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Artist and Chief James UuKwaqum Swan: on funerary rites, putting spirits to rest and the thunderbird (Part 3/3)
(Safe Journey. James UuKwaqum Swan*) James, you were talking about letting the spirit of a person go after they’ve died by practicing what you called “dealing with things the right way…” In our culture we have a song called the … Continue reading
Posted in Bestiary, Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Voices & Visionaries
Tagged Ahousaht, Art, Black Magic, Circle Sentencing, Death, First Nations, Funerary Rites, Ghost, Grave, Grief, Hishuk ish tsawalk, James Francis Swan sr, Luke Swan, Manhousaht, Mrs Rosie Swan, Nootka, Nuu-chah-nulth, Prayer, Sea Serpent, Spirit, Thunderbird, Vancouver Island, Whale
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Artist and Chief James UuKwaqum Swan: on ghosts, prayer and black magic (Part 2/3)
(Take Back Our Children mural detail. James UuKwaqum Swan) James, do the Nuu-chah-nulth people believe in ghosts or wandering spirits? Whether I believe in it or not, there are ghosts. In our culture ghosts are stuck. They are souls or spirits. … Continue reading
Posted in Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Voices & Visionaries
Tagged Addiction, Ahousaht, Art, Black Magic, Death, Deja Vu, Fasting, First Nations, Flores Island, Forerunner, Ghosts, Greif, Hishuk ish tsawalk, James UuKwaqum Swan, Manhousaht, Nootka, Nuu-chah-nulth, Possession, Prayer, Spirits, Vancouver Island, Witch
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Straif (Blackthorn)
“Better the bramble than the black-thorn, better the black-thorn than the devil. He who would go in the bramble for me, I would go in the thorn for him” – Proverb (Alexander Carmichael: Carmina Gadelica Vol. II. 1900) The Roots: … Continue reading
Posted in Tree Ogham
Tagged Aine, Ancient Legends Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, Ban-Sidhe, Banshee, Black Magic, Blackberry, Blackthorn, Carmina Gadelica, Celtic Tree Oracle, Devil, Evan Wentz, Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, Fairy Queen, Gods of Fighting Men, Hawthorn, James MacKillop, Lady Gregory, Lady Wilde, Leanan-Sidhe, Lunantishee, Magical Alphabets, Meaning of Trees, Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Otherworld, Oxford Dictionary or Celtic Mythology, Prunus, Robert Graves, Sidhe, Straif, Thorn, Tree Wisdom: the Definitive Guidebook, Tuatha De Danaan, White Goddess, Witch Trials
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