The Scholar's Grove - Balor or Balar in Irish Mythology

The Scholar's Grove, our new Academia  sharing project .

Articles thesis and more from young and old scholars that have been so kind to offer their efforts as (free) PDF downloads on the World Wide Web. Covering most often historic events myths legends tales poems and Dindsenchas  /  Seanchaithe .
 That we feel would be of interest to Pagans Heathens and Druid.


We will try and keep a one subject per blog often starting with a bit from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to set our stage.

As we add new article links and comments we will be using the push down stack approach where newest article is on top just under this introduction to project.  We also will switching Blogs / subjects back and forth to try and keep things interesting. please leave any comments on the thread announcing each new shared article.

Yes you will have to use the download link for each PDF yourself for many reasons.

As we add new article links and comments we will be using the push down stack approach where newest article is on top just under this introduction to project.  We also will switching Blogs / subjects back and forth to try and keep things interesting. please leave any comments on the thread announcing each new shared article.

A yes you will have to use the download link for each PDF yourself for many reasons.

PS
If you see an ad with blog and click on it, it puts a few pennies in the Feed the Cats Kiddy! Which we really need.
TDK

Subject: Balor

>> In Irish mythology, Balor (modern spelling: Balar) was king of the Fomorians, a group of supernatural beings. He is often described as a giant with a large eye in his forehead that wreaks destruction when opened. He has been interpreted as a god or personification of drought and blight. <<
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor
PS the whole Wiki is worth a read first!




The ARTICLES:

1)
Oral Tradition, 7/1 (1992):143-149
The Combat of Lug and Balor:
Discourses of Power in Irish Myth and Folktale

By Joan N. Radner
http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/7i/10_radner.pdf





References:

Old Irish and other Terms I have used .
http://hoodoo-vodou-druido-grove.blogspot.com/2014/03/old-irish-terms-i-have-used.html

What is Druid Today ?

Of Course each has Her His or their Orders's own definitions.

Some have one that is fuzzy and in a fog.

Others Crystal Clear and diamond hard.

Few Druids agree on much at all.

So should you find mine harsh.

Fear not at all.

Walk your way.

Live your day.

Your own sweet way.


For me, an old and Unreformed Techno-Druid.

This is what I feel mine should be.

One whose's Heart beats always to the song of Pagan Pagus.

One who walks with the old Gods and Goddesses in respectful Ghosti yet fearless

One who walks in Gwynfyd with the Gwynfydolion yet serves in Midgard.

One that carries their burden Geasa with wisdom and will.

One that walks in good Ghosti with all of nature and they are Anam Cara to each other.

One that wields the  slat an draoichta and Ár nDraíocht Féin without fear yet to the greater good even if it calls harm to those that need control.

One that acts in true Ghosti Host yet is the ever reclusive Ollamh Fodhla to the children of Humanity.

And last one the walks the ancient ways of the ley and soul is ever stained with the tannen with spirit and wisdom of the Great Oak.

TDK / The Druid King 

References:

1) http://thedruidking.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-is-pagan-druids-view.html

2) http://hoodoo-vodou-druido-grove.blogspot.com/2014/03/old-irish-terms-i-have-used.html


PS
If you see an ad with blog and click on it, it puts a few pennies in the Feed the Cats Kiddy! Which we really need.
TDK

In the Runic Year of 2264

Copyright 11-11-2014 by George King

The Scholar's Grove - Balor or Balar in Irish Mythology

The Scholar's Grove, our new Academia  sharing project .

Articles thesis and more from young and old scholars that have been so kind to offer their efforts as (free) PDF downloads on the World Wide Web. Covering most often historic events myths legends tales poems and Dindsenchas  /  Seanchaithe .
 That we feel would be of interest to Pagans Heathens and Druid.


We will try and keep a one subject per blog often starting with a bit from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to set our stage.

As we add new article links and comments we will be using the push down stack approach where newest article is on top just under this introduction to project.  We also will switching Blogs / subjects back and forth to try and keep things interesting. please leave any comments on the thread announcing each new shared article.

Yes you will have to use the download link for each PDF yourself for many reasons.

As we add new article links and comments we will be using the push down stack approach where newest article is on top just under this introduction to project.  We also will switching Blogs / subjects back and forth to try and keep things interesting. please leave any comments on the thread announcing each new shared article.

A yes you will have to use the download link for each PDF yourself for many reasons.

PS
If you see an ad with blog and click on it, it puts a few pennies in the Feed the Cats Kiddy! Which we really need.
TDK

Subject: Balor

>> In Irish mythology, Balor (modern spelling: Balar) was king of the Fomorians, a group of supernatural beings. He is often described as a giant with a large eye in his forehead that wreaks destruction when opened. He has been interpreted as a god or personification of drought and blight. <<
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor
PS the whole Wiki is worth a read first!




The ARTICLES:

1)
Oral Tradition, 7/1 (1992):143-149
The Combat of Lug and Balor:
Discourses of Power in Irish Myth and Folktale

By Joan N. Radner
http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/7i/10_radner.pdf





References:

Old Irish and other Terms I have used .
http://hoodoo-vodou-druido-grove.blogspot.com/2014/03/old-irish-terms-i-have-used.html

Adders Snakes and Druids

Adders Snakes and Druids:

By George King on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 7:33am

Adders Snakes and Druids:

You will hear (read) at times me and other Druids refer to themselves or ancient Druids as Adders (a kind of Snake).

There are many references to Snakes and old Celtic Gods and Goddesses, also Druids having a special relationship with them. I will only go into one here that I often use. As it seems many Neo Druids still have the Christian phobia of snakes even as they walk the Druid's Woods.

>> Ref 1 In a poem of Taliessin, translated by Davies, in his Appendix No. 6, is the following enumeration of a Druid's

"I am a Druid; I am an architect; I am a prophet; I am a serpent" (Gnadr).From the word "Gnadr" is derived "adder," the name of a species of snake. Gnadr was probably pronounced like "adder" with a nasal aspirate.

 “Ophiolatreia” is a interesting read and has a section on Druids and their special relationships to snakes.

“Ophiolatreia”The Rites and mysteries connected with the origin, rise, and development of serpent worship in various parts of the world, enriched with interesting traditions, and a full description of the celebrated serpent mounds & temples, the whole forming an exposition of one of the phases of phallic, or sex worship.|By (Anonymous) [1889]


Here is a free Download link to it!http://archive.org/details/ophiolatreiaacco00nppr


Moon Rising

TDK

The "Beyond Weird" Celtic Books and Tales Download List

The "Beyond Weird" Celtic Books and Tales List

http://www.beyondweird.com/magick/neu/celt/index.htm A very nice place


Beyond Weird

 Legends and Sagas  England Ireland  Wales  Scotland  Brittany  Manx  Fairies  General  Links Some of these books and texts are translations of Celtic legends and sagas; others are retellings of the material, folklore, or literary works based on Celtic themes. During the 19th and early 20th Century there was a resurgence of interest in the folklore of Ireland, Wales and Scotland. This was reflected in a huge amount of literature based on the rich Celtic mythopoetic heritage, most of it very faithful to the original material, some in a more modern voice.A good number of these files were originally scanned by Phillip Brown for his (now defunct) Celtic Folklore website. These are indicated by [PB].Celtic Midi files Music to listen to while you read Celtic folklore.IrelandThe Voyage of Branby Meyer Kuno [1895]Old Irish saga of a voyage to the pagan Celtic otherworld, with parallel English and Gaelic. The Second Battle of Mag Tuired (Cath Maige Tuired) This Irish saga, first written down in the ninth Century A.D. is an account of the epic battle between the mythical Tuatha De Danann and Fomoire for Ireland. It has deep roots in Indo-European mythology, told with Homeric grace and bawdy humor. There are many allusions to ancient pre-Christian Celtic traditions. The Cattle-Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cúailnge) The Cattle-Raid of Cooley is the central epic of the Ulster cycle. It tells of the great Irish hero, Cuchulain of Ulster, and his battle against the forces of Queen Medb of Connaught. The Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelTranslated by Whitely Stokes [1910] Heroic Romances of Ireland (2 Vols.). by A. H. Leahy [1905-6]Includes the Courtship of Etain, the Boar of Mac Datho, the Sickbed of Cuchulain, and the five "Tains" or Cattle-Forays, including the bizarre Tain bo Regamna, The Apparition of The Great Queen to Cuchulain. This etext has been submitted to Project Gutenberg.Lady Augusta Gregory was a close collaborator with W.B. Yeats, the Irish poet and mystic. These three books are her retellings of Irish mythology and folklore, and are among the best of the genre. Cuchulain of Muirthemne by Lady Gregory [1902] [PB] Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory [1904] [PB] A Book of Saints and Wonders by Lady Gregory [1906] [PB] Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland by Lady Gregory [1920] [PB] Yeats IndexFairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry    Edited and Selected by W. B. Yeats [1888] The Celtic Twilight by W.B. Yeats [1893 and 1902]   This short book of essays by Yeats is a must-read. In The Seven Woods by W. B. Yeats [1903]   This is a short book of poetry and a play by Yeats on Irish mythological themes. Later Poems by W. B. Yeats [1922]   Some of Yeats' best known poetry. Legends and Stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover [1831, 1834] [PB]   An early 19th century collection of comic Irish short stories. The Irish Sketch-book by William Makepeace Thackeray [1845] [PB]   A travelogue of Ireland of the 1840s, not much in the way of folklore, but good background information. Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde [1887] [PB]   A volumnious collection of Irish folklore, including folk magic, not all of it authoritative. Myths and Folklore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin [1890] [PB] Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy [1891] [PB]   A huge collection of Irish folklore and legends, up through Christian times. The Aran Islands by John M. Synge [1907] [PB]   A travelogue of the Aran Islands with beautiful woodcut illustrations. Celtic Wonder Tales by Ella Young [1910] [PB] Beside the Fire by Douglas Hyde [1910] [PB]   A scholarly collection of Irish folk stories. The Preface of this book reviews many of the books included on this page. The Crock of Gold by James Stephens [1912] [PB]   This is a novel based on Irish folklore. In Wicklow and West Kerry by John M. Synge [1912] [PB]   A travelogue of rural Ireland at the turn of the 19th Century The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum [1916] [PB] The Druid Path by Marah Ellis Ryan [1917]   This is a collection of short stories set in ancient and modern Ireland by an American author. The Candle of Vision by AE (George William Russell) [1918]Essays on Celtic mysticism. Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens [1920] [PB] WalesThe Mabinogion Lady Charlotte Guest, tr. [1877]   The Mabinogion is a group of Welsh tales from the Red Book of Hergest, a 14th Century manuscript maintained at Jesus College, Oxford. The Four Ancient Books of Walesby William F. Skene [1868]This is the only available translation of the complete corpus of Welsh Bardic poetry. Prolegomena to the Study of Old Welsh Poetryby Edward Anwyl [1903] The Gododdin Poems   from The Four Ancient Books of Wales by William F. Skene [1868] British Goblins by Wirt Sikes [1881] [PB]   Despite the title, this book is actually a study of Welsh fairy folklore. The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas [1907] [PB]   A collection of Welsh legends and folktales for young readers. Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx By John Rhys [1900] [PB] The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg, Vol. I [1862]The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg, Vol. II [1874]J. Williams Ab Ithel (editor) Vol. I [1862]A visionary reconstruction of the Druidic and Bardic tradition, which had a huge influence on the modern Celtic and neo-Pagan revival. Or a notorious forgery, you decide...ScotlandCarmina Gadelica, Volume ICarmina Gadelica, Volume IIby Alexander Carmicheal [1900].Prayers, invocations, blessings and charms, in English and Gaelic, from the Western Isles of Scotland. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child [1882-1898].This is the motherlode of ballad collections, including many variations on each ballad. Popular Tales of the West Highlands by J. F. Campbell. [1890]This is a four-volume comprehensive sourcebook of Scottish folklore. The Poems of Ossian by James Macpherson [1773] Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales by Sir George Douglas [1773] Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend by Donald Alexander Mackenzie [1917] Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland by Walter Gregor [1881] BrittanyLegends and Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence [1917]Folk Tales of Brittany by Elsie Masson [1929, Copyright not renewed]ManxThe Phynodderree and Other Legends of the Isle of Man by Edward Callow [1882] The Folk-Lore of the Isle of Man by A.W. Moore [1891] Traces of the Norse Mythology in the Isle of Man by P.M.C. Kermode [1904] Celtic FairiesThese are texts and studies about Celtic fairies, elves, and other supernatural creatures (as opposed to fairytales, which are a different matter altogether). Some of the books listed here are listed elsewhere on this page.The Secret Common-Wealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies By Robert Kirk, 'Comment' by Andrew Lang [1893]   This monograph, originally written in 1691, is a classic of Scottish fairy folklore, and this etext was scanned from a very rare first printing of the Lang edition. Fairy Legends and Traditions by Thomas Crofton Croker [1825] [PB] A Peep at the Pixies by Anna Eliza Bray; Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne [1854]. [PB] The Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley [1870]. [PB] British Goblins by Wirt Sikes [1881] [PB]   Despite the title, this book is actually a study of Welsh fairy folklore. The Phynodderree and Other Legends of the Isle of Man by Edward Callow [1882] Tales of the Dartmoor Pixies by William Crossing [1890]. [PB] The Science of Fairy Tales by Edwin Sidney Hartland [1891]. [PB] Tales of Fairies and of the Ghost World by Jeremiah Curtin [1895] [PB] The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz [1911] [PB]   This is a serious study of Fairy folklore and mythology, with an ethnographic approach. This was the first book by Evans-Wentz, who later went on to translate many of the books of Tibetean Buddhism. Fairies by Gertrude M. Faulding [1913]. [PB] The Coming of the Fairies by Arthur Conan Doyle [1922]A study of the famous Cottingley fairy photographs, by the creator of Sherlock Holmes. General StudiesCeltic Myth and Legend by Charles Squire [1905]A comprehensive treatment of Irish, Welsh, and British mythology, from the ancient pagan pantheons up to the Arthurian legends. The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch [1911] Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs [1892] [PB] More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs [1894] [PB] Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race by Thomas Rolleston [1911] [PB] On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold [1867] [PB] A Book of Folklore by Sabine Baring-Gould [1913] [PB] Tom Tit Tot, An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk-Tale by Edward Clodd [1898] [PB] 

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>>The sole purpose of this website is to provide the largest on-line library of ancient texts in the world. This includes, but is not limited to, religious, metaphysical, mythological, philosophical, and historical texts.

Currently, there are many websites on the web that contain specialized ancient texts such as www.sacred-texts.com . It is my dream that these texts, which are in the public domain, can all be brought together in one place so you, the reader, can easily get the material you're seeking. It is a massive undertaking, one that will undoubtedly take many years to complete. Besides compiling what's readily available, there is still much work to be done in translating and transcribing those texts which are still housed in libraries such as the S.Liddell MacGregor Matthews library, and L'Arsenal de Bibliotheque in Paris, France. We hope to be able to send a team of translators to such places to continue the work, there.

We have several hundred texts and documents waiting to be coded. There's just a smattering of texts, online, at the moment, (about 2,000). Many of these texts have been transcribed, scanned, and formatted by www.sacred-texts.com as well as many others whose links you will find at the tops of various pages. I am extremely thankful that these people have been kind enough to present their work to the public for non-commercial use, and to those who have allowed us to use their copyrighted material. If you would like to contribute e-texts to us, or have comments about the site, please write to us at texts@ancienttexts.org.<<

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Adapa and the Food of Life The Adventures of Art son of Conn The Adventure of the Churlish Clown in the Grey-Drab Coat The Adventures of Connla The Adventures of Nera, or, the Cattle-Raid of Angen The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon Alcibiades 1 Apology Arthur and the Eagle Ath Cliath Cualann: Dublin The Auguries of the Year The Battle of Cen Abrad The Battle of Magh Mucrama The Battle of the Trees Beowulf The Beheading of John the Baptist by Mogh Ruith Bend Boirche Bile Tortan Bhagavad Gita The Birth of Aedh Slaine The Birth of Conchobhar The Birth of Cormac, Version 2 The Birth of Cú Chulainn The Black Book of Carmarthen Boand: the Boyne River The Book of Aneurin The Book of Enoch The Book of Invasions: Irish Texts Society The Book of Taliesin The Book of Invasions: The Book of Leinster Version The Boyhood Deeds of CuChulainn (Hull,Eleanor,Standish Hayes O' Grady trans.,The Cuchullin Saga,(London 1898),pp.135-154.) The Boyhood Deeds of Cú Chulainn (Tom Cross and Harris Slover. NY: Barnes and Noble, 1996. reprint.) The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn Branwen Daughter of Llyr Brugh na Bóinne: Newgrange Carn Mail The Cattle-Raid of Fraech The Cattle-Raid of Regamna The Cattle-Raid of Regamon The Cause of the Battle of Cnucha Celibe Charmides The Code of Hammurabi Cnogba: Knowth The Colloquy of the Two Sages Corpus Hermetica Cratylus Critias Crith Gabhlach: An Early Legal Poem Crito Culhwch and Olwen The Death of Celtchar The Death of Conchobar The Death of Cormac mac Airt The Death of Cuchulain The Death of Crimthann The Death of Cynddylan The Death of Dermot The Death of Drudwas The Death of Fionn The Death of Maelgwn Gwynedd, The Death of Muircertach mac Erca The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages The Debility of the Ulstermen The Descent of Ishtar Into the Lower World The Descent of the Men of the North The Destruction of Dind Rig The Disappearance of Caenchomrac The Dream of Maxen The Dream of Oengus The Dream of Rhonabwy The Driving of Flidais' Cattle The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred Dubad: Dowth Egyptian Book of the Dead(The Book of Coming Forth) Emerald Tablet The Enchanted Cave of Keshcorran EnumaElish The Enumeration of Finn's People Eo Rossa, Eo Mugna Epic of Gilgamesh The Executioner of John the Baptist The Fairy-Palace of the Rowan Trees The Fate of the Children of Lir The Fate of the Children of Turenn Finn and the Man in the Tree The Five Munsters The Fosterage of the House of Two Milk-pails The Frenzy of Conn Gereint and Enid Gorgias Grianan an Aileach The Heroic Birth of Cormac, Version 1 The Hiding of the Hill of Howth How Finn Found Knowledge How Ronan Slew His Son The Hills of Tlachtga The History of Taliesin The History of Peredur The Instructions of King Cormac Ion The Juvencus Englynion King March's Ears King Urien and Modron Laches Laeghaire mac Crimthann’s visit to the fairy realm Lebor Gabala Errin(Book of Invasions)Lesser Hippias The Life of St. Kieran The Little Brawl at the Hill of Almhain Lludd and Lleuelys Lysis Mabinogion Magh Sleacht: The Plain of Adoration, or, Cromh Cruach Melwas and Gwenhyvar Version One Melwas and Gwenhyfer Version Two Manawyddan son of Llyr Math son of Mathonwy Mide Myrddin Wyllt Nas The North Britain Triads Nynniaw and Peibaw The Ode of the Months The Ogham Tract from the Leabhar Baile an Mhota The Tract on the Kingship of Ireland Cormac's Glossary The Fitness of Names On the Loss of a Pet GooseThe Heavy Hosting of Guaire Owain, or, the Lady of the Fountain The Panegyric of Cormac mac Airt and the Death of Finn The Peniarth 54 Triads The Phantom Chariot of Cú Chulainn The Phantom's Frenzy, or, the Vision of Conn the Hundred-Fighter Pwyll Lord of Dyfed The Quarrel of Arthur and Huail, and the Death of Huail ap Caw The Quarrel of Rhun ap Maelgwn and Elidir Mwynfawr The Questions of Catwg the Wise The Raid for Dartaid's Cattle Rath Crinna Rath Mor of Mag Line The Red Book of Hergest (including Guest's Mabinogion, the Triads, and poetry) The Red Book of Hergest Triads Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Rule of Cormac mac Culennan The Second Battle of Magh Turedh Sephir Yetzirah The Settling of the Manor of Tara The Seven Evils The Shadow-House of Lugh (poem) Sinend: the Shannon River The Shepherd of Myddfai Slaine St. Collen and Gwyn ap Nudd The Stanza on Mabon ap Modron's Grave The Stanza on Merlin's Grave The Stanzas of Wise Sayings The Story of Aedh Baclamh Tailtiu: The Fair of Teltown The Tale of Liban the Mermaid and the Death of Eochaid The Tale of the Ordeals: Cormac's Adventures in the Land of PromiseTales of Mongan Temhair: Tara Hill The Testament of Morann The Three Drinking-horns of Cormac ua Cuinn The Tidings of Conchobar son of Ness The Tidings of Moshaulum Tlachtga Tonn Clinda The Tragic Death of Connla, or, the Death of Aoife's Only Son The Tragic Death of Cu Roi mac Dairi The Tragic Death of Fergus mac Leide Treatise on the Emerald Tablet Trystan and Esyllt The Twenty-Four Knights of King Arthur's Two Poems of Columbcille Umall Upanishads The Voyage of Bran mac Febral; The Wooing of Becfola The Wooing of Emer The Wooing of Etain The Yew Tree of the Disputing Sons and the Decision as to Cuchulain's Sword

Druids Demons Knowledge Currency Power

In  29 years working in Telecommunications with Siemens and Nokia. In ATE engineering at Sensormatic,  In Pulmonary Research at Mt Sinai Hospital (Miami Beach Fl.), At American District Telegraph, USMC (Vietnam 60's) Racal Milgo, Milgo Electronic  and many more companies.

A very clear message always played true. Knowledge and access to Knowledgeable people if carefully controlled misered, released mostly to those above your position was the real key to Power Success and Promotions.

It made no difference if you already possessed it or could just extract it from others. Those that played knowledge well gained, those that shared freely , often preemptively  and to the point of excess of a situations needs.  Lost on just stayed rooted where they were like a Cow on at Rope tied to the Sucker Tree.

It has been said that in the World of the Dominion of Demons, knowledge is coin of their Realm.

Clearly this is also true in the World of Business, Science, Industry and Politics.

So how does this fit the Druid's Woods you ask.  Clearly ancients Druids had the Knowledge of the Times. Used it well and shared with very few its sources and bounty.

Make those that would posses it learn the hard ways and join the very private circle or cast.
Forbid the blanket sharing of it but encouraged it selling on a Just in Time to paying Customer, Toutas, Kings or even the Gods.

And yes most of us bemoan the great loss by our ancient selves the pool of Druidic Knowledge, yet we must have been an active part of its protection and in the end, its final losses .

So today is our most open and giving ways also cause of our lack of great institutions,  successful and respected employment of our arcane crafts  and our Elders in Beggers Robes when older and heath or usefulness in societies other jobs turns its back on them?

Seems to me the Demons had it right along.  What say you ?


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Babel Risen

TDK / The Druid King

Copyright George King September 23, 2014



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My UPG Druidic Signs Greeting and Nemetonic Space Rituals

Here I will share some Formal and informal Hand signing greeting and creation of Nemetonic Space for Ritual or other uses.

Starting with the simple Greeting sign of first three fingers down in an Awen like sigil . Indicating one is a Druid and recognizes the gifts of Awen from Summerland and our ancient Oak,  Leys, Gods / Goddesses, Fae, our own ancestors and other Otherkin of our very ancient past.

A more Public version of arm and first three fingers up in a agreement sigil or recognizing our own Awen, work and duty to Greater Druidia, Gaia and Summerland.

This will seem fragmented until you read all of it.


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Codes for Sigil positions:

ML: Mouth / Lips

LB: Left Breast or just above it.

RB: Right Breast or just above it.

BBPB: Between Belly Button and Pelvis Bone.

FH: Forehead

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IS / IS
I Seek / I Share

In I Seek, we will see movement LB to RB for I seek (Right brain hemisphere) to (Left brain hemisphere).The I Seek can be seen also as the requestor or student mode.



In I Share, we will see movement RB to LB for I share (Left brain hemisphere) to (Right brain hemisphere).


The I Share the answerer or Teachers mode. Yet when two people meet they can use one or the other and then also reverse them.

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Making a "Druid (Hamarr) Mjölnir"  Hammer Sigil.

I Seek:

With flat of  Left Hand or Fist for more power. Place and move in this order.

1) BBPB

2) ML

3) LB

4) RB

5) ML

In these five movements you have formed the "Druid Hammer Sigil"


I Share:

With flat of  Right Hand or Fist for more power. Place and move in this order.

1) BBPB

2) ML

3) RB

4) LB

5) ML

In these five movements you have formed the "Druid Hammer Sigil"



Sacred Space and casting circles (if you use them).


In calling quarters for Nemetonic space I most often prefer Widdershins starting at:

The East with I Seek Sigil

Then North I Share Sigil

Then West I Seek Sigil

and ending South with I Share Sigil.


See Deosil or Widdershins Witch Way to Turn:
http://hoodoo-vodou-druido-grove.blogspot.com/2014/06/deosil-or-widdershins-witch-way-to-turn.html


Druid or Heathen Hammer Sigil:

The Normal Heathen , Bunor-Thor touching of FH is to me a "Law Met Tet" admission or God of the Head. While correct for Heathens that have Thor as their main or one of main Gods.

This is not so for most Druids and using the ML, speaks of Honor to Lady (Hamarr) Mjölnir and Gods Goddesses but not always subservient worship of them.

I look at using a sigil signing of Lady (Hamarr) Mjölnir in her most spiritual sense.that Wyrd (fate personified) and Orlog (fundamental law) are her Heads while Hamingja (Family Souls or Bloodlines) her fore-haf.  

My UPG

Unverified personal gnosishttp://thedruidking.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-upg.html

UPG from Lady (Hamarr) Mjölnir's  Lullaby of the Gods.
http://druidinmidgard.blogspot.com/2014/09/lullaby-of-gods.html

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Babel Risen

TDK . The Druid King.

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Use in all Druidic Rituals of course is granted. GK

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The Wonderful advantages of "My UPG"
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Unverified personal gnosis (often abbreviated UPG) is the phenomenological concept that an individual's spiritual insights (or gnosis) may be valid for them without beinggeneralizable to the experience of others. It is primarily a neologism used in polytheistic reconstructionism, to differentiate it from ancient sources of spiritual practices.
<< R. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unverified_personal_gnosis

I often write and share concepts or views that if there are "Historical verifiable References" I either  do not know them or bother to share them. Thereby letting the works fall under the category of "UPG"

This is in the  Neo-PHD "Pagan Heathen Druid" world a wonderful thing.

1) It allows the easy Use It or Lose It with out having nagging guilt that someone may know something very very old that you do not but perhaps feel you should. Thereby eliminating a reason to to attack it.

2) If it is UPG and I believe all that we create without direct knowledge of other available sources that we have been exposed to is UPG. Then the road to saying prove it is closed for good.

Yes you can agree or disagree with it , "Take it or Leave It". Even  show other sources that would indicate that this or that is or was not this or that way.

3) But if you expect there are other sources and the UPG was plagiarized, then that to adds perhaps value to it. Remembering we all almost have past lives, some form of Universal Psychic Mind and varying access to the Akashic Records Library. Do you still have your card?

So if you find something I share upsets you and I did not leave reference of others you can attack.
Will chalk it up to UPG, have a drink and feel free to send me some money for for scholarly research in the future. 

Moon Rising
Babel Risen
TDK / The Druid King

My Path when ask.

Old Un-Reformed Techno-Druid and Natural Witch.

 I most often Listen to the Spirit of the First Ancient Oak and Way the Ley across the veils of Time.

 I deal with all Otherkin on a two way Street or the Cross-Roads  

I am Friend to the Otherkins, Fae, dJinn the Loa and Most Gods and Goddesses, but respect their Time and Patience, with Human Kind and UnKind. 

And work in their service for my Price as did the Ancient Druids we once were, Also often Scroll for SummerLand.

TDK

I Believe, UPG and Dogma

Just a note of Observation.

First I am in no way a C.R. "Celtic Reconstructionist", yet I often admire most of their efforts.

Even so Good is where you find it and I would like to Borrow a Page from their ways.

By adding the simple two words (I Believe)  before stating any point of belief that comes across as an absolute fact. Goes a long way in keeping a Moot ot Cauldron's temperature from over heating or looking Dogmatic.

And yes I do fail to do this as often as I should. Sometimes UPG is best to use if one has had special contact but most often we are dealing with personal or even general public conclusions bested on ours or others interpretation of  observed Data.

>>Unverified personal gnosis (often abbreviated UPG) is the phenomenological concept that an individual's spiritual insights (or gnosis) may be valid for them <<

TDK

Monotheistic Three Humped Camel tries get its Nose in the Pagan / Druid Tent.

From X

"As a druid I am learning that all gods are one god, and all goddesses are one goddess. So, all are One, just different aspects of that One. So, to me that means I worship in Monotheistic way. What do you think?""

MY View:

There are many forms of Druid beliefs and we hear this sort of statement  often in Pagan Circles.

But to me it is just a Trolled Meme pushed by Christians.

 Feeling either Guilty for playing Tithing Free Pagans or to intentionally  confuse a true understanding of what Ancient Druids and most Pagan paths knew and communicated directly with.in the past.

 That and these often poised as Gods or  Deities in historic references.

And as there are many definitions in the minds and hearts of Humans as to what is or is not a God Goddess or Deity, this allows the proverbial Monotheistic Humped Camel to get its Nose   in the Pagan / Druid Tent.

TDK  / The Druid King


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel's_nose

ILL WINDS:

The depths of a Druii's True Roots like the great Oak or any tree in the forest of Life are really only tested when times are hard and resources scarce.

Or in the face of Strong and Ill winds of Adversity.

This too is true of real friendship among Men an Fae and on the Path which your true life you did lay.

TDK

(c) George King July 2014

Old Irish Celtic Chakra System

Most are familiar   with or have heard of the Vedic Chakra system.

The Celtic Irish also recorded a system that some feel service the same purpose of human development.

Let us perhaps take a closer view of "The Celtic Irish Chakra System"

As told in the wonder find  most often called " The Cauldron of Poesy"

A most worthy study foe any on their Druid path.


>> During the 7th century CE, an Irish fili or sacred poet composed a poem on one of the mysteries of the Irish wisdom tradition. This poem is preserved in a 16th century manuscript (1), along with the glosses in 11th century language explaining some of its more obscure references. When it was finally "discovered" by modern scholars, it was named "The Cauldron of Poesy" for its references to poetry being created in three internal cauldrons.<<


http://www.ancientmusic.co.uk/files/cauldron_of_poesy.pdf

Cauldron  pictured is:  The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date between 200 BC and 300 AD,


This link has untranslated but there is a font error still may be useful.
http://www.seanet.com/~inisglas/cop1.html

Of Groves and Moots

There are Groves and there are Moots.

A Moot is most often the place for general Druidic discussion, sharing and even learning.

A Grove is also for sharing and learning yet it is much more.

Closer to a Toutas (Tribe) than a Moot, a place of shelter caring and love for its members.

And this requires a deeper understanding of each of us, or needs, what has hurt or helped us and yes mutual protection when a member is under Psychic or heath attack.

So we must understand and accept the need and rights of our fellow Grove Druids to share their pain as well as joy. That is just the cost of being in a Grove instead of a Moot.

Yes there is a comment to each other even in a Face Book Virtual Grove.

Moon Rising

Babel Risen

TDK / The Druid King