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(…)
Author Archives: Lairbhan
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(…)
the Ethics of Information
Sometimes the universe can be funny in how one subject will suddenly seem to come up everywhere. Within the past week several incidents have occurred that have had me reflecting on the nature of owning information; what should belong to everyone, for free, to be shared(…)
New Moon Prayer 2
The new moon was actually last week, but this seems like a good way to start the new (secular) year out. This is my own personal practice whenever I see the new moon for the first time each month, something I have doen for a long time, although the prayer changes; sometimes it(…)
New year’s eve; looking back
So it’s new year’s eve and as usual I find myself reflecting on the past year. Every year offers it’s own challenges and lessons but this year has seemed unusually hard in many ways with it’s over-riding theme of transition. I lost several friendships, one of which was(…)
Mistletoe and the Druids
One of the most well known plants associated with the Druids is the Mistletoe (Viscum Album), yet what do we really know about this plant and it’s connection to the Celts and their priests?
Well, the main source of our knowledge connecting the two is Pliny the Elder(…)