Celtic Knots

It's all one and the same, you see,
Where you've been, and where you'll be.
Understand that, and you'll fly free.
If Celtic quest is what you seek,
T'will take far more than just a peek.
Awaken your mind, give your brain a tweak;
Learn and Listen...'til next we speak

The Keys to the Realms:  The Gifts of ae's Dana
The mythic keys, the sacred gifts of the Tuatha de Dannan are:

~The Sword
~The Cauldron
~The Stone
~The Spear

There are also four elements you may access with these keys:

~§*Fire which grants you courage, faith, strength, and if it doesn't consume you,
the power of protection*§~
~§*Water which brings you healing, transformation, and if you let it flow
through you purely, the privilage of inner wisdom*§~
~§*Earth which provides you with structure, sustenance, and, if you
don't try to possess them, the secrets of abundance magick.*§~
~§*Air which supplies you with communication, focus, illumination, and if you
can perceive them, them, the codes to intellect.*§~

* Sword = Fire
* Cauldron=Water
* Stone=Earth
* Spear=Air
 

Fire is the element of strength.  It is the force of faith and the power of
protection.  Fire leads us to purification of our Self and of Nature.
It is the inescapable force tht draws us into personal and planetary evolution.

Water is the element of emotion.  It is the power of inner knowing and
the sacred force of self-healing.  Water is the element of intuition.  It is the
inner teacher who instructs subtly by shaking our emotions.

Earth is the element of manifestation.  It is the power of practical
wisdom and the structure that sustains our growth.  Earth connects
us to the organized pattern of the mundane world.  It is the reality
of everyday existence.  It is the routines and rituals that make us real.

Air is the element of communication.  It is the power of perception and
the medium of mental expansion.  Air is the element of inspiration.
It is the creative force of the intellect expressing the mind of humankind.

Spirit is the element of the eternal.  It is the force that transcends
form and the power that prevades the All.  Spirit transmutes all energy
into matter and returns it to energy once again.  It is the many vibrational
frequencies of life.
 
 

My Favorite Goddess

Brigid- (Briget, Biddy, Bride, Bridey) The triple Goddess of poetry, smithcraft
and healing, represents the true Muse, the White Goddess of inspiration.
She is the daughter of the Dagda and the heiress to many of the qualities
of the Danu, mother of all the Celtic gods of Nature.
Brigid is an ancient goddess of the Gaelic Celts.  She is also referred to as
Brigantia by the Brythonic Celts.  Her worship survived into modern
times reflected in the perpetuation of her name, in a new form, as St. Brigid.
Some feel that the real person who became known as St. Brigid was originally
a priestess of the old ways in reverent service to Brigid the Triune Goddess.
Regardless of the form she takes, her inspirational power remains
the spiritual fire of creativity for all Celts.  The nine fires of perpetual
wisdom that celebrate Brigid continued to brun in Ireland until the invasion
of the Normans.  Now these flames burn within the creative hearts and minds
of poets and warriors of spirit in modern times.

Go HERE for more good info on Brigid

Items good to have during a ritual:

Dagger, Pentacle, Incense, Cauldron, Candles, Sword (not necessary) water in chalice
Wine in chalice, and a wand.  All this should be on your altar for the ritual.  The
more things you make yourself (ie: Wand) the more of your own energy they contain
and the more effective it will be to use.

Seasonal Rituals

Ancestor Night or Feast of the Dead (Samhain and Halloween)
October 31st or the first full moon of Scorpio.

Winter Solstice (Druid name: Alban Arthuan also called Yule)
December 21st or 22nd (22nd this year 99')

Imbolc (Also Brigantia, Imbolg and Candlemas)
February 1st of the first full moon of Aquarius
(Festival of the Goddess Brigid!!)

Spring Equinox (Alban Eiler - Druids name)
Around March 21s
Roughly related to the Christian Easter

Beltane (Lady Day and May Day)
May 1st of the first full moon of Taurus
Time of the Horned God and the Lady of the Greenwood

Summer Solstice (Alban Heruin - Druid name)
Around June 22nd
Rededication to the Great Goddess and the Great God

Lughnassadh (Lunasa)
August 1st of the first full moon of Leo
Turning point of Mother Earth's year

Autumn Equinox (Alban Elved - Druid name)
Around September 21st
Balance of light and dark.  Completion

This completes my Celtic and Wiccan page.