Category Archives: Analysis and Advice
New Essay Up At Celtic Scholar’s World
I’ve just updated my website with a new essay on good and bad sources of information for research. Please see my website at : Advice – A Short Discussion Of Sources
Lúgh Lamhfhada: Master of All Crafts
I gathered a lot of information on Lúgh when I decided to ask him formally to be my patron and then I decided to write this essay for others who might be thinking about him too. It is ironic that I wanted to do this because apparently (something I learned after my research) he is …
An Morrígan: War Goddess and More
My need to write this survey comes from the fact that I was trying to write a prayer to An Morrígan and found myself at a loss. I know what she means to me, I know my thoughts about her and who she is but am I correct in my assessment? I didn’t want to …
Myth Work: The Book of the Taking of Ireland (Lebor Gabála Érenn)
This is my attempts at understanding the Irish Myths and what they could tell us. The parts in bold are my thoughts on the subjects or things I want to highlight. From the Mary Jones website: This text–found in both the Book of Leinster and the Book of Fermoy–is the core text of the mythological …
Update to Celtic Religion and Celtic Reconstrutionist Resources
I just updated the Celtic Religion and CR resources page with two new websites. So please take a look if you are interested
Celtic Religion and Celtic Reconstructionism Resources.
I was going to write an essay on Celtic Religion and then another one on Celtic Reconstructionism but then realized that I had so many resources from people who actually knew and researched more than I ever could. Instead I decided that the best way to do this was to list these resources and as …
The Big Question – Is Paganism more relevant than Christianity today?
The Pagan relevant section of the `The Big Questions` broadcast on BBC2 31 Jan 2010 – The topical live debate comes from the Bitterne Park School in Southampton. Joining Nicky Campbell are former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey; Druid priestess, Emma Restall Orr; novelist and broadcaster, Anne Atkins; and Oxford science professor, Peter Atkins, who …
Anti-intellectualism and Paganism
This is something that I wrote on December 28, 2007 and it seems to be still very true today. It is something that is really on my mind and bothering me very much. ————————— I was talking to a friend of mine in the pagan community about how I seem to be a little picky …
FOUR ANCIENT CITIES REVISITED
What started out as a simple question, turned into a hunt. All I was supposed to do was match the four ancient cities to the four quarters, and instead what I ended up with was something totally different. My friend asked me this question because she knew I was studying the Celtic tradition and since …
THE SEEKER: WHERE TO START
A lot of people who happen to be new to Celtic paganism/Druidism/Celtic Polytheism find that they don’t know where to start. They know that they are interested in Celtic paganism/Druidism/Celtic Polytheism but because of all the conflicting information out there about them they become confused and too overwhelmed to continue. So, where do these people …
