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The BC government has announced its intention to kill over 180 wolves in a last-ditch effort to protect endangered caribou herds. The move has been called scientifically unsound, as it fails to consider the real causes of the herd’s decline, as well as whether or not the small number of remaining animals are capable of recovering in the wild. Voices of reason say they can not. Click on the image above for more information. Please consider signing the petition at pacificwild.org
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Mor (Twin of Hazel or the Sea)
(Black Rock, County Kerry, Ireland. Photograph by K. Glavin) “In the midst of the Irish Sea, almost equidistant from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and concentrating in itself the psychical and magnetic influences from these three Celtic lands, and from Celto-Saxon … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Carmichael, Ancestors, Beech, Celtic Tree Oracle, Crane Bag and Other Disputed Subjects, Finn Mac Cool, Golden Bough, James Frazer, Joseph Campbell, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lady Gregory, Lady Wilde, Magical Alphabets, Manannan Mac Lir, Manannan's shirt, Mor, Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Ogham, Ogham Tract, Robert Graves, Samhain, Sea, Twin of Hazel, W.Y. Evans-Wentz, White Goddess, Witch Hazel
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Uillend (Elbow or Honeysuckle)
(photograph by Sannse) “Turn hither, O Fergus my master!” he cried. Fergus did not answer, for he heard not. He spoke again, “Turn hither, Fergus my master!” he cried; “and if thou turn not, I will grind thee as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Carmichael, Battle of the Trees, Carmina Gadelica, Cattle Raid of Cooley, Celtic Myth and Legend, Celtic Tree Oracle, Charles Squire, Crane Bag and Other Disputed Subjects, Elbow, George Douglas, Goibne, Golden Bough, Habitrot, Honeysuckle, J.F. Campbell, James Frazer, Jay O' Scalleigh, Joseph Dunn, Magical Alphabets, Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Robert Graves, Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Smith's Hook, Tain Bo Cualnge, The White Goddess, White Goddess, Witchery of One, Woodbine
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Ohn (Gorse or Broom)
“The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, St. Stephen’s Day was killed in the furze; Although he be little his honour is great, so, good people, give us a treat.” – Peter Ellis (the Druids)[i] The Roots: … Continue reading
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Tagged Blodeuwedd, Book of Ballymote, Broom, Cad Goddeu, Cailleach, Celtic Tree Oracle, David Rankine, Fairy, Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland, Furz, Golden Bough, Gorse, Gwydion, James Frazer, Lleu, Magical Alphabets, Magpie, Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom, Ogham Tract, Ohn, Robert Graves, Sorita d'Este, Thomas Crocker, Visions of the Cailleach, W.Y. Evans-Wentz, Whin, White Goddess
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Ngetal (Reed Grass)
“Ngetal is the month when the terrible roar of breakers and the snarling noise of pebbles on the Atlantic seaboard fill the heart with terror, and when the wind whistles dismally through the reed-beds of the rivers. In Ireland the … Continue reading
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Tagged 13, Battle of the Trees, Broom, Celtic Knot, Celtic Symbols, Celtic Tree Calender, Charles Graves, Cluricaune, Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom, Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland, Golden Bough, Gorse, Herbs, Irish, James Frazer, Lesley Bremness, Magical Alphabets, Music, Ngetal, Ogham Tract, Ohn, On the Ogam Beithlusnin, Reed, Reed Bed, Robert Graves, Saibne Heinz, Song of Amergin, Stanley Park Storm Water Treatment Wetland, Thomas Croker, Tree Oracle, Vancouver, Water Treatment, White Goddess
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Gort (Ivy Vine)
“Although it grows upon other plants or on the walls of buildings, the ivy must remain rooted in the ground in order to survive. But it is a tree of transformation, starting as a small, weak, herb-like plant, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestors, Ancient Legends Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, Anne Jefferies, Canadian Corrections: 3rd Edition, Celts, Cernnunnos, Druid Animal Oracle, Ethnocide, Fairies, Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland, Golden Bough, Gort, Irish History, Ivy, James Frazer, Labyrinth, Magical Alphabets, Ogham, Ogham Tract, Owain Lawgoch, Peter Berresfod Ellis, Robert Graves, Snake, St. Patrick, Thomas Croften, Thomas Hayden
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Tinne (Holly)
“Salvation, claimed the Romantic philosophers and writers, lay not in a tame and planted landscape, but in the raw wilderness.” – John Vaillant (the Golden Spruce). The Roots: The holly – much like the oak- is associated with gods of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Ross, Celtic Warrior, Celts, Creiddylad, Cult of the Severed Head, Drink of the Gods, Elemental Castings, Fairies, Fire in the Head, Forest, Golden Bough, Golden Spruce, Holly, Holly King, Human Sacrifice, James Frazer, John Vaillant, Joseph Campbell, Mabinogion, Oak King, Ogham, Relationship with Nature Vancouver Holly, Robert Graves, Steve Comar, Summer Solstice, T. Thorn Coyle, Tinne, Tree Alphabet, Underworld, Winter Solstice, Yerba Mate
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