Try to imagine beautiful women working together in love and trust, honoring
their Goddess, provider of all. These women are wild women, which mean
they are free spirits - connected in all ways with their environment -
in tune with the energies about them, in tune with their own energies,
unafraid and bold in how they live their lives. This is your birthright
- to live freely and without fear. You cling to what you know is right
in your heart. You trust that you will always have what you need. You
allow yourself to be vulnerable and open to love. You dance with the
wind, revel in the warmth of the sun, and play like a child in the rain.
You are these Amazon Women, now, in this place, in this time, wild and
free, strong and beautiful.
It
is my hope in this book that I can give you a few ideas of what the
ogham is, where it might have come from, and how I (and others) use it
as a spiritual tool. There is much we do not know about the Ogham. It is
not known for sure if the ogham was ever used for divination. And
finally, it is not known if the letters were ever used to designate
lunar cycles. What is known is that there were many oghams - the letters
themselves, bird oghams, tree oghams, etc. The letters being symbols for
certain words, not all trees as it thought by most today. What we have
is a system that uses several oghams in combination that is not
necessarily historically correct but that which works for us as a tool
for learning. This book deals with those teachings set in a framework of
the lunar year.
Within
this little book are complete instructions for creating your own set of
Ogham Twigs – a tool to use for divination as well as to learn more
about the Ogham. You can make your set as you like it using Popsicle
sticks, tongue depressors, or you can create a set such as shown on the
cover. You may also gather twigs from each tree or from local trees in
your area. Let your imagination be your guide. May the wisdom of the Old
Ones be your inspiration.
This
little book is a collection of prose and poetry I have written over the
years which appears on my blog also entitled Her Breath. I was prompted
to create this book for my children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren who might otherwise never really know me.
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