“Fear cannot be where knowledge is. There is no danger where there is light.”
James Stephens
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“Air” means East in Old Irish and “airtherach” means the front of the head or the “perceiving intelligence.” The Celts determined directions by facing East in the morning. South was to the Right and North was to the left. West was then behind. Sacred space was entered from the West to the East, so that one was facing the direction wherein new beginnings occurred.
Positive Magicks were worked “ sunwise,” called “deasal” (to the righthand side). Banishing Magicks were worked to the lefthandside or “tuathal.” This motion was “against the Sun.” All of this is relative motion. To bring power from the Sky one would “honor” the Sun and travel its path. To invoke Power from below, one would travel the way of the Land which is where I think the word “tuathal” gets used. The right side was considered “good, strong, positive, projective and Light.”
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Searles O'Dubhain
Searles O’Dubhain is an American Celtic scholar, writer and story teller who has been practicing Druidry for over 30 years. Searles created ‘The Summerlands’, one of the very first beloved online Celtic pagan communities in the early 90’s. He additionally published ‘Ogham Divination’, that lays a detailed and creative pathway of recreating and discovering the ancient ways of the Druids. This and much more available on his website.
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