Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky

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(…)

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Book Review: Thinking Wild

I recently was offered the opportunity to review the book Thinking Wild, Its Gift of Insight: a way to make peace with my shadow for(…)

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Augury Charm

Divination was a widespread and complex process among the Gaelic(…)

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Badb, Morrigan of Prophecy

“Delbaeth…has three daughters, the famous war-furies Badb, Macha, and Mórrígu, the latter sometimes called Anand or Danand.” (Macalister, 1941).

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Where the Hawthorn Grows – Sale

The ebook edition is on sale for only 99 cents!
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Morrigu

“Badb and Macha, greatness of wealth, Morrigu
springs of craftiness,
sources of bitter fighting
were the three daughters of Ernmas.”(…)

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Fairywort Charm

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(…)

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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(…)

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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(…)

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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,(…)

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