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Are you making these common Pagan Mistakes?

3 Pagan Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)

Posted on July 17, 2020July 15, 2020 by Lora O'Brien

You might have made these Pagan Mistakes in the past and still feel mortified – maybe even felt like you couldn’t go back to the Coven/Group/Event ever again? Or maybe you’ve been doing some (or all) of these things and didn’t even realise, this whole time.  But look, we’ve all been there, I promise. This…

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Irish Pagan Holidays and Pagan Festivals

Irish Pagan Holidays

Posted on October 25, 2018January 4, 2021 by Lora O'Brien

Pagan Holidays (Holy Days) worldwide are coming back to a more general use and understanding, with folk often asking questions about whether Christmas is a Pagan Holiday (it is, sort of), and observing the 8-fold Wheel of the Year. The current Neo Pagan calendar (and its primarily Wiccan holidays) is ostensibly based off the ‘Celtic…

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Don't be a Celtic Racist

Don’t be a ‘Celtic’ Racist…

Posted on June 10, 2018September 3, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

This blog has a lot of new visitors, and I’m really glad to see that! But I also don’t want to be fooling anyone into being a part of a community with me if the fit isn’t right either, you know? So, I figured I’d give ye a little dose of who I really am,…

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Irish Rag Tree - Hawthorn in Snow

The Rag Tree in the Irish Tradition

Posted on May 16, 2018September 24, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

 A version of this article on the Rag Tree in the Irish Tradition first appeared as a guest post on the Call of the Morrigan community blog in 2016. So, I’ve worked for the last 14 years as a professional tour guide to the sacred sites of Ireland, and let me tell ya, I’ve seen some…

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This is NOT how you get an Irish Accent

On Irish Ancestry and Being Irish

Posted on February 11, 2018August 1, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

… This ‘Irish Accent’ shit though. And leprechaun hats and lucky charms and a ‘Brigid Oracle’ machine and ‘Irish Yoga’ memes – well, begosh and begorra sure aren’t all the Oirish quaint and charming funny drunks?! Ok, so that’s the frustrated rant part over. Well, the rant part at least. Ok, so I MAY rant…

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Red Leader

Pagan Community Leadership

Posted on February 2, 2018February 13, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

This has always been a difficult one for me. We are in so many respects, a young Spiritual community here in Ireland, and I was very young (16-18 years old) coming to it first, although I slotted in with a long standing group and mentor from my 18th birthday, so I guess I was in…

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rathcroghan visitor centre in tulsk county roscommon

Spiritually Ethical Tourism

Posted on January 29, 2018November 14, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

For a decade, I guided at and professionally managed a major Irish spiritual/sacred site; a vast archaeological complex of sites actually, with a ceremonial history stretching back as long as there have been people on this island. I started as a part time tour guide there, many moons ago, and I’m still requested to guide…

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9 Signs That You Might be Plastic Paddy

9 Signs That You Might be Plastic Paddy

Posted on January 25, 2018February 13, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

Phoney Mahoney. Fake Irish. Plastic Paddy. Not terms you’d want to be used about you if you’re serious about your Irish heritage. Well, more serious at least than a green leprechaun hat and getting pissed as a fart on Paddy’s Day. So, how do we avoid such labels? How do you know if you are…

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Aer Lingus

Abortion in Ireland – Did You Know?

Posted on December 29, 2017February 13, 2018 by Lora O'Brien

I went down to this little child, because she was a child… I got down on my knees in the aisle, and I asked her was she ok? She said, “No”. She was upset, and she said, she had had an abortion that afternoon in London. Now if you know anything about flying, you don’t…

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