This is one of those posts I’ve been meaning to do since I started the blog but just kept finding reasons to put off; however a recent conversation with a friend about the challenges of writing about spiritually personal practices has prompted me to move forward with it.<br(…)
Author Archives: Lairbhan
Book review – Witta
you would think that when a horribly inaccurate bok goes out of print that eventually it would just fade into obscurity…yet in the last week I have heard several different groups and people talking about Edain McCoy and her book Witta, which may be the single worst book on(…)
Fehu
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With the Sun, or Against the Sun…
My reaction to things moving counterclockwise is something of a running joke among my friends, whether it’s papers being passed around during a discussion group or a shared box of cookies passing from hand to hand. I suppose it does seem rather silly, since without any(…)
Contemplations on "Enough"
You know whatever path we walk in life, whatever spirituality we follow there always seems to be someone – or a couple people even – telling us it’s not the right path for us. Usually the argument boils down to being told you aren’t enough of something; you don’t have(…)
Imbolc
This is an essay I wrote that first appeared on witchvox last year at http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usct&c=holidays&id=14394
Imbolc: Traditional(…)
Raven Radio
I have been invited on Raven Radio tomorrow as a guest for part of a discussion about the similarities between Celtic and Norse recon. and practice. I’m very excited, as this is a topic that is – obviously – of great interest(…)
Celtic Twilight: Enchanted Woods
Since yesterday’s blog was pre-empted by migraine and today isn’t looking much better, please enjoy this excerpt from W. B. Yeats 1902 book the Celtic Twilight available at http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/yeats/twi/index.htm(…)
Bucket List
So I find that I very much have mortality on my mind, and more to the point the idea of making good use of my time. It is so easy to just let the days slip by, one after another, telling myself “I’ll do it later..”. but if there is one thing that is certain about(…)
the Tarot and Odin
This blog post is based on a note I wrote on Facebook, inspired by a dream a friend had…no really ; ) It’s mostly just for fun because everyone could use a little fun once in awhile.
If Odin and the major arcana of the tarot were co-ordinated, based(…)