“Ogma, much skilled in dialects and poetry, as proof of his intellect, invented Ogham for signing secret speech known only to the learned, to the exclusion of rustics and herdsmen.”
The Ogham were also used for grave marker inscriptions, property markers and message/warnings between warriors. Another use of Ogham was in Magical inscriptions upon objects. It is thought that the Filidh carved Ogham upon their wands and staffs for Magical as well as memory aiding purposes (examples have also been found of wands carved with spirals).
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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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