg (the 31st of January), the Goddess Brighid would walk past all the dwellings of Ireland and beyond with her magical white cow with red ears. It was then customary to leave out a 'brát bríde' on your windowsill to be blessed by the Goddess as she walks by, and so can be used as a healing mantle.

In most parts of Ireland, specific traditions could vary regionally and by province; the daughters in the home had active roles, with them typically acting as the intercessors between Brighid and the family.

On the eve of Imbolg, it was traditional for families to gather together and weave their Brighid’s crosses. In some parts of the countries (Connacht, Mayo and Ulster etc.) one of the traditions on Imbolg eve was for the eldest daughter to take on the role of Brighid, and with her hands full of the rushes for the family night of weaving, would wait outside the threshold of the family home and knock three times, announcing herself to be Brighid seeking entrance. Her family would welcome her into the home, where after a huge meal (usually comprised of dairy products) would sit down to weave their crosses, in some cases the previous years’ crosses would be burned, but not always, as some households would accumulate them throughout the years.

Another popular tradition in Ireland was for families (particularly children) to make a brideog (Irish for ‘little Brighid’) from straw, rushes, reeds or white cloth. They would then typically make a ‘bed’ for the brideog near the fireplace, usually made of rushes, reeds, straw or birch twigs. People would also make a brat bríde; this would be left out on Imbolg eve. The belief was that it would be touched by Brighid on her travels and bestowed with a curative power. This could be worn as an amulet within clothing or given to a sick person to promote healing. It was used as a cure for a headache, toothache, earache and even for labour pains and was also given to people undertaking dangerous journeys.

Below you'll see what we in Scargle have done for our Imbolg celebrations, leading up to the open ritual on Sunday the 4th of February!

The Month Ahead for the Naturalist

The Sea

Spring tides are the most extreme tides of the month, with the highest rises and lowest falls, and they follow a couple of days after the full moon and the new moon. These are the times to choose a low tide to have a lovely walk on the beach. Neap tides are the least extreme, with the smallest movement, and they fall between the spring tides.

· Spring tides: 10th – 12th and 25th – 27th of February

· Neap tides: 2nd – 4th and 17th – 19th of February

The Night’s Sky

On February evenings, our sky will be filled with more brilliant stars than we will see in any other month. The winter constellations – centred on Orion, Taurus and Gemini – have drifted to the West since the beginning of January, because our perspective on the Universe constantly changes as the Earth orbits the Sun. Looking the other way, fresh constellations will be rising in the East, led by Leo (the Lion) and Bootes (the Herdsman).

Striding high across the sky this month is the familiar Orion. In Greek myth, the great hunter was also the world’s most beautiful man. The constellation Orion himself is extremely beautiful, with his seven major stars all placed in the Top 70 brightest stars in the sky.

Blood-red Betelgeuse marks one of his shoulders. This red giant is 760 times wider than the Sun. Orion’s other brilliant star, Rigel, lies at the bottom of the hunter’s tunic. In contrast to Betelgeuse, it’s blue-white, with a searingly hot temperature of 12,000◦C.

Orion’s belt is marked by well-matched Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, lying over 1200 light years away. Despite this immense distance, they’re prominent in our skies because each outshines our Sun 200,000 times over.

Look carefully just below the Belt and you might spot a faint patch of light representing Orion’s sword. This is the Orion Nebula, a maelstrom of incandescent gas that’s the birthplace of new stars created from a dark cloud of dust and gas.

Just visible to the unaided eye as it sours high on these winter nights, the star cluster M35 in Gemini is a gorgeous sight through binoculars or a small telescope. This swarm of over 2000 stars lies 2800 light years away, towards the outer edge of the Milky Way; M35 was born 150 million years ago, shortly before the more famous Pleiades star cluster in Taurus.

Stars, meteor showers and planets

Not a great month for bright planet spotting. Venus, Mars and Saturn will become lost in the glare of the Sun this month and so will be unobservable. But look out for Jupiter, which will appear high in the southwest sky around 18:00 pm on the 14th of February and will set at about 23.30 pm in the West.

The Sun

On the 21st of February at solar noon, the sun will reach an altitude of 28 degrees in the London sky and 24 degrees in the Glasgow sky.

The Moon

Like the sun, the moon rises roughly in the East and sets roughly in the West. It rises about fifty minutes later each day.

· Full Moon: Rises around sunset time, but opposite the sun, so in the East as the sun sets in the West.

· Last Quarter: Rises around midnight, and is at its highest point as the sun rises.

· New Moon: rises at sunrise, in the same part of the sky as the sun, and cannot be seen.

· First Quarter: Rises at around noon, and is at its highest point as the sun sets.

Moon Phases

· Last Quarter: the 2nd of February, 23.18pm

· New Moon: the 9th of February, 22.59pm

· First Quarter: the 16th of February 15.00pm

· Full Moon: 24th of February 12.30pm

February’s full moon is known as the Snow Moon, Ice Moon or Storm Moon. As the last full moon before the Spring Equinox, this moon is also known as the Lenten Moon.

Poems for February

Door into the Dark by Seamus Heaney

All I know is a door into the dark.

Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting;

Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring,

The unpredictable fantail of sparks

Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water.

The anvil must be somewhere in the centre,

Horned as a unicorn, at one end and square,

Set there immoveable: an altar

Where he expends himself in shape and music.

Sometimes, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,

He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter

Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows;

Then grunts and goes in, with a slam and flick

To beat real iron out, to work the bellows.

A Night’s Work by Mael Bridge

so far you travel in a single night

blessing croft in Antrim

cairn in Uist

crumbled thatch in homely Faughart town

on strong legs step from the Otherworld

stride from bog to burn

quick eyes catching

-Rush cross left waft waiting here

Potato and buttermilk there

Egg winkle straw girdle

Carefully fashioned bed –

You pause

Leave your print in ashes

Touch each place you pass

And mark it yours

ii/

A sheaf of green rushes

Left upon the flagstone

A clean bare cloak

Thick – knit socks

Gifts to keep you warm

You kneel

- Your white cow

Stands beyond –

Imbue

Sheaf of seed-corn

Linen handkerchief

Potato slits

With virtues of healing

And protection

A blessing in them now

For beast or kin

February Meditations

February heralds the beginning of spring, what joy an emerging snowdrop can bring after a long hard winter. February is full of promise; the promise of creation and love is celebrated by many on Valentine’s Day on the 14th of February.

This month is all about finding the magic in the moment, noticing the extraordinary in the mundane and the everyday. The days are full of little joys if we take the time to tune into our senses. This is truly the season of mindfulness practices. Look down to notice the small details in ice-pattern puddles, listen to the little larks darting through the undergrowth; face the sun and feel its warmth on your skin; and smell the elusive scent of winter-flowering honeysuckle, these are all the gifts of February when life happens in the details.

As we emerge from the dreaming of midwinter, the lunar cycle is here to support and nurture our endeavours. The moon begins a new cycle on the 9th in the sign of Aquarius. This new moon invites us to review our lives and explore our old patterns and how they might be holding us back. Where might we be able to shift old habits and make space for the new?

Remember, we are still gently waking, peeping one toe out from under the blankets. This is when we experience our wildest dreams. Our ideas feel unbounded and possibilities can seem endless.

As is often the way, the full moon on the 24th brings us back to reality with a start. The moon reaches her peak in the sign of Virgo, who is discerning and meticulous. Under the influence of this full moon, we will be tasked with choosing which dreams to keep in our imagination and what to take action on. A full moon in Virgo helps us to see with clarity.

Making space for February

There may be little change in the nature altar this month, but try to include some signs of the earth turning, and the new bulbs starting to shoot. If you are lucky you may have the first snowdrops out now. It is supposedly unlucky to bring them indoors on any day that’s not Candlemas on the 2nd of February. However, for the braver few, a lovely way to enjoy them is to dig up a little clump in flower and pot it temporarily into a terracotta pot, topped with moss, in which case they are still half outdoors!

Your altar this month might include:

· White candle for Imbolg

· Brighid’s cross

· Snowdrops

· A little vase of winter honeysuckle

· Lichened bark

· Feathers

· Pebbles

It is still dark enough in the mornings to light a candle, but it won’t be for so long. Try to enjoy these dark and cosy moments in the year before they have passed, rather than wishing them away too fast. St Brighid is the patron saint of many things including poetry and crafts, and the Goddess Brighid governs poetry, smithcraft and healing, as well as many other things. So you might include a little piece of something that you have made yourself, such as some embroidery or crochet, or even a poem.

Kitchen Witchery: Rosemary Oat Bannock Cake

“The grace of a grey bannock is in the baking of it” - Scottish Proverb

Rosemary Bannock was traditionally enjoyed in honour of St Brighid in Scotland. They were known as “Bannoch of Bride” in honour of St. Bride. St Bride of Brightness, as she is known in Scotland, shares many similarities with the Irish goddess Brighid (and St. Brigid) who returns to the earth on her feast day, also known as Imbolc, to herald the arrival of spring. And to honour the occasion, bonnach (bannocks in Scotland) were baked in the hope she would leave her blessings of fertility, prosperity, and good health in return.

Séamas Ó Catháin documents in his book The Festival of Brigit: Celtic Goddess and Holy Woman that on the day of St. Bride’s Feast, bannock was involved in a procession of young girls known as the banal Bríde (“Brighid’s maiden band”) who went around town with a Bride doll. Mothers give out “Bonnach Bride” a Bride Bannock to the girls, and after they have made their rounds, as in Ireland, they retire to the house of a neighbour where they commence the feis Bríde. Bannock was also left out as an offering for St Brigid as she visited local households’ farms to bless them.

Making the Bannock of Bride was a ritual that ensured the prosperity and well-being of the household. This study of food traditions associated with Imbolg (St. Brighid’s Day) describes “a tradition of leaving a strone of oaten bread” on the windowsill for the saint and her pet cow. The word strone is believed to be an English equivalent of the Irish ‘sruán,’ a term for griddle-cake, ‘sruán coirce’ giving oat-cake. One account describes how a large oatmeal cake was prepared on the eve of the feast day.

“Then the family bolted the door and knelt before an altar in the kitchen. The girl knelt on the threshold of the house and said a prayer to St. Brigid while holding the cross. Afterwards, the girl entered the house and the woman of the house would lift the oatcake and hit the door with it while saying 'May God keep hunger away from this house during the coming year'. Then the family eats the oatcake with noggins of milk".

On the cross-quarter Days (like Imbolc) the boundaries between worlds are stretched thin so the Bannocks were often sprinkled with water from a holy well to prevent the Good Folk (daoine sídhe in Ireland) from stealing them. According to folklore, it was possible to avert any bad omens or bad luck by serving the cake with plenty of butter.

Today bannocks come in a large variety of types ranging from cake to shortbread, can be thick or thin, and many are usually leavened to have more of a cake-like consistency. Originally they were likely made with rough oatmeal (unprocessed groats) but many versions are made with rolled oats today to suit modern tastes.

To make a more authentic unleavened version, you can use just oats and oat flour. You can add a couple of tablespoons of sugar and minced rosemary for flavour (and because it is a sun herb sacred to Brighid). You can also cut it into four quarters to mark the “cross-quarter day” of Imbolc and top it off with a “caudle” of eggs and cream, and several generous sprinklings of sugar.

These simple little oatcakes aren’t fancy or sweet, but they are hearty, and savoury. Bannocks can be distinguished from oat cakes because they are baked (cooked) on a girdle (think griddle) whereas oatcakes are toasted before the fire after having been partly baked on a girdle. You can adorn the Bannock of Bride with springs of heather, which according to folklore brings protection and plenty of good luck!

These recipe measurements make two small Bannock cakes (or eight pieces total), if you wish to make more quantities, adjust accordingly.

Ingredients

· 1 cup rolled oats

· 1 cup oat flour

· 1/4 teaspoon salt

· 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled

· 1/2 cup cream or milk (plus one extra tablespoon for the caudle)

· 2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary (1 tablespoon dried)

· 1 tsp. of grated orange zest

· 3 tablespoons of sugar (and three more tablespoons for sprinkling)

· 1 egg yolk (for the caudle)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200◦C. Grease a cast iron skillet or baking sheet.

2. Place the oats, flour, salt, sugar, rosemary, and orange zest in a large bowl, and mix with a fork. Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture. Stir in the cream until all the flour is absorbed.

3. Gather the rough dough together and place it on a surface lightly dusted with oat flour. Knead until the dough holds its consistency (but don’t overwork).

4. Divide the dough in half and roll out each half into a circle about 1/4 inch thick.

5. In a small jar, vigorously mix your egg yolk with a tablespoon of cream. Then brush the mixture over the top of the bannock. Sprinkle with sugar.

6. Cut each circle into 4 wedges and arrange the wedges 1/4 inch apart on the baking sheet.

7. Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden and crisp at the edges.

8. Optional: you can also apply a second brushing of caudle and sugar halfway through baking.

Astrological Conjunctions for February 2024

There’s nothing casual about February —this month is for the inquisitive thinkers, the detectives, the people who fixate on curiosity and don’t let go until they’ve become thoroughly acquainted with the mystery. As a stellium of planets marches through Aquarius this month and makes a series of conjunctions to Pluto, the seed of a new fascination or obsession is watered and encouraged. There might be a niche interest or cultural lore that grabs your attention and sends you down a rabbit hole of discovery. Maybe there’s a passion project you’ve been putting off forever, and February is when you finally get to romance your vision. Yes, of course, you should travel to every potentially relevant destination to conduct “field research.”

In general, Aquarius Season is a time to nerd out or become unreachable. And you can accomplish both by holing up off the grid with a pile of your favourite books. As Venus conjoins Mars on the 22nd, there is a sense that we’re lit up by our passions. The week or so leading up to this moment can also trigger compulsive behaviour and a desire for instant gratification. Word to the wise: don’t be that person!

Mercury enters Pisces on the 23rd and will be heavily afflicted throughout its entire time there (through to the 9th of March). Though this isn’t a retrograde, it might feel like one with Mercury in the sign of its fall, combusting the Sun, and making conjunctions with Saturn and Neptune. This two-week period could present more challenges than usual for travel, communication, and electronics.

Giving Back To The Community: Scargle Nargle’s Certification As A Safe Place

Before Christmas two members of the Scargle team undertook training to enable us to become a certified 'Safe Place'. They received certification from a CPD training programme provided by ONUS (NI) on the subject of

Tier 1: Domestic and Sexual Abuse Awareness Raising. (Safe Place)

As a safe place organisation, we will:

Support the Safe Space Campaign Pledge: never to
Provide a Safe Place for victims of domestic abuse to confidentially access information.
Acknowledge domestic abuse is a problem that impacts on all of us as a society, and will be prepared to play our part in supporting victims and state clearly to perpetrators that will not tolerate abuse in our community.

And one of the women who undertook this training said:

"I felt it was important for Scargle Nargle to be part of this initiative and decided I would put myself forward for the training. So many people have no idea there are services out there to help them leave abusive relationships. The Safe Place logo, which we can now display, will let anyone who needs help know, that if they want help, to safely point them in the right direction and get them the support that they need. Domestic abuse is never acceptable and if we can help we will. DW".

Magical Things Are Brewing ...

2024 is already proving to be a truly exciting year for us here at Scargle Nargle, and that is only just with the month of January coming to a close. We have two major announcements for two exciting events that will be taking place very soon!

Workshop by Deirdre Wadding

We are very excited to welcome back long-time supporter of Scargle Nargle; Deirdre Wadding to give a magical workshop. Deirdre is a pillar of the pagan community in Ireland and runs the phenomenal Coire Sois School of Irish Spirituality. She is an educator, storyteller, indigenous practitioner of Irish Spirituality and an all-around force to be reckoned with.

Dates are to be confirmed for the workshop, but in the meantime, we highly recommend you check out the Coire Sois Facebook page and website to see the many events that Deirdre hosts/participates in throughout the wheel of the year.

COIRE SOIS (Cauldron of Knowledge) - School of Irish Spirituality, is dedicated to passing on the wisdom of the Ancestors to those seeking to connect with authentic Irish Pagan practice, drawing inspiration and guidance from Irish Mythology and the Bardic Texts. It offers workshops and vocational training, in person and online, with a focus on practical, experiential work.

Connect with the Sacred Land through ceremony, story, sacred drama and shamanic journeying.

Priestess of the Sacred Land Training Programme
Irish Goddess Workshops
Wheel of the Year Workshops
Shamanic Storytelling
Rites of Passage Ceremony
Use of Irish Language for Ceremony
Storytelling Performance and Art of Storytelling Classes

Deirdre also has a very active Patreon, which has different subscription tiers that offer not only a wealth of knowledge on Irish Spirituality but also seasonal Wheel of the Year workshops, meditations and Journeys. Click the link below to find out more!

Find Out More!

‘The Cauldrons of Poesy’ A new Irish System of Energetic Healing for the Mind, Body and Soul

Here in Scargle, Colleen and I are very excited to make public a project that we have been working tirelessly on together for nearly three years. Join us for a talk on The Cauldrons of Poesy Energy Healing System. Created and taught by two practitioners of Indigenous Irish Spirituality, it is based on the text preserved in a 16th-century manuscript (but dates back to the 7th century CE) known as the 'Cauldron of Poesy', originally used by the fili of Ireland for creating great poetry and a system of study. We have used this text as a framework for a new Irish System of Energetic Healing for the Mind, Body and Soul.

Come along and learn about Irish Spiritual Practices and this new system of healing! This talk takes place within Féíle na Earraigh, a community festival celebrating Irish culture and heritage.

The talk will be held on Wednesday the 13th of March 11am-1pm in the upstairs function rooms of Cumann na Méirleach Poblachtach Éireannach, 537 Falls Road.

Entry is free with light refreshments provided!

Magical Dates For Your Calendar

Imbolg Celebration Sunday the 4th of February 2024 3 pm Cost £10

Join us for our Imbolg Celebration where we will honour the Goddess Brighid in her three aspects Poet, Smith, and Healer as the wheel of the year turns once more. Seasonal refreshments provided.

Tarot Club Wednesday the 7th of February at 7pm cost

£15. Join us as we journey to meet the suit of swords. Swords are associated with the element of air, and represent the rational and logical way we make decisions in life, and yet the images and traditional associations attached to this suit seem incredibly bleak. We have illusions, we have ideals and principles and it is these illusions that the swords cut through. Swords are thought to be double-edged, they remind us that our deceptions illusions and fears are the very demons that need to be faced and that the logical and rational must work with the wisdom of our hearts.

Salt Bowl Workshop Tuesday the 20th of February 7pm - 8.30pm cost £20

Creating a Salt Bowl is one of the many ways to absorb negative energy from your home. Join us for this enjoyable, interactive workshop where you will use a selection of salts and protective herbs to make your own salt bowl. This will include a short ceremony at the end of the evening to bless your salt bowl, charge it with intent and imbue it with energy.

All materials and instruction provided.

Light refreshments.

£20 per person

£15 per person if you are bringing your own bowl (Please state which when booking). £10 deposit required to secure your place.

Full Moon in Virgo 26th of February 7pm £10 Join us for our full moon ritual where we will work within the stable energy of Virgo to aid in out manifestations.

Witches Bottles 25th of February 12pm-3.30 pm £30 facilitated by High Priestess and indigenous Irish practitioner Anne Bleakley where you will find out the history, origin and purpose of the iconic magical item the Witch Bottle and get to create your very own. This tradition, dating back centuries, was mostly used for protection of your home and property. A very informative, interactive and enjoyable day!

All materials provided - but please bring your own glass jar.

Light refreshments.

£30 per person.

£15 deposit required to secure your place. Space will be limited at this very popular workshop.

Reiki Level 2 9th of March 11am - 4pm £140

Cauldrons Talk 11am - 1pm Ednesday the 13th of March. Free Event with refreshments provided. Hosted at the upstairs function rooms of Cumann na Méirleach Poblachtach Éireannach, 537 Falls Road.

To book a class/celebration/appointment or to check out the Scargle Nargle Facebook page for all the latest information, click the button below!

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Other Announcements

We are delighted to announce that our resident aromatherapist and Reiki healer Margaret will now be available to offer appointments on Mondays. Click on the link above to book or contact the Scargle Nargle business page on Facebook.

We have been busy behind the scenes at Scargle Nargle and have worked to create a new holistic treatment that will now be available.

Cord Cutting Treatment

A powerful holistic treatment, tailored to cut negative or toxic energetic ties or bonds that you may have to a person, relationship, familial issue, experience, or anything that which no longer serves you. Treatment performed by one of our ordained Priestesses. The cost is £45 allowing 1.15 hours for treatment.

Valentine's Day Specials!

On Valentine's Day treat yourself to luxurious self-love with 10% off on a bespoke holistic facial with our aromatherapist and masseuse Margaret.

From the 13th to the 16th of February, gift yourself 10% off on a Reiki treatment specially tailored for the healing of the Heart Chakra with our Reiki practitioner Colleen.

Or, if matters of the heart plague your mind, need answers to your burning questions about your partner, or want to know when that special someone might come into your life, enjoy 10% off on a Tarot reading, designed to answer your questions.

Make Valentine's Day extra magical with Scargle Nargle.

DISCLAIMER: 2023 was a difficult year for local businesses, and here at Scargle have felt the effects of this with rising costs of living, and so going forward we will now be asking for non-refundable, non-transferable deposits for treatments, classes, and workshops to be paid in advance, at the latest 48hours before appointment/class date. We also ask that Rituals be paid for fully in advance at the latest 48 hours before the date. Thank you for your continued support.