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Category Archives: Ireland
Blessed Imbolc 2021
By Isabella @TheWandCarver Instagram: @thewandcarver Imbolc is a sabbat which is celebrated roundly by most Wiccan folk. As it happens, all the sabbats seem to be celebrated more so by those who identify as Wiccan than any other neo-Pagan group. … Continue reading
Posted in folklore, imbolc, Ireland, Pagan, Sabbats, Uncategorized, Wiccan, Witch
Tagged beginning of spring, blessed imbolc 2021, brambrack, brigids cross, brigits cross, Candlemas, colcannon, fire festivals, gaelic ireland, goddess brigid, imbolc 2021, imbolc sabbat, Ireland, st brigid, st brigit
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Happy Imbolc 2020!
Did you know that St Brigid is the patron saint of brewing? Continue reading
Posted in Business, Celtic Tradition, Fire, folklore, imbolc, Ireland, Magic, Magickal, Pagan, Uncategorized, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged brighids cross, brigid brighid brigit, Candlemas, goddess brigid, happy imbolc 2020, how to celebrate imbolc, imbolc 2nd of february, Imbolc shona daoibh go léir, imbolg, Laa'l Breeshey, Là Fhèill Brìghde, Lá Fhéile Bríde, sacred correspondences for brigid, saint brigids day
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The Magickal Vine…or Blackberry Bramble?
The Celtic meaning of the Vine in Druid lore is rife with symbolism. Continue reading
Posted in amulets, Business, Druid, Ireland, Magickal, magickal trees, Pagan, protection, Witchcraft, wood
Tagged blackberry, blackberry bramble, celtic birth tree, druids, grapevine, hermoine grangers wand, irish mythology, muin, muin ogham, ogam, ogham alphabet, ogham few, ogham stave, protection, rebirth, regeneration, reincarnation, Robert Graves, spirituality, the celtic tree oracle, the magickal vine, vine, vine muin, vine ogham muin, vine wand, vine wood meaning, white swan
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The Sweetest of Woods: Scots Pine
…Yew and Pine play twin roles in the Winter Solstice but very fraternally – not at all alike! Continue reading
Posted in Air, Black Onyx, Celtic Tree Calendar, Druid, Fire, gemstone, healing, Ireland, longevity, Lore, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Mars, Prosperity, protection, wealth, Witchcraft, wood, Yule
Tagged ailm, ailm ogham, Airig Fedo - the Nobles of the Wood, Aphrodite, Artemis, attis, bacchus, Balm of Gilead, birch tree, Bretha Comaithchesa, Cybele, Diana, Dionysus, druid, Ireland, Ishtar, Isis, magical uses for pine, magickal uses for pine, medicinal uses for pine, Mithra, Pan, pine and magic, pine and magick, Robert Graves, scotch pine, scots pine, scots pine ship masts, the pioneer tree, the sweetest of woods, Vulcan, way markers, waymarkers, willow tree, winter solstice, yew tree
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The Magickal Spindle Tree
Spindle is a symbol of magic in the Norse Pagan tradition. Continue reading
Posted in Celtic Tradition, Celtic Tree Calendar, divination tools, Druid, folklore, Ireland, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, occult, Pagan, Water Element, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged 22nd letter of the ogham, athena freya minerva the fates, celtic birth tree ogham, constellation of orion, druid trees, eleanour sinclair rohde, freyas spindle, hedge row tree, irish oir, ogham alphabet, oi, oi th oir, oir, peg wood, poisonous trees, sandra kynes, spindle tree, spindle tree medicine, spindleberry, spinning wheel spindles, th, the magickal spindle tree, the old english herbals, whispers from the woods, william turner, woodlandtrust
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Samhain: The Magick of Blackthorn
Blackthorn is associated with death quite frequently. Samhain is the death of the old year whilst hailing in the new. Continue reading
Posted in Celtic Tradition, Celtic Tree Calendar, folklore, Halloween, Ireland, Lore, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Pagan, protection, Samhain, spells, Spirit, traditional witchcraft, Wands, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged blackthorn, blackthorn ogham straif, blackthorn spines, blackthorn thorns, blackthorn tree, blackthorn wand, blackthorn winter, blasting rod, british isles, celtic birth tree calendar, Celtic Tradition, dark crone of the woods, Diarmaid and Grainne, Draenen ddu, Draighean, Draighionn, elder tree, faery tree, folklore, goddess as crone, Halloween, hawthorn tree, Morrigan, mother of the woods, ogham, ogham stave, ogham straif, protection against evil, Protection and Revenge, Sadhbh, Samhain, sloe, sloe berry, sloe berry jam, sloe gin, sloe plum, Strife and Negativity, The inevitability of Death, wishing thorn, Word Ogham of Cuchulain
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Dear Ireland: Please Read
Don’t be stupid – or stubborn – if you are told to evacuate, you really must. Continue reading
Posted in Hurricanes, Ireland, Natural Disaster
Tagged category 2 hurricane, category 3 hurricane, galway ireland, how to survive a hurricane, hurricane ophelia, hurricane ophelia ireland, hurricane ophelia uk, irish coastline, national oceanic and atmospheric, NOAA, saffir simpson scale, storm of 1987, storm ophelia, tornadoes
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Lady Ellhorn, the Magickal Elder Tree
The Elder tree, or Lady Ellhorn, as we lovingly call her, is a tree of beginnings and endings… Continue reading
Posted in amulets, Amulets and charms, Beltane, Celtic Tree Calendar, folklore, healing, Ireland, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Pagan, traditional witchcraft, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged banishment, Beltane, celtic tree astrology, Celtic Tree Calendar, crone, crone aspect, elder faery, elder medicinal properties, elder mother, elder ogham pendant, elder tree, elderberries, exorcism, folklore, healing, Ireland, lady ellhorn, magickal trees, midsummers eve, prosperity, ruis, Samhain, scotland, triple goddess
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Magickal Hawthorn Tree: The Mayflower Tree
In magick, Hawthorn is known as a psychic shield that can lift the spirits, and a little charm of the wood is a thoughtful gift for a friend going through a time of vulnerability or depression… Continue reading
Posted in Amulets and charms, Business, Celtic Tradition, folklore, Ireland, Lore, Magic, Magickal, magickal trees, Pagan, protection, Talismans, Wiccan, Witch, Witchcraft
Tagged Beltane, Celtic Tree Calendar, faery tree, hawthorn, Hawthorn faery, Hawthorn fairy, Hawthorn ogham pendant, hawthorn tree, Huath, Huathe, Ireland, Magick, Magickal Hawthorn Tree, Mayflower, Mayflower Tree, oak ash and thorn, ogham, ogham tree calendar, protection spell, The Faery Bible, The Fairy Bible, The Mayflower, The Mayflower Tree, trysting trees, Uath
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The Magic of Alder
…next time you see an Alder tree, give it a hug! It’s a most fascinating and magickal tree, even if it doesn’t get talked about very much… Continue reading
