Lora O'Brien – Irish Author & Guide
Your Authentic Connection to Ireland
In my Guided Journeys work at the Irish Pagan School, one of the most common concerns that students have is do guided meditation journeys work if you fall asleep? Because it happens to most of us, at some point. Look, Basic Meditation is about relaxation. As I always say in my workshops (remember when we…
Community Interview with C. Lee Vermeers The third part in our Community Spirituality Series, where I interviewed C. Lee Vermeers of the Facebook Group ‘Celtic Paganism’, about his personal spiritual practice, and his online work for the Pagan Community. (Note – the resource links throughout have been added by me, to facilitate further study on…
The Mórrígan (also Morrigan, Morrígu, Mór-Ríoghain) is a striking figure from Irish mythology: known variously as an Irish Goddess, native Pagan deity in Ireland, or supernatural figure if we’re looking academically at Medieval Irish literature. The Mórrígan is most commonly associated with war and destruction; but she is actually a guardian Goddess of prophecy, magic,…
When trying to connect meaningfully and find native sources for Irish Paganism within the reality of our living Irish traditions, things aren’t what they used to be. These days, we are blessed with a burgeoning plethora of native Irish voices raising to speak truth about our own culture and heritage. Which is damn useful if…
Community Interview with Elsa Marie Edmond The second part in our Community Spirituality Series, where I interviewed Elsa Marie Edmond of the Facebook Group ‘Celtic Witches Druids and Pagans’, about her personal spiritual practice, and her online work for the Pagan Community. (Note – the resource links throughout have been added by me, to facilitate…
“On Union, the latest album of collaborations he sings a song called Gaelic Ireland which sounds like it was written 100 years ago. I have the feeling it will be sung in 100 years from now.” – John Reynolds: Producer to Irish Artist Damien Dempsey. I was sitting in a coffee shop with my sister-in-law,…
Lora O’Brien answered an Irish Pagan School Student Question about Irish Ancestry and Cultural Appropriation, in relation to Irish or Celtic Pagan Practice. My name is Chelsea, I was born in Canada to an American mother and a Canadian father. I live in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. I am of mixed English, Scottish and Irish ancestry…
When you begin to study Irish History there can be some confusion as to the terminology, particularly around the time periods and the dates of what happened when. I thought it would be useful to put together a simple guide to the phases and dates that you’ll see mentioned when you study any Irish History….
Make sure you check out the full Beginner’s Guide to Irish Paganism Series. Moving on from the Recommended Irish History Books, we can now focus specifically on Irish Gods and Goddesses. As we said last time, these books can stretch a little to cover a broader ‘Celtic’ pantheon, but our focus here is quality information on…
Make sure you check out the full Beginner’s Guide to Irish Paganism Series. I know everyone is keen to get to the sexy magic practice or life changing guided journey experiences, but in reality, we have to start with how things were. So that means the Irish History Books. Some of these cover a slightly…