Download or read book BARDIC COURSE written by New Order of Druids and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using traditional myths, cosmology, and the insights of modern disciplines such as ecology and ecopsychology, the Bardic Course introduces the druidic student to a way of seeing the world that is both fresh and ancient - and an awakened way of living in that world in service to the hearth community. Topics include: Translations of important mythological stories to illuminate the lessons and commentaries. An exploration of basic questions such as ""What is Druidism?"" Animism and the variety of Celtic views on divinity. The process of initiation into a soul-centric way of being in and seeing the world. The fecund power of darkness and the unconscious in spiritual growth. Forming relationships with the ancestors. Presence as the language of nature, and learning from the earth. Ecology, activism, art, sovereignty, and other topics which provide a clear segue into the Ovate Course. The art of pilgrimage as a model and practice of spiritual transformation.
Download or read book OVATE COURSE written by New Order of Druids and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ovate Course is the second in the New Order of Druids' Grove of Dana college. Whereas the Bardic Course focused on the primary cosmological foundation of the Druidic tradition, the Ovate Course delves deeper into practical and experiential work. Topics include: Awareness practices designed to put the practitioner in direct contact with their experience of the world. The importance of place and story in our relationship with nature and soul. Principles of ""sacred warriorship"" derived from Celtic and cross-cultural sources. A further exploration of the map of soul-initiation presented in the Bardic Course as integration of soul and nature. Topics in Jungian and ecopsychology with a focus on experiential work with a strata of the self deeper than personality and ego. Dreamwork and shamanism. A retelling with complete commentary on the Irish story of the Voyage of Maelduin and how this myth may be approached as a practice.
Download or read book The Wisdom of Birch Oak and Yew written by Penny Billington and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tune into the wisdom of three trees sacred to Druids—birch, oak, and yew—and use their powerful lessons and natural gifts to transform your life. Written by a Druid with more than twenty years of practical experience, The Wisdom of Birch, Oak, and Yew will guide you through a one-of-a-kind journey of magical self-discovery. Its unique invitation: change your perspective by "being as a tree" and consider yourself in light of the qualities of our arboreal friends. Engage with the spirit of each tree and explore its relationship to the stages of your life and the rhythm of your days. Experience within yourself each tree's positive attributes, gain perspective by taking on each tree's role as "witness," and find respite from the frenetic pace of modern life. Praise: "Wise, inspiring, and entertaining, this is a profoundly practical book about nature's magic and how it supports our personal development. I warmly recommend it."—Dr. William Bloom, author of The Power of Modern Spirituality "A very fine book on the deep magic of the trees. Penny Billington shows us how these trees function as guides and initiators, teachers and friends and along the way gives us a first rate introduction to working with the energies of the land to promote healing and new life."—Ian Rees, Psychotherapist, Trainer, and Program Director of the Annwn Foundation
Download or read book Pagan Portals The Urban Ovate written by Brendan Howlin and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting Druidry in an easy-to-understand way, making the concepts open to everyone. Pagan Portals - The Urban Ovate, continues the process started by Brendan Howlin in The Handbook of Urban Druidy by moving deeper into the life of an urban ovate.
Download or read book DRUID COURSE written by New Order of Druids and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Druid Course is the third in the New Order of Druids' Grove of Dana college. This course focuses more on the religious aspects of Druidism, with the aim of putting Celtic ritual in practice. Topics include: The concept of paganism, Celtic religion and what we know about it. Deities, ancestors and spirits of the land, along with a list of various Celtic gods and goddesses. Setting up your hearth or shrine. How to create a ritual, along with examples of rituals and a personal ritual creation worksheet. The Celtic calendar, divination and a guide to the Celtic Ogham.
Download or read book The Celtic Golden Dawn written by John Michael Greer and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century ago, Celtic groups descending from the famed Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn pioneered a fascinating form of ceremonial magic invoking Pagan Celtic powers instead of relying on the more commonly used Judeo-Christian names and symbols. Those groups disappeared many decades ago, and their teachings were lost. But today, their legacy has been reborn. Respected occult author and Grand Archdruid John Michael Greer has re-created a complete magical system based on the Celtic Golden Dawn traditions. This new book provides students with a complete curriculum of Druidical magic and occult wisdom, including training in ceremonial magic, meditation, pathworking, divination, geomancy, and herbal alchemy, allowing self-initiation into the three degrees of Ovate, Bard, and Druid. Structured to resemble a long-lost correspondence course, The Celtic Golden Dawn presents a series of knowledge lectures, meditations, and rituals leading to mastery of the most important magical techniques.
Download or read book The Druid Way written by Philip Carr-Gomm and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Druidism, the ancient shamanic religion of Britain is experiencing a major revival there and in America. This book is both a complete description of the Druid Way as well as a fascinating tour of the major Druid sites, ruins, and "power places". Includes specific suggestions for bringing this ancient wisdom tradition into our own lives and activities.
Download or read book Druidcraft The Magic of Wicca and Druidry written by Philip Carr-Gomm and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Druidry and Wicca, also known as "the Craft", are the two great streams of the Western Pagan tradition. Both traditions originated in the British Isles, and both are now experiencing a renaissance all over the world, as more and more people seek a spirituality rooted in a love of nature.
Download or read book Celtic Folklore Cooking written by Joanne Asala and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 1998 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents recipes for beverages, eggs, cheese, soups, vegetables, seafood, meats, and desserts, listing traditional holidays associated with the foods, and other folk beliefs and correspondences.
Download or read book Seasons of a Magical Life written by H. Byron Ballard and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invitation to return to a simpler time of earth-based spirituality and ritual living, through writings from a small forest-farm in the Appalachian Highlands. This book looks at the agricultural year as a starting space for a deepening of earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of backstories to ease the reader into a time between the pre-industrial era and the modern one, into a place where the fast-moving stress of American life can be affected by a better connection not only to the natural world but to the elegant expression of the year as expressed through seasonal festivals and celebrations. The chapters are broken into four seasons, with the quarter days a highlight within each, and feature simple skills that accompany each marker in the year. Author H. Byron Ballard offers advice on spiritual and physical immersion into the seasons that applies to readers from all areas: rural, urban, and suburban. This is also a deeply practical book, including insights into the following: Farming & gardening: composting, manure, soil preparation, pests, seed-saving Food: cooking, preserving, foraging, the summer kitchen, mushrooms and mycelium Fiber arts: knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, decorative cut-work, and embroidery Sewing: treadle machines, electric machines, hand sewing Household crafts: candle-making, soap-making, broom-making, sharpening tools Health: medicines, tending the dying, death and death rituals A glossary is included for any unfamiliar terms.
Download or read book Brigid s Light written by Cairelle Crow and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories, spells, rituals, and recipes celebrating the worldwide influence of this beloved Celtic goddess, with contributions from Amy Blackthorn, Laura Tempest Zakroff, Courtney Weber, and many others This anthology celebrates Brigid, an ancient and mysterious Celtic spirit who ranks among today’s most popular modern goddesses. Venerated in many forms including as a saint and a goddess, Brigid has traveled the globe alongside the Celtic diaspora. Once a goddess with a narrow territory, she is now an internationally beloved presence. While acknowledging her origins, this book also explores Brigid from the perspective of those outside her original Celtic homeland. Editors Cairelle Crow and Laura Louella have gathered art, poetry, stories, spells, rituals, recipes, and traditions as an homage to the worldwide influence of Brigid’s magic and lore, especially among the descendants of immigrants to the Americas. In compiling these individual works, Cairelle and Laura have given voice to those traveling ancestors by showcasing a rich and beautiful heritage manifested through embodiments of devotion by their descendants, as well as others touched by Brigid.
Download or read book Sacred Actions written by Dana O'Driscoll and published by Red Feather. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A challenge that many pagans and earth-based spiritual practitioners face is how to integrate sustainable living with our everyday lives. By offering a vision of "sacred actions," or the integration of sustainable living with Earth-based spirituality, learn how to combine the three ethics: people care, earth care, and fair share, to execute comprehensive sustainable living through the lens of paganism. Find a wide variety of accessible sustainable living activities, rituals, stories, and tools framed through the neopaganism eightfold Wheel of the Year. Each chapter is tied to one of the eight holidays, offering specific themes that deepen topics, including home and hearth, lawns and gardens, food and nourishment, ritual items and offerings, reducing waste and addressing materialism, and much more. Consider this your manual of personal empowerment through sustainability as a spiritual practice.
Download or read book The Plant Lover s Guide to Magnolias written by Andrew Bunting and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magnolias—beloved for their iconic spring blossoms—are among the most popular flowering trees. In The Plant Lover’s Guide to Magnolias expert Andrew Bunting shares a plant directory including 146 of the best magnolias for the garden. Featuring information on growth, care, and design, along with hundreds of gorgeous color photographs, it covers everything a home gardener needs to introduce these delightful trees into their garden.
Download or read book Ogam The Celtic Oracle of the Trees written by Paul Rhys Mountfort and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and practical guide to the ancient oracle is based on the alphabet of the Druids. It provides an historical background and bibliographic references to the Druidic mythology ruling this 1,500-year-old oracle.
Download or read book The Journey Into Spirit written by Kristoffer Hughes and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journey Into Spirit is a guide to death and the mysterious world beyond. Join renowned Druid priest Kristoffer Hughes as he explores the three realms of existence—the realm of necessity, the realm of spirit, and the realm of infinity—and illuminates the essence of grief, mourning, and spiritual continuation. Challenging many status quo beliefs about the afterlife, this book provides exercises, meditations, rituals, and thought-provoking questions designed to bring you on a journey of discovery through the most profound of all human transitions. Filled with insight and practical guidance, The Journey Into Spirit shows how to honor family and friends in spirit, discover life-affirming aspects of every state of existence, and move beyond the fear that surrounds death. 2015 COVR Award Winner for Reincarnation, Death and Dying Books
Download or read book Miracles of Our Own Making written by Liz Williams and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bewitching and authoritative historical overview of magic in the British Isles, from the ancient peoples of Britain to the rich and cosmopolitan landscape of contemporary paganism. “An absolute must for anyone interested in the development of paganism in the modern world. I cannot recommend this book enough.”—Janet Farrar, coauthor of A Witches’ Bible “At last, we have a history of British Paganism written from the inside, by somebody who not only has a good knowledge of the sources, but explicitly understands how Pagans and magicians think.”—Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon and The Witch What do we mean by “paganism”—druids, witches, and occult rituals? Healing charms and forbidden knowledge? Miracles of Our Own Making is a historical overview of pagan magic in the British Isles, from the ancient peoples of Britain to the rich and cosmopolitan landscape of contemporary paganism. Exploring the beliefs of the druids, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings, as well as Elizabethan Court alchemy and witch trials, we encounter grimoires, ceremonial magic, and the Romantic revival of arcane deities. The influential and well-known—the Golden Dawn, Wicca, and figures such as Aleister Crowley—are considered alongside the everyday “cunning folk” who formed the magical fabric of previous centuries. Ranging widely across literature, art, science, and beyond, Liz Williams debunks many of the prevailing myths surrounding magical practice, past and present, while offering a rigorously researched and highly accessible account of what it means to be a pagan today.
Download or read book The Path of Druidry written by Penny Billington and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Druidry is very much alive and relevant in today's world. Discover how to embark on this green and magical path and enrich your life with its ancient wisdom. British Druid Penny Billington offers a course of study that highlights the mysteries, magic, and modern practice of this nature-based tradition. Each chapter begins with a Welsh mythic tale that introduces lessons and key concepts. Exercises will help you internalize these truths, develop a spiritual awareness rooted in nature, connect to the multi-dimensional world, and ultimately adopt a druidic worldview to guide you in everyday life. From joining a druidic community to beginning a solitary path, this spiritual guide offers advice on everything you need to know about practicing Druidry today.
