The real magic has come from sitting with the Ogham symbol and the tree/plant itself. I’m sure that I will continue to experiment with this technique and adapt it as other things in my practice change, but right now it serves as my Truthbomb divination. There is so much to be gained from reading the Ogham fews in relation to you and each other based on where they fall. The first few times I tried this technique I was blown away. For these readings I open ritual space in my usual way and throw the Ogham on a special page (seen in the video) in my Book of Awen. If I have a particular situation or question in mind that I’d like wisdom from my ancestors, I will also use the Ogham. But sometimes something new sticks out to me or I use a different resource and learn something new. Mostly because the librarian (once a librarian, always a librarian) in me enjoys the “research” part of study. I still look up the “meanings” sometimes as I get ready for the week. As I was learning the Ogham I would even record the different ways I saw that Ogham in my day. This means I see the message and symbol every day on the day that it is intended for. Then I pull an Ogham few for each day of the work week, Monday through Friday, and record it in my planner. Instead, I just slowly built up a flow of conversation and respect.Įach week, usually on Sunday, I read and work on the practices in one Gwersi from OBOD. I never slept with it under my pillow or consecrated it. Occasionally, I’ll leave a few out on my altar or use one in a spell if I need a good dose of tree magic. My Ogham set is kept in the bag that it came in near my altar or in my crane bag when it’s not in use. I thought that it might be helpful to others working with Ogham to hear a bit about what my practice looks like when it comes to this incredible tool. Although, if I’ve been neglectful in putting the wisdom shared with me into practice then my set of Ogham holds nothing back and tells me over and over again what it wants me to know. It’s usually pretty kind to me and speaks gently when I need it to. I have an easy relationship with my Ogham set. I have a set from an etsy shop where the symbols are burned into the branches of the actual trees themselves. Ogham is my divination tool of choice these days. I found this approach much more inspiring and dove into reading and studying Ogham through a new lens. One used as a divination tool and included a harsh look at the historical or not so historical use of trees in the Celtic culture of the ancients. Many years later I finally came across a different version of Ogham. This was lots of fun but not very useful and encouraged no real relationship with the trees of the Ogham other than a few facts about your own. The version I saw gave it zodiac-esq meanings making you feel that you had a special tree self inside of you based on when you were born. It usually splits the year into 13 months and associates a single Ogham tree to each of these sections. I’m sure you’ve all seen a version somewhere. One of the first things I came across as a fledgling Pagan was the Celtic Tree Calendar.
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