I will begin again with the stories, though I fear I am drawing out a thing unfinished, moving still in half-light... Age continues with its backward glances, with all its ghosts, and one layer of stone settles on another.
- Leanne O'Sullivan, from 'Cailleach: The Hag of Beara'
Reading Ogam is a bardic art, a poetic endeavour. Word-Ogam associations are keys to a journey into myth.
Uath: fear
Nin: establishing of peace
Ur: the shroud of the lifeless
nGetal: slaughter
Coll: the Hazel tree
Nin: establishing of peace
Ur: the shroud of the lifeless
nGetal: slaughter
Coll: the Hazel tree
My Ogam readings draw largely from the traditional sources (such as the 'kennings') and Irish myths, as well as from my own imbas (personal inspiration). I sometimes also draw on the tree lore. Each Ogam letter is associated with words or symbols, its associations coming from mythology and poetry. My readings are rooted in Gaelic myth, Otherworldly symbols, and the world of the gods, spirits and ancestors.
Ogam Resources
Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom by Erynn Rowan Laurie
The Poet's Ogam: A Living Magical Tradition by John-Paul Patton
The Word Ogam (Bríatharogam)
The Ogam Tract - 7th-12th century Ogam source from the Auraicept na N-Éces
History of Ogam as writing
Ogam stones in Ireland
Ogam stones in Britain
Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom by Erynn Rowan Laurie
The Poet's Ogam: A Living Magical Tradition by John-Paul Patton
The Word Ogam (Bríatharogam)
The Ogam Tract - 7th-12th century Ogam source from the Auraicept na N-Éces
History of Ogam as writing
Ogam stones in Ireland
Ogam stones in Britain