Irish Culture & Heritage Blog
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I Just want to Sip Coffee and Read Mythology
We live in a very full and busy world. The days seems to start earlier and earlier, yet end later and later. Sleep is no longer treated as a necessity, more of a luxury. We are raised and educated to become part of the economic cycle of production and consumption, and honestly... it all gets a bit much. -
Aura of Technology Breaking
All I know from my own experience is that there are some people who seem to almost always manifest an Aura of Tech Breaking. -
Irish Pagan School Est. 2017
The Irish Pagan School was founded in 2017 to provide a space for native Irish teachers and those dedicated to Irish Paganism to share in an authentic connection to Ireland and its spiritual practices. -
Faith is Found in Uncertainty. Believe...
Life is messy. Sure there are times when progress comes easy and smiles are frequent, but there are also times when every step we take feels laboured, the progress uncertain, and smiles few and far between.
What then do we do? What makes us get up again and again and try, no matter the perceived lack of reward?
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“Encourage young people and they will get there.”
The Irish language is often remarked upon for it's poetic turn of phrase and that is no more obvious in the seanfhocail - Irish proverbs or 'old words'. Seanfhocail are well known sentences that some might see as cliché, but when each one of them is considered in more than just passing, the deeper wisdom and cultural insights can be glimpsed. -
Meditation is not Medication... but it helps
One of the basic tenants of all forms of paganism is meditation and introspection.
Healthy spiritual growth requires an active awareness of self and the best mechanism to create and maintain such an awareness is meditation and introspection. -
"Rest is Not a Reward" - An Scéalaí Beag
Our world can be a very fast paced experience.From selling our time to earn a living, to investing our time in relationships with friends and family the hours of the day disappear quicker than we often realise. When the next day comes, the cycle starts again in a spiral of exhaustion that sleep does not fully restore.
Rest is not a reward. -
Ogham Series - Fios - Knowledge / Wisdom
Fios is the Irish word for knowledge, but unlike eolas (information) this words speak more to visionary wisdom, carnal knowledge and in some circles a Second Sight. -
Ogham Series - Eolas - Knowledge
Eolas is the Irish word for Knowledge, but though it can be used for information, it is interesting that this word also covers a practical understanding or familiarity that some might attribute to deeper comprehension. -
Ogham Series - Bua - Victory
Bua is the Irish word for Victory, but it can also be applied in a number of other ways, describing a persons talent, merit, some special quality, or even their destiny or lot in life. -
Ogham Series - Clann - Family
Clann is the Irish word for family, but it can also be used to describe descendants or offspring of a family line. This is most common use of this word but in looking a little deeper into the language and exploring its other translations, maybe we can gain a deeper understanding of what family means in Irish culture. -
Ogham Series - Rath - Prosperity
Combining this ancient script with the words from the living Irish language our Ogham series hopes to bring new energy and awareness to both.
Rath is the Irish word for prosperity.
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