Category Archives: Irish Thoughts and Musings

Renewal of my formal contract with my household Deities

I decided to do three different rituals this Beltaine, the first of which was last night. I decided to renew my contract with my household Deities and ask them if they would be okay with me studying Manannán Mac Lír for the next year. It is a huge commitment for me and so I needed to be sure it was okay with my Deities. Here is the ritual I used:

Purifying Self:

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Book Review – Speak Irish Now! (Of Language Study)

Authors: Patricia Delia Pugnier and Brian Lee Pugnier
Publisher: Speak Irish Now LLC
Published: 2012, First edition
ISBN:  9781481842389
Pages: 480
Synopsis: Speak Irish Now is designed to get you speaking Irish quickly and effectively, even if you have little or no experience with foreign languages. With over 200 short and powerful lessons, Speak Irish Now will teach you the building blocks of Irish, and can be used for both self-study and group-study.

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Of Celtic Reconstructionist Magazines

This post is all about promotion so forgive me. For months now my friends and I have been working in secret on a magazine for Celtic Reconstructionists, that was put together and peer-reviewed by Celtic Reconstructionists. And yesterday, I am proud to say that we went live.

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Of Recommended Reading List – The Short Version

I realized that while I did a post on resources for the Irish language and another on online resources for (…)

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Irish Recommended Reading List – The Short Version

I realized that while I did a post on resources for the Irish language and another on online resources for Irish Mythology, I hadn’t actually done a recommended reading list(…)

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Of Online Mythology Resources

So this has come up on a few of my groups, and I thought since I did one on Irish Language resources I would do one for online resources to reliable sites to Celtic mythology.(…)

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Book Review: Abair Leat! Cúrsa ranga do mhúinteoirí Gaeilge (Leibhéal 1, Cuid 1)

I’m always interested in finding a way to improve my learning of Irish Gaelic so when I fine something new on Litríocht or (…)

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Of Methodology

A few people who have visited my blog and read the page I had up on it (Reconstructionism and Unverified Personal Gnosis) sent me emails(…)

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