Experimenting with a little translation of a different sort. There’s an excerpt from one of the Carmina Gadelica prayers making the rounds (without credit to the source of course*) and when I took another look at the original Gaidhlig I realized that Carmichael’s translation was more poetic than literal. I don’t have any Gaidhlig myself but it’s close enough to Sengoidelc that I can actually read…
Speaking of restaurant work …
Blessings, Darlings!
I worry about my coworkers. Most of the folks at the restaurant I work at are on the hairy edge of…
Dirt Beneath Your Fingernails
Recently a friend of mine wrote two very insightful blogs ‘The Line in the Dirt’ and ‘Deepening the Line’. Both deal with looking at the way the pagan community, in general, approaches magical and ritual practice, the laziness that’s rampant among practitioners, and the idea of what happens beyond basics.
I’ve been thinking a lot since I read them, both because she raises some good questions…
Restaurant scrounging, Part 2
Blessings Darlings!
More ethical ways food is available to those who work in restaurants.
We cut off the heels of whole loaves of bread before slicing the bread for things like French Toast. Those heels often …
Excitement!
Blessings, Darlings!
I’m too excited to sleep! So I’m blogging at 4 am.
Oh, the sleeplessness STARTED because …
Restaurant Scrounging, Part 1
Blessings, Darlings!
RESTAURANT SCROUNGING
Those of us with lower end incomes – in my case, my second job working at a dead end restaurant job – don’t have the income to get a real ‘retreat’ where we’ll prepare for what will come in a future collapse. We’re too busy living too close to a personal la vida collapse now.
However, that doesn’t mean that we can’t glean things from the not-yet collapsed world out there.
Wodan
Many people are familiar with the Norse God Odhinn, but less well known is his German counterpart Wodan who is similar but not identical. Wodan (Old High German Woutan) although almost certainly derived from the same root as Odhinn has several distinct characteristics. In today’s blog I would like to discuss Wodan as we see him in the German material.
Duncan Royale German "Odin" statue…
A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes
Author: Jonathan Bardon
Pages: 592 including works cited and Bibliography.
Synopsis: Jonathan Bardon covers all the obvious things: the invasions, battles, development of towns and cities, the Reformation, the Georgian era, the Famine, rebellions and resistance, the difference of Ulster, partition, the twentieth century. What makes his book so valuable, however, …
Ancient Ireland Life Before the Celts
Author: Laurance Flanagan
Pages: 288 including sketches, figures and glossary.
Synopsis: When the Celts first arrived in Ireland around 250BC, the island had already been inhabited for over 7,000 years. These pre-Celtic peoples …
Ways to Feel More Connected to the Morrigan
One question that I am asked on a fairly regular basis is what should people who are interested in connecting spiritually to the Morrigan or who are just beginning to honor Her do? So I thought it might be helpful for me to post a list of general suggestions here, although keep in mind that these are only my ideas and what I have found works well for me. I tend to be a very sensory person so…