Table of Contents
Contents
Prayer to Ogma.
Introduction
The ogham alphabet
Textual sources.
Mythological sources.
Nemeton: the sacred grove in antiquity.
The goddess Nemetona and the divine couple.
Into the Forest.
Exercise: learning the land.
Exercise: Aligning with an individual tree.
Spirit Vision
Exercise: Basic Shamanic journey - The Otherworld Forest and the inner tree spirit ally.
The inner grove.
Exercise: The guardian and the inner grove.
Energy raising.
Exercise: Earth Energy raising.
Exercise: drawing energy from above.
Offerings.
The Ogham Trees
The aicme of beith
birch,
rowan
alder
willow
ash
The aicme of huath
hawthorn
oak
holly
hazel
apple
The aicme of muin
blackberry
ivy
broom, fern
blackthorn
elder
The aicme of ailm
Scots pine
gorse
heather
aspen
yew.
The Forfeda.
White poplar
Spindle
Honeysuckle
Gooseberry
Witch Hazel / Beech
Climbing the world tree: the ogham as a spiritual quest.
Ogham staves and wands
Gathering the wood.
Charging and blessing the wood.
Wand charging and blessing.
Using a wand.
Drawing ogham spirit sigils.
Combination oghams
Ogham divination.
Preparing for divination.
Framing the question.
Single ogham stave reading. A message from the gods.
Three ogham reading, the world tree.
Five ogham stave reading. The Celtic cross.
Open ogham reading
Open ogham reading- Fionns Window.
Fionns window circle ceremony
Tree charms crafts and spells and potions.
Birch besom.
Rowan berry charm bracelet
Rowan red thread cross
Alder shield
Hawthorn charm bag to ease an aching heart.
Oak and acorn spell.
Holly king holly wreath
Blackberry money charm.
Elderflower anointing water.
Heather goddess poppet.
Ogham vibrational essences
Ogham Tree Tinctures.
Conclusion.
Appendix- the ogham and the correspondences at a glance.
Bibliography
Index
