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* You have tremendous insight into the psychology of others.
* Your understanding of human nature makes you especially perceptive, and potentially a gifted psychic.
* Your abilities tend to be more of an intuitive understanding of the motivation of others.
* You find your highest inspiration in the rhythms of nature.
* You are attracted to beautiful or unusual stones.
* You love a good story, whether it be in the listening or the
telling.
* You are sensitive to both of the polarities that live inside of
you. You naturally understand the concept of androgyny or
unixsexualism, and recognize that you have both masculine and feminine traits.
* Although you may be mentally oriented, you are attracted to sensuality.
* You are a powerful, transformative individual. You realize that in order to bring positive change in our outer world, an idea must first be born within.
Adapted from The Phoenix Cards, by Susan Sheppard (Destiny Books, 1990).
* Your understanding of human nature makes you especially perceptive, and potentially a gifted psychic.
* Your abilities tend to be more of an intuitive understanding of the motivation of others.
* You find your highest inspiration in the rhythms of nature.
* You are attracted to beautiful or unusual stones.
* You love a good story, whether it be in the listening or the
telling.
* You are sensitive to both of the polarities that live inside of
you. You naturally understand the concept of androgyny or
unixsexualism, and recognize that you have both masculine and feminine traits.
* Although you may be mentally oriented, you are attracted to sensuality.
* You are a powerful, transformative individual. You realize that in order to bring positive change in our outer world, an idea must first be born within.
Adapted from The Phoenix Cards, by Susan Sheppard (Destiny Books, 1990).
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Unsu...
Re: Celtic Traits
Tue, November 15, 2005 - 12:28 PMI'd say you forgot the most important ones, the core ethics of honor courage and responsibilty.
Honor is what permeates us, it's part of living a "heroic" morarlity focused on heroism, personal honor and duty to your family and we would rather die then give it up.
Courage runs in our vains and allows us to do what needs doing though it may put our very lives at risk. In a world today where these qualities are in dire need, we must hold more strongly to them for this is what defines us, makes us who we are. We are not a race of etheric pacifists nor
dreaming mystics.
Celtic culture and belief is severely misunderstood because people in the new-age community just cannot accept how practical and simple it is. There is no such thing as "Celtic tarot", "Celtic Astrology" and so on. Celtic culture involves three primary elements- family, agrarian life, and a code of ethics and morals based around honor and piety.
So when reading through the volumes of crap that are on the shelves out there, keep in mind these basic principles and ideologies in mind. It will help you determine what is crap and what is halfway decent.
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Re: Celtic Traits
Tue, November 15, 2005 - 1:26 PMI didn't forget them - I was quoting from the source, that's all.
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Re: Celtic Traits revisited.!
Tue, November 15, 2005 - 3:16 PM
whilst I agree that levels of descrimination are necessary in what you choose to hold true regarding what is out there about the celts.. I feel strongly that you overlook the whole spiritual realm of the celtic tradition namely the duridic tradition with its mystics, bards, poets, and druids.. they did have a 13 month calender which had association with 13 different trees.. they did have their own rituals including the runes, and other rituals which honoured the four directions, and the sacred elements that went with that. (note: these same four elements are powerfully significant to the tarot tradition which is not a new phenomena.)
Yes the Warrior class were powerful, fierce and sometimes obstinate to the last.. they had their place SO also did the Druids, the poets bards and ... it was also the druids who drew brehon law together and oversaw its enforcement..So also did the workers, farmers and ordainary folk..
I find it curious that you speak as tho these traits have persisted down the ages..voicing these qualities as in the present.. the honour of the warrior celts was quite fierce they would not have hesitated to behead an enemy and tie the head to his belt with pride..A re-evaluation of what it means to have honour, courage, and family ties... whilst being true to our awareness of life is vital if the celtic spirit is to evolve.. Although I have very deep and strong roots as an irish person. The truth of who I am is far beyond any tribe I may belong to or may have as my ancestry.... -
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Re: Celtic Traits revisited.!
Tue, November 15, 2005 - 3:22 PMAgain, I'm not overlooking ANYTHING< I posted something cool I found someplace, sheesh.
My bookshelf is practically groaning under the weight of all the various volumes in it about Druidism, in fact, as well as other Celtic traditional elements. -
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Re: Celtic Traits revisited.!
Tue, November 15, 2005 - 3:26 PMoops..eric I did not mean you I meant ruairi
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Unsu...
Re: Celtic Traits revisited.!
Tue, November 15, 2005 - 4:56 PMFirst of all, in traditional Celtic religion there are three basic spheres of Sky, Sea and Land, these are commen of most Indo-European peoples. They are not equivalents of "earth, wind, fire and water" of the Hellenistic Greek world which was later reflected in Gardnerian Wicca and modern neo-paganism.
I don't use the word Spiritual to refer to something that is holistic and more corporeal. Spirituality means something that is exclusive as opposed to inclusive. It reiterates the old flesh/spirit dichotomy of Christianity, dualistic religions and such. The whole notion of the solitary individual without a "tribe" or community to vouch for them and to call home is a totally alien concept to the Gael.
There is no existing evidence on what "druids" were involved in besides performing sacrifices. Piety is simple- each of us is responsible for making prayers, sacrifices when needed, and amends to our Gods on our behalf. We have no mouthpieces who act as intermediaries between us and the Gods, that's is our job. -
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Re: Celtic Traits revisited.!
Thu, December 1, 2005 - 6:20 AMRuairi,
I guess my perception is different to you.. The celts to me where a people who had an innate awareness of the interrelationship of all things.. thereby there spirituality was one that to me was inclusive the rivers were all Goddesses to them .. the land was sacred as you say so was the sea and sky.. yet these three elements are precisely the fire of the sun which they worshipped and left behind various strutures that testify to that.. the land was the earth.. the sea was water.. The idea of the elements was much more archetypal than just greek. The whole of chinese medicine was based around the same principles before the greeks.. the four gifts brought to eire by the Tuath De. Dannan were equated with these four elements.. so I am not making any reference to the greek perception. .. I do not write as definitive but as explorative and aware that the history of any particular tribe is dubious.. and open to interpretation.. and discerning. Annie
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Re: Celtic Traits
Thu, December 1, 2005 - 7:39 AMSuch bull. There are no such things as "Celtic Traits". This is racism. All races have people who have tremendous insight into the psychology of others. All races have psychics. All races have intuitives. All races have those who get into the cycle of life. Being attracted to beautiful stones is not unique and has been around for at least 10,000 years. Most people like a good story. You can find in every race those who allow their masculine and feminine characteristics to come out. Nothing said here cannot be said of any race. -
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Re: Celtic Traits
Mon, December 19, 2005 - 2:10 AMCouldn't agree more, unfortunately this article is typical of the vast majority of what's out there.
Annie, the danger is that your "perceptions" of what is Celtic could be strongly influenced by modernist ideology such as Jungian concept of archetypes which are the foundations of Wicca. These are fine in and of themselves but are not Celtic in anyway.
You may not be making references to the four Greek elements directly, However, scholars tend to think that these may have been included as they were by Christian monks to bring things more into line with the Roman concepts as typified by the Roman Vulgate. And the Statement that druids had a calendar with months named for trees. The notion of a "Celtic tree calendar" was the invention of Robert Graves, a twentieth-century poet, classical scholar, and novelist. It has no basis in Celtic tradition.
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Re: Celtic Traits
Mon, December 19, 2005 - 8:45 AMRuairi, you are wholly entitled to your opinions as I am to mine.. which may differ..
Barry..Regarding celtic traits... no one has said anything about other tribes or cultures sharing these.. or not! I can look at a child in a family and say they possess certain characteristics.. without any judgement on that child or any other for that matter.. whether or not they share those characteristics with others is a different discussion..
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Re: Celtic Traits
Fri, August 11, 2006 - 3:32 PMp.s. I think the Phoenix card saying this of all Celts is somewhat irresponcible. (This is in no reflection to anyone's posts. Everyone in the world, regardless of ancestory, wants to feel special, so I would call these world traits instead.)
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Mon, August 7, 2006 - 10:18 AMTruelly enjoyed this article. Where did you get it from?? I know there has been a long ol' discussion on this, but I hope we all dont miss the point of any well written article. It is meant to make you look within yourself...and while doing so, feel that you are a part of something special!
Failte
