Posts tagged celtic tradition
Spirit Animals and Fetishes

Shamanic practice in its many forms include animals as spirit guides for a particular journey as well as guides that stay with you for life. Totems or fetishes are the physical representation of that animal that evokes the message of hope, support, and specific strengths a person can rely upon when needed.

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Christ in the Guise of the Stranger

The Celtic tradition of hospitality, the welcoming of strangers, seems important to lift up not just because it is Christmas time but because the world right now is so fractured.  We are experiencing a new wave of tribalism based on fear and hate of the other. While Celtic tribes fought against invaders and sometimes among their own tribes, their centering beliefs were…

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