Prayer for Patience
Gods above, Gods below,
Give me patience
As I come and go
As I strive and work
As I rest and play
From morning to night
All through my day
Give me patience
Prayer(…)
Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky
Prayers for Inspiration
I thought I’d move into my month of blog prayers by posting some prayers for inspiration. The opening prayer uses the Old Irish word “Imbas”(…)
Prayers for Lughnasa
Prayers for Lughnasa based on the Carmina Gadelica
Reaping Blessing 90
On Tuesday at(…)
Prayers to Badb
Invocation to Badb
Badb, daughter of Ernmas
Hooded Crow of Battle
Sister of Macha and the Morrigan
I call to you
Wife of Net, God of Warfare
Bringer of Madness
Washer at the Ford
I call to you
Badb of(…)
Cursing in the Celtic Tradition
Although sometimes seen as a controversial topic, there is ample evidence of cursing in Irish folklore and mythology. Cursing might be used as a form of justice, such as we see in the use of satire, or as a punishment and often could(…)
Prayers to Nuada Airgetlam
Prayer to be a Wise Leader
Nuada of the Silver Hand
Twice-King of the Tuatha De
Help me find the wisdom
To be a wise leader in my life
May I see the greater pattern
May I know the greater good
May I act decisively(…)
A Swan Omen Charm
This omen deals with swans, birds that are seen as omens of…
When Your Ritual Goes Up In Flames…Literally
I conducted my first ritual when I was 12 years old. My friend had introduced me to neopaganism through Scott Cunningham’s Book Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner and I had gone on to read Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft and Sybil Leek’s Diary of a Witch. Now, months later, we had decided the time was right to …
Prayers to the Morrigan
So for the last several weeks I have been engaged in an effort to learn more about and honor Morrigu. As part of this effort I have made a small shrine to her and have been making regular offerings; I have also been meditating regularly on her.(…)
Omen Charms
Omens based on birds and animals are widespread in Celtic belief. The following charms list omens of luck for the coming year relying on hearing or seeing specific animals. If we study this information we can learn details of what animals and(…)