So hurricane Sandy has come and gone and my family is left without electricity. I spent the first day trying to take the romantic view and imagine that I was getting a feel for what life was like for my ancestors, but around the second day reality(…)
Author Archives: Lairbhan
The Use of Stones and Crystals in Celtic folklore – part 1
Sacred Tattooing
I have always seen tattooing as a sacred process, a way to permanently embed images and symbols into the flesh that have a transcendent meaning. All of my tattoos contain this level of meaning and are first and foremost for me spiritual and secondarily art work. Even the(…)
Gebo
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Child’s Eye View of the Faery Faith
My newest book – a children’s book about the fairy faith and its modenr application for pagans – has just been released in its electronic edition here https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/243674 . It’s intended(…)
Thoughts on the Testament of Morann
The Testament of Morann is the advice given to a king on how to rule well. At first glance this piece may seem simple and may also seem like something that doesn’t apply to(…)
Cat Sidhe
the Good Neighbors
why Reconstructionism?
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| self-portrait, circa 1995, oil on canvas |
The question was asked on a Facebook group I belong to, why do the group’s reconstructionists follow that approach? While I no longer think of myself as a Celtic recon, per se, I do feel that reconstruction is a big part of my own practice and I enjoyed thinking about the question. I decided that …
Odin as a God of Healing
When Odin is mentioned in conversation most people probably do not immediately think of him as a healing deity. God of battle, of the valiant dead, of poetry, of kings, of runes, even of magic or wisdom, but probably not healing. However I have personally related to him(…)