Newgrange from the air. Office of Public Works (OPW), date unknown This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
Tomus tighe mec ind ÓccTomus tighe mec ind Ócc,fót cen bine buidnib sét,etir dá fraigid rosícht,mó secht traigid, mó secht cét.Cethri dorais ind cen brón,bith oc ól tria bitha sir,turib ciprib, úair is caem,cóel fo tuighib d’itib én.Dabuch…
Like a shadow, shifting, seeking
what I’ve found yet still must find,
wrapped in motion, wrapped in time,
bound yet still compelled to bind
echoes like ripples of each action
as here and there merge in my mind
spirit balanced in the eager edges
Wandering the Otherworld is chancy
though the fairy road is always near
tempting and teasing and tangling
touching this to that, and there to here
a bare…
The green way is a peaceful way. I am a pacifist by nature. I only fight righteous battles; one of justice, sovereignty, courage and loyalty. I only raise my spear in the name of those things I swore to Crow I’d uphold for my honor and Hers. Injustice is always around, it is is the legacy of our existence and there’s little we can truly do. It’s the balance of …
Blessings Darlings!
There is a pagan chant, a filk of the hymn “Waters of Babylon” that is based on Psalm 137:1, that has been running thru’ my mind this week….
In both Irish and Scottish fairylore ‘elfshot’ or ‘elf arrows’ are a type of small weapon used by the Good Folk, and in Scotland also by witches, against people and livestock. The ubiquitous weapons of the Fey, elfshot caused a variety of maladies to those struck by them.The arrows themselves when found on the ground are small, neolithic flint arrowheads but when used by the Gentry are…
Blessings Darlings!
How many of you are familiar with Odysseus’ trip to the underworld? It was a necessary stop on his way home (he needed the advice of a shade there). But first he had to be old that he had to, uh, go to Hades. He had to buy a goat, to sacrifice once he got to the part of Hades he was traveling to. He had to drag …
Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar – touching them is a mistake. Their hair causes allergic reactions and their barbs can cause serious injuries to the eyes. They are pretty though.
I suppose its fair to say that I’m more than a tad bit cynical. This isn’t so much a matter of age as personality, I think – cynical is my natural default setting and always has been. Chalk it up to some very…
Blessings Darlings!
Troubled by bad finances? Drama? Chaos? “Negative Energy”? All spells for changing one’s life/luck start with the same thing: you need to totally clean your house. Totally. Did you just ask ‘why’?
There’s an interesting tidbit of folklore in Scotland which says that the Good Folk must pay a teind (tithe) to Hell; this idea appears first in writing in two poems and seems from there to enter the wider lore particularly in the modern period. The teind is an interesting folkloric belief because it is not found in Ireland, nor was it a belief throughout Scotland until a much later period,…
Offerings are a word that gets thrown around a lot in modern paganism and polytheism, particularly in the corners of it that I lurk in. Earlier this month at the Morrigan’s Call Retreat I had a good discussion about offerings with another speaker at the event, Lora O’Brien, and she recently wrote a blog ‘Working as a Spiritual Fixer in Ireland’ which I highly recommend reading. As I’ve been…