Like many Pagans, I began my path with Wicca, at least the non-traditional eclectic forms of it that were being popularized in the late 90’s, early 2000’s when I became interested. Cast a circle, call the four elements, invoke the God and Goddess. Wicca is certainly a valid religion for those who practice it honestly [...]
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Beyond Reconstructionism
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Pagan Community, tagged spiritual development, spiritual identity on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Neamh, the Sky
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Concepts & Definitions, Cosmology, tagged astronomy, celtic reconstructionism, Cosmology, nature, science on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The final of the Three Realms is Neamh, the Sky. Neamh is associated with the Deithe (pron. djay-Huh) the Gods, and the Future. However, keep in mind that the Deities of Irish mythology are seen as dwelling within the Land, not above us in the sky, like that the Olympians of Greece or the Aesir [...]
Talamh, the Land
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Concepts & Definitions, Cosmology on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Three Realms
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Concepts & Definitions, Cosmology, tagged celtic paganism, celtic reconstructionism, Cosmology on November 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A while back I wrote about the dual concepts of Samh & Geimh. I then had the thought of creating a series of posts called “Celtic Reconstructionism by the Numbers” explaining cosmological concepts. This is as much to clarify my own thoughts and beliefs on them as to explain them to others. I realize I [...]
The Culture of Halloween
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Christianity, Holidays, Popular Culture, Religious Right, tagged American culture, children, consumerism, Halloween, Samhain, sexuality on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the past 20 years so there have some changes in the culture of Halloween in the United States. Likewise celebration of the holiday has spread to parts of the world where it was previously unknown. I am interested in exploring this and wondering how this may affect its older cousin, Samhain. I do observe [...]
Exploring the Druid Blogosphere
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Pagan Community, tagged blogs on June 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Yvonne over on MetaPagan is trying to get collections of blogs on various traditions, countries etc. So I thought I would contribute to this effort with a post on Druid and Celtic Pagan blogs. Now the Druid community is quite diverse, even spanning outside the Pagan community- as some forms of Druidry see it [...]
Samh and Geimh
Posted in Celtic/Druid, Concepts & Definitions, Cosmology, tagged Cosmology, duality, liminality, synchroblog on May 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
There is a synchroblog on duality, though I found out about it rather late, I thought I would add some ideas from a Gaelic polytheist perspective.
The most important number in Celtic traditions is three and multiples thereof (9, 27 etc) But three emerges from two, and two emerge from one. Sure, a kindergartener can tell [...]
