The Carmina Gadelica has a charm which mentions a plant it calls “Fairywort” – earnaid in Scottish Gaelic – that has always interested me. There is much debate as to which plant Fairywort would be with cowslip, flax, and foxglove being the leading(…)
Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky
Ivy Charm
Ground ivy is a plant that is commonly found in many areas and is often used for landscaping. It’s a hardy plant that remains green even in winter, and is sometimes used for decoration during the winter holidays; the shape of the leaf gives the(…)
Song Parody "24 Runes" ~ For Odin
Inspiration is a funny thing, I can sit for hours trying to write and have nothing come to me, or I can be doing some mundane task and have a sudden burst of insight. This morning as I was putting my daughter on the bus for school a song(…)
Matronae
Many aspects of my own practices, Irish pagan and Heathen, are separate ones but there are points of cross-over. My honoring of the daoine sidhe/land vaettir is one, and my honoring of Artio is another. A third is my worship of the Matronae,(…)
Prayers to Flidais
This first prayer is one I use when making offerings, but it could easily be adapted to use as an invocation in ritual:
Prayer to Flidais Foltchaoin
Flidais of the soft hair
Lover, wife, and mother
whose magical(…)
Prayer for the Year
This is one of the more interesting prayers in the Gadelica because it involves praying for calm seas at specific points throughout the year. In the original Gadelica version the dates listed are the…
Justice Charms
These are charms from the Carmina Gadelica that have been modernized and made pagan. They can be used to help gain justice or to win in court, or to otherwise overcome legal difficulties. The person wishing to perform these charms should(…)
Spirit of place in the home
My monthly blog for Moon books is up http://moon-books.net/blogs/moonbooks/spirits-of-place-in-the-home/ looking at how we connect to spirits of place and why(…)
Perspective – Hartford FAV’s Blog
My new blog for Hartford FAVs is out – it discusses the way our perspective shapes our lives. http://hartfordfavs.com/faith/doctrine-and-practice/perspective
Where the Hawthorn Grows
I’m excited to announce the official release of my new book, “Where the Hawthorn Grows“. It is based on this blog and includes an array of essays on my views and experiences as an Irish reconstructionist Druid. Right now it is available in paperback and will soon be out as an ebook as well.