Today is Samhain, the highest of Celtic holidays. In Celtic tradition and pagan, Wiccan, and Druid ritual, it is the day when the veil is thinnest between worlds, when the dead are honored and when the new year is said to begin.
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Rose and the Elementals at Glencar Waterfall
Rose's goal is to meet up and learn to see fairies and elementals. She is our narrator in this week’s excerpt from Day 10 of Celtic Spirit:
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Excerpt from Celtic Spirit Yeats and Twilight
WIlliam Butler Yeats, arguably, did more to save the Celtic lore, language and legend than any other person. While he lived primarily in Dublin, he often visited the West of Ireland, particularly Sligo, his family home.
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Excerpt from Celtic Spirit The Legend of Queen Maeve and her Tomb
There are many legends of Queen Maeve. Here is an excerpt from Celtic Spirit, describing the group’s introduction to her and her tomb. The teenager Megan is our narrator as the group enters County Sligo, in the west of Ireland.
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Excerpt from Celtic Spirit The Well of Segais and The Salmon
Celtic wisdom, the salmon of wisdom, and the sacredness attributed to wells are often mentioned in Celtic lore and my blogs. Here is an excerpt from Celtic Spirit about the mythical Well of Segais where The Tale of the Salmon of Wisdom is said to take place.
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Excerpt from Celtic Spirit Chapter 7, Newgrange
Listen to Jeanne Crane read an excerpt from Celtic Spirit, images of trips to Ireland accompany her words.
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Excerpt from Celtic Spirit Chapter 6, Glendalough
Listen to Jeanne Crane read an excerpt from Celtic Spirit, images of trips to Ireland accompany her words.
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here are two well-known holy Islands in Ireland, one on Lough Derg, County Donegal; the other on a different Lough Derg in the Shannon River basin that creates borders for Counties Clare, Galway, and Tipperary. They both are sacred sites with long Christian histories and ancient ruins, but they are drastically different in spiritual perspective and present day
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We hear people describe the times we are experiencing as a chrysalis. Personal, spiritual and collective transformation share that experience of the entity shifting into a new way of being, a new form. Not all growth or change is so dramatic. Some is developmental or planned. But transformation suggests the new phase is beyond the present knowing.
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One of the things that makes Ireland and the British Isles so magnificent is the Light. These islands may have a reputation for constant rain. However, as you might hear in the country: “When ye have the weather, sure there is nothing better”. The light creates the myriad shades of green of the landscape, the moody purples and blues of the mountains and the glistening surface to the waters of sea and lake.
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Usually I am instantly amazed by the relevance of the card I draw. This time I was surprised then I looked further: The picture is of one of the most sacred of Celtic sites: Glendalough. I was supposed to be staying at the hotel just outside the scene in this picture on April 30. It would have begun the pilgrimage portion of my trip to Ireland. But, of course, there is no trip this year because of Covid-19.
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Once a month, I draw a card from a Celtic tarot or oracle deck that can bring in new images and words of potential meaning and new energy. Today’s card is from The Sacred Circle Tarot: A Celtic Pagan Journey by Anna Franklin, illustrated by Paul Mason.
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