While we think of land as being solid and permanent, ‘terra firma’ as it were, the Earth’s land-masses and islands are constantly changing through geological activity. Volcanoes create new islands and add to existing ones, while earthquakes, erosion and flooding destroy land.
Land is associated with the Nature Spirits and the Present. The Nature Spirits, the [...]
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Talamh, the Land
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Concepts & Definitions, Cosmology on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Muir, the Sea
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Concepts & Definitions, Cosmology, tagged celtic paganism, celtic reconstructionism, Cosmology, human body, ocean, Otherworld, sea, water on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All life on Earth has its origin in the seas. Life was possible on Earth in major part because there is water here- in fact as it’s often been pointed out the Earth’s surface is 70% water. Our bodies are mostly water as well- and the Gaels and other Indo-European peoples saw the human body [...]
