encounter

Meeting the Hare

So there I was, walking down a country lane just outside the village, when a hare popped out of the hedgerow. I have a fondness for hares, and I immediately halted and enjoyed the experience…

I was stunned when the hare bounded casually up the lane towards me! That never happens. The approaching, I mean… I am often stunned. It paused again and gazed over at me, then came closer still!

When it stopped again the hare was no more than four feet from me and I had to lean away a little to get it in focus!

We stared at each other for maybe thirty seconds, then it was off into the hedgerow once more.

As a pagan and a Druid, this unusual meeting held for me a magical connection with the otherworlds. Lore aligns the hare with liminal spaces, with the dawn, the Moon, fertility, divination, and the harvest.

Even at these 1000 pixel long edge reduced images you can almost feel the rough hair of this marvellous creature, and perhaps even see me reflected in its eye!

An encounter that I will treasure always, and no doubt return to in my meditations.