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Here is a group of text collecting and sharing, more religion-based than magick or history. Whatever texts you use for religious purposes, like Charge of the Goddess, place them here on the Bookshelf.
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Bran's Boat
Started by Greenwood the Bard. Last reply by Greenwood the Bard Jul 11, 2012. 2 Replies 1 Like
In a group designed around sacred texts, you wouldn't expect a follower of an oral-based tradition whose waning was partly due to having nothing written down, to have much to say... but I do have this, among other things, a poetic paraphrase of the…Continue
THE CLEW OF THE HORSE
Started by Isidorus. Last reply by Andrea Bascelli Jun 28, 2012. 1 Reply 1 Like
I already posted the Filianic Scriptures in this group,but I wanted to post The Clew of the Horse also, asI love this text in particular: THE CLEW OF THE HORSE 1. Earth moves, but heaven is still. The rim revolves, but the centre remains without…Continue
Battle of the Trees
Started by Greenwood the Bard. Last reply by Andrea Bascelli Jun 26, 2012. 3 Replies 1 Like
One of our only written manuscripts to draw our Druidic teachings and traditions from, is the medieval Christopagan manuscript The Book of Taliesin; it contains, among other things, this epic poem drawing on imagery from throughout the Mabinogion…Continue
Gododdin (part 3)
Started by Greenwood the Bard Feb 11, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
As our oral traditions waned, the Gododdin - the funeral song of the war-band who made the Celts' last stand against the coming Saxons - is the earliest written poem we have found so far in our island's history. Its purpose was to keep the men's…Continue
Gododdin (part 2)
Started by Greenwood the Bard Feb 11, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
As our oral traditions waned, the Gododdin - the funeral song of the war-band who made the Celts' last stand against the coming Saxons - is the earliest written poem we have found so far in our island's history. Its purpose was to keep the men's…Continue
Gododdin (part 1)
Started by Greenwood the Bard Feb 11, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
As our oral traditions waned, the Gododdin - the funeral song of the war-band who made the Celts' last stand against the coming Saxons - is the earliest written poem we have found so far in our island's history. Its purpose was to keep the men's…Continue
Spoils of Annwn
Started by Greenwood the Bard Feb 10, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like
One of our only written manuscripts to draw our Druidic teachings and traditions from, is the medieval Christopagan manuscript The Book of Taliesin; it contains, most famously, our earliest written Grail Quest, designed as a tale of spiritual…Continue
The English Father Christmas
Started by Sstarfyre Wiseroot. Last reply by Greenwood the Bard Jan 25, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
The English Father Christmas: A Separate OriginIntroductionThe English Father Christmas seems to have had an entirely separate origin from Sinterklaas, being a personification of Christmas and a Yule-tide visitor - not a gift-giver - rather than a…Continue
When on High... Enûma Eliš
Started by Isidorus Jan 3, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like
The Enûma Eliš is the Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening words).The Enûma Eliš has about a thousand lines and is recorded in Old Babylonian onseven clay tablets, each holding between 115 and 170 lines of text.This epic is one of the…Continue
The Filianic Scriptures
Started by Isidorus. Last reply by Isidorus Dec 29, 2011. 6 Replies 1 Like
This is the Scripture of my main path, The Filianic Scriptures, created by the Lux Madriana movement of God the Mother,published by Rt. Rev. Sarah Morrigan.I will provide the website, the extracts from each text, andthe links to each of the full…Continue
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Comment by Greenwood the Bard on Monday -
Beowulf, my modern version of the ancient epic - enjoy!
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Comment by MarcusAgrippa on April 1, 2013 at 7:02pm -
This site and group is amazing -- I am glad to see others with interests like this. Now what I have to do is get my library at the house here in order and start re-reading. I hope to learn and share with you.
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Comment by Yarrow Witch on November 22, 2012 at 9:34pm -
Thanks for the invite Bright Blessings
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Comment by Sstarfyre Wiseroot on December 31, 2011 at 8:21am -
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Comment by Sstarfyre Wiseroot on December 26, 2011 at 11:41am
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Comment by Sstarfyre Wiseroot on December 23, 2011 at 10:40pm
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Comment by Aleister Nacht on December 22, 2011 at 6:37pm
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Comment by Greenwood the Bard on December 19, 2011 at 3:00am
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British Druidry may not be a religion reliant on written tradition, but our sacred storytelling has been inscribed in monastery manuscripts, most famously the Welsh Mabinogion and the Irish Book of Invasions. I have poetic paraphrases of these works if you'd all be interested in reading them - though they're both quite long, 12 poems each! Alternatively, some of the shorter stories equally sacred to our tradition, I have poetic paraphrases of those too. I'll leave it to the group to decide...
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Sponsor Comment by Isidorus on December 14, 2011 at 12:15pm -
To Sat-Sekhmet - You could make a doc or PDF of your texts and upload it onto a discussion, providing a quick little description of what you're posting, that may work.
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Comment by Lady Skydancer on December 13, 2011 at 10:58pm -
Like all of us here I love to read Sacred text from all religions. I have kept note of what resonates with me, in my own special book and added thoughts of my own. To make sense of all I have collected I bought a wonderful book. Its called 'Create Your Personal Sacred Text' by Bobbi L. Parish. Broadway Books - ISBN 0-7679-0368-4 (pb) £15.00
"It teaches that each persons unique path to spirit is rich, sacred, and perfect". The book not only shows you how to plan your own book of sacred writings, meditations, dreams, songs & prayers but has a great deal of information on where to look for more inspiration. Suggestions on little known authors & poets as well as more well known writers like Kahlil Gibran.
There is a poem I can relate to which is simple but profound:
Heart Cloaked In Wisdom - Bobbi L. Parish
I disowned my heart
Cut it out of my chest with a knife
Made sharp by the shame and condemnation of others and
Buried it under layers of soil in my childhood yard
And then the depression came
For without my heart I could feel
Neither the pain nor the joy
I had amputated my capacity to breath the freshness of the air
To feel the warmth of the sun on my face
I went back and dug up my heart
Only to give it away to the first man who would have me
We also have to remember that Sacred Text also includes romantic stories, essays and poems. Look at the biblical 'Song Of Songs', that has influenced other poets and artists for hundreds of years. Love is sacred between man & woman, woman & woman, man & man, mother and son, father & daughter. Love is divine and anything divine is a path that leads to our creator.
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