Category Archives: Random pagan and recon. ramblings

The Use of Stones and Crystals in Celtic folklore – part 1

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Sacred Tattooing

 I have always seen tattooing as a sacred process, a way to permanently embed images and symbols into the flesh that have a transcendent meaning. All of my tattoos contain this level of meaning and are first and foremost for me spiritual and secondarily art work. Even the(…)

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Gebo


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Child’s Eye View of the Faery Faith

My newest book – a children’s book about the fairy faith and its modenr application for pagans – has just been released in its electronic edition here https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/243674 . It’s intended(…)

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Thoughts on the Testament of Morann

     The Testament of Morann is the advice given to a king on how to rule well. At first glance this piece may seem simple and may also seem like something that doesn’t apply to(…)

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Cat Sidhe


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the Good Neighbors

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why Reconstructionism?

self-portrait, circa 1995, oil on canvas

The question was asked on a Facebook group I belong to, why do the group’s reconstructionists follow that approach? While I no longer think of myself as a Celtic recon, per se, I do feel that reconstruction is a big part of my own practice and I enjoyed thinking about the question. I decided that …

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Odin as a God of Healing

 When Odin is mentioned in conversation most people probably do not immediately think of him as a healing deity. God of battle, of the valiant dead, of poetry, of kings, of runes, even of magic or wisdom, but probably not healing. However I have personally related to him(…)

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Ritual Structure

  Today is the autumn equinox, and as I mentioned in a previous blog about Artio, I celebrate this day in honor of Her; this is entirely my own practice, no citation(…)

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