BROOMSTRAW

“And didn’t she take a straw and check to see if the cake was done. Didn’t I see her do that? It’s witchcraft is what it is. How in all of nature can a broom straw predict if a cake is done.”

“There’s dough on the straw if the cake is not done. It’s a testing is all.”

“Science then and what’s worse… But I still think it witchcraft. The cake tasted of strawberries and honeycomb and it the middle of winter. And she divined it with a broom straw.”

Monday, February 24, 2014

OGHAM

OGHAM SCRIPT


Memorization: Create a sentence for each group of letters using words that begin with the letter you want to remember, in the proper order for the placement of the letters.

BLFV-SN: Beauty Lives For Varied-Sunless Nights.

HDTC-KQ: Heaven Drinks Time’s Celestial-Kisses Quick.

MGNgZ-StR: Mystic Gurus Negotiate Zen-Star Reasoning. Or: Moon Goddess, Night Goddess, Zen Star Reigns,

AOU-WEI-Y: Ancient Ones Unite-With Earth’s Inspirations, YES!

OGHAM SCRIPT

B             Beithe     Birch
L              Luis        Rowan
F-V          Fearn      Alder
S              Saille       Willow
N             Nion       Ash
H             Huath     Hawthorn
D             Duir        Oak
T             Tinne      Holly
C-K         Coll         Hazel
Q             Queirt     Apple
M            Muin      Vine
G             Gort        Ivy
NG          nGetal     Broom
Z-St        Straiph   Blackthorn
R             Ruis        Elder
A             Ailm        Fir
O             Ohn        Furze
U-W       Ur            Heather
E              Eadhadh                Aspen
I, Y          Idhadh   Yew


OGHAM
Begin learning Ogham by writing in your journal using Ogham script. The letters are divided into groups of five and may be written left to right or bottom to top of your page. (If you were to pick up a horizontal line of Ogham and turn it vertical, the right hand side of the line would be at the top.) You will notice there are many English letters that are not used in this particular branch of Ogham. Other versions exist which add five letters more. These are:

 (B may used to represent P and G may represent J).


OGHAM Divination

Birch:               cleansing, beginnings
Rowan: protection against enchantment
Alder:               A message is looking for you. Listen.
Willow: Night vision, feminine
Ash:                 Linking the two worlds

Hawthorn:        Catharsis, protection, restraint
Oak:                 Doorway, strength
Holly:               Active protection, Vigor, blance
Hazel:               Poetry, divination, mediation
Apple:              Choose, hide, use discretion


Vine:                Instinct, inner development
Ivy:                   collective unconscious, assist others
Reed:               skill, direction, direct action
Blackthorn:       negative viewpoint, clinging brings harm
Elder:               Renew, cycles, change, new life in death


Silver Fir:          Big picture, clear sight, in tune
Furze:               Collecting skills, coming together
Heather:           Look within, healing     
White Poplar:  strengthen your shield, don’t fear

Yew:                Remembering past lives, fresh vigor, rebirth

For those who don’t wish to add these additional newer Ogham forms, you may substitute: B may used to represent P and G may represent J). 

Another version uses a series of dots for the vowels (AOUE and I). These dots are set up the same as the notches above, one dot for A, two dots for O and so on.

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