Lora O'Brien – Irish Author & Guide
Your Authentic Connection to Ireland
I’m writing the preface to the second edition of my 2004 book, ‘Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch’ right now, and it has me a little emotional folks. I’m going to share it here, because I sort of need any encouragment you might be willing to share? Hit me up in the comments below with…
The Catholic Church are full of the drama lately that the Irish have reverted to Pagan beliefs, with the drive towards recognition of equality, basic human medical rights, and other such truly shocking things… but the reality is, we never REALLY gave up on our Pagan beliefs. To get a good look at Irish Pagan…
This is a question that comes up a lot – what are some Pagan Symbols used by the (Celtic) Irish? It’s kind of a tough one to answer, as we don’t have an extant [surviving through the ages] Irish Pagan tradition, per se. We have a whole lot of Irish mythology, of course, and even…
Sound and Matter – a Scéal of a Tale of Old Ireland, and the Ogham. What are the place, time, person, and cause of the invention of the Ogham? Not hard. Its place – Hibernia, or Ireland as we know it now. In the time of Bres son of Elatha king of Ireland it was…
You’ve heard of the Ogham (or Ogam), the ‘ancient Celtic alphabet’ of Ireland? Possibly in the context of a ‘Celtic Tree Calendar’, perhaps? But you’re never sure if the resources you’re finding are genuine, are respectful of the native traditions… or just created by some colonisers cashing in with appropriative, half understood, mostly mangled nonsense?…