Category Archives: Essays
A Short Introduction to the Mesolithic to Neolithic Times in Europe
The Mesolithic period falls between the Paleolithic period (also called the Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic period (also called the New Stone Age). It began over ten thousand years ago, when the glaciers of Scandinavia and the Alps had more or less retreated to their current locations. The Mesolithic period had a warm climate …
Notes On History Part Two
To explain the Neolithic Package I am going to use the following two time-lines that I have made while reading. For a general time-line of Europe in the Neolithic Age (event oriented) see: http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe/7000-2750BC The Bronze Age refers to a period in history when most advanced metalworking used bronze. The people either smelted copper and …
Living With Ethics – Personal Basic Code of Ethics
Sometimes we need to step back from the routines of daily life and think about our life as a whole. What are we doing in our lives? What are our values and what matters most to us? Once we became self aware, we have to face choices, and deal with the fact that certain values, …
Living With Ethics – Part Two
In part one of Living With Ethics I talked about Virtue Ethics, which for me is the foundation to an ethical life. Now I would like to talk about Descriptive Ethics. Descriptive Ethics, as I’ve already mentioned in part one, is the factual study of the ethical standards or principles of a group or tradition. …
Living With Ethics – Part One
The one argument that I as a pagan have heard over and over again from people following the monotheistic religions is that as a pagan I lacked an ethical foundation and orientation. Keeping that in mind I set out on this voyage. As I’ve mentioned on MY BELIEFS page, every person has a code of …
Brigit: The Exalted One
I wanted to write about Brigit because she is the patron goddess of the tribe I belong too. She is one of the famous goddesses of the Tuatha De Danánn, and there is so much information (and misinformation) out there about her. Let us look at the etymology of the name and its possible meaning. …
Gaol Naofa Gealach Úr Rite
Being part of a tribe is a wonderful thing, even if it is an online tribe (or in the case of Gaol Naofa, an organization). Being a member of a tribe of course comes with its obligations and one of mine to my tribe is the New Moon Rite that I perform every month. It …
Book Review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Ethics
I know how people view “The Complete Idiot’s” series of books (I’m one of these people or I used to be) but when you get a complicated subject like ethics, then you start to view things a little differently. It is hard to know where start with complicated objects and when more scholastic beginner series …
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 …
Why A Formal Contract With The Deities
So I’ve had people ask me WHY would I want a formal contract with the deities? Haven’t I been making offerings to them already? Weren’t they already my household deities? The answer to the second and third questions is yes. The answer to the first one is not so easy. The idea for a formal …
