Ogham deck

[melady]

Does anyone work with the Ogham cards? I find them really lovely but find the meanings hard to learn. The cards are based around the Celtic meanings of trees.

xx

[Heka]

I can't help you but one day I want to learn about the Ogham

[melady]

Heka,

The Ogham deck I have is by Peter Pracownick and Andy Baggot.

Really beautuful.

Me lady xx

[Stormwatch]

"The Ogham (pronounced owam), or sacred Druidic alphabet, contained hidden secrets for magic and divination. Only the initiated could understand these occult meanings. The ancient Celts had a kinship with trees which is shown in this magical alphabet and in their tree calendar. Further proof of their respect for trees is in the old Celtic word for oak (Duir); the word Derwydd or Duirwydd (oak-seer) was probably the origin of the word Druid.

The Celts believed that many trees where inhabited by spirits or had spirits of their own. This idea most notably applied to any tree with a strong aura around it. They also believed that certain trees had a healing influence on humans. From this ancient respect for the power of trees came the expressions 'touch wood' and 'knock on wood'.

More info on ogham and the celtic tree calendar can be found here www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic/tree.html . It is one of those things that takes time to learn but if you instead of looking at the whole thing take one symbol/letter at a time and look at it in detail and then move on to the next one and feel free to ask any questions. ?/|\

[melady]

Thanks Stormwatch!

That looks like a really good site and makes things a lot clearer

Me lady xx

[Heka]

Ill look it up!