“The father of Ogham is Ogma, the mother of Ogham is the hand or knife of Ogma.”
Book of Ballymote
Cover art antique public domain and all other art by Lunaria Gold
The Ogham Alphabet consists of symbols chosen to represent different types of trees, sounds, ideas and images from ancient Druidic lore. The Irish God of Eloquence, Ogma, was said to have invented Ogham as a “proof of his ingenuity….” The Irish God Manannán Mac Lir was said to have provided the additional symbols representing the Sea and other abstractions, called the “Crane Bag” (this group is also known as the Forfedha).. Each tree or abstraction in the Ogham Alphabet has special Magical properties, as does its corresponding symbol. Before I get into the esoteric uses of Ogham, let’s see how it is written.
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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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