Brigid’s Cross, a charm typically woven during Imbolc, the pagan festival, is believed to bring protection and help purify the space for the year to come. Standing in the heart of this first card, it brings blessings to the beginning of your journey…
The word Ogham, or Ogam, refers to an Early Medieval Irish alphabet. In its original form, it is made of twenty letters arranged in four groups called aicmi. Five additional letters were later introduced to the alphabet…
Hey there, long time no see, huh? Okay, I’ve scrapped this entire Blog Post two times already so I really hope that the saying is true and three times is the charm. Last time we spoke here I was deep in the midst of Wildera Lenormand preorders and this crazy adventure kept me busy for a good amount of time, with a lot of highs but also a few challenges to overcome. A couple months later, the rhythm of my…
Last week, as I was celebrating my very own version of Ogham Day, I found myself having the urge to go back to basics regarding my relationship with the Irish Alphabet. Basically, it means that I had a good look at the various meanings and keywords I developed and associated to the Feda during the years I’ve been working with them. And as I was writing in my journal, realizing that it hadn’t actually change that much over time, I…
Some of the Divination Tools I like to use are my trustworthy Ogham and Rune Sets. I possess a few of them, made from different material, and I tend to use each of them for different purposes. My Seven Seas Ogham set for instance, made out of beach glass that I gathered on holidays, is used in a completely different manner than my Tiger’s Eye Set. But the ones that I love and use the most – and it’s not…
If I remember well, when I first tried to learn how to use the runes, one of the challenges that I encountered was to memorize their names. Yes, it seems a bit stupid, but I didn’t know much about the origins of the runes at the time. I spent my time mixing the Anglo-Saxon appellations while confusing certain names of runes – you know, those who sound too much the same, like Eihwaz / Ehwaz. So I got an idea…