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Don’t Forget These 10 Rules When Placing Your Ganesha At Home Or Work

On By taliesin2In 2016Leave a comment

When you purchase your statuary of the Goddesses and Gods, whether by mail order or at your local Pagan/Occult store, do you give much thought where you are going to put them? Or do you just place them where you have room? Or in place where its convenient?  This article might give you some insight as to where they should/need to be placed for maximum effect or benefit. Please enjoy the read.

Don’t Forget These 10 Rules When Placing Your Ganesha At Home Or Work

My Book of Prayers and Blessings

On By taliesin2In 2016Leave a comment

As you may remember that on December 10, 2013 I had started this blog as a companion project to my physical Crane Book of Wisdom. I had chosen the name because Book of Shadows is largely associated with Wicca and Witchcraft. I chose Crane Book of Wisdom because I have leanings towards Druidry. I also chose because in the Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom: A Celtic Shaman’s Sourcebook by Caitlin & John Matthews, ISBN# 1-85230-561-4. Within this book, on page 142, is a story about a crane bag. That is a bag created from the skin of a crane.  A story steeped in Druidic lore and myth. And that is why I chose the name Crane Book of Wisdom.

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I have also created a journal to record my readings of the Ogham staves or fews that I have put into the front of that book as well as their meanings. Yes, I urge all who use the Ogham fews to keep such a journal. I put the question to be asked. the fews/staves drawn. Their meanings. And the conclusion drawn from the reading. It matters not if you use Ogham fews/staves, runes, or the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck or any other tarot deck. Keep a journal. It will be a big asset. I promise.

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My other book is a Book of Prayers and Blessings. This book contains prayers I have found on web sites, social media like Facebook and Pinterest. Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF) is a Druid organization that is all inclusive. Though they apply the term Druid to all members, they include the Celtic Pantheon of Gods, the Norse faith Asatru, and Greco-Roman/Hellenic faith of ancient Rome and ancient Greece, and others. And if you join the organization CUUPs, they too include prayers for other Gods of other faiths. And I have included prayers for the Celtic and Norse deities in my book of Prayers and Blessings! I have at present have not research prayers of other faiths. Yet.

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Write your prayers down. It does not matter if they are for the birth of your children, the burial of a loved one or a prayer for a loan to go through to get a house. Write them down. Write them on a pad of paper until your prayers takes the final form it needs to be. And then write the final form in your book. If it is a common prayer said by every body write it down. If it is a prayer of your creation, write it down in the book. But leave room in the book after the prayer so you can record the results of the prayer to see if it worked or not. But write every thing down. You will be happy you did.

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Nine Blessings!

My Crane Book of Wisdom Table of Contents

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Crane Book of Wisdom TOC

“All pagans have heard of a Book of Shadows. This is The Crane Book of Wisdom.”

That is the description of my blog, this blog that I maintain. With that I have have started this blog with the intent of sharing what I have discovered. A educational blog so those new to Druidry can search what I have found to be relevant to my studies. I have also created a hard copy of The Crane Book of Wisdom. I created this hard copy back on December 10, 2013. And last year i discovered a app or application I use daily if not weekly. And I have been creating a Table of Contents for my crane Book of Wisdom in a program called Evernote. It is touted as a application for corporate collaboration, but it lacks the built in network security features that would attract Fortune 500 companies. Yet is it great for start-up companies, schools, families and religion organizations. Organizations like Druid groves, Wiccan covens and Universal Life Church subdivisions like CUUPS.

I think it is a great asset for collaboration on Group rituals and the sharing of knowledge in general.

Nine Blessings!

A Life’s Work

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On December 10, 2013, I started writing my Crane Book of Wisdom. The hard copy book I have been writing in since. About two years ago I started this blog. I started it with the intention of providing information to those who were looking for information on Druidry. My Crane Book of Wisdom (the hard copy) is roughly eighty-five percent to ninety percent full. In the last six months I have started three other books. I will soon need to start a second book. 🙂

 

The next is a book for my Ogham readings. This one I have mentioned before. I have drawn the ogham shapes and their meanings in the front of the book. In this book I write the question I have to ask and what ogham fews I have drawn. I remain, at present, on the fence on whether or not to include my decision. But I suspect I will at some point.

 

The next book is called The Book of Prayers and Blessings. In this book I have written prayers found in The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids magazine Touchstone. As well as a few from the Carmina Gadelica. I have Mara Freeman’s A Druid Blessing for the Trees, The Druid Prayer, and The Druid Peace Prayer.

 

Finally is the latest book. I call it The Druid’s Spell Book. In this I have written a spell composed by Ian Corrigan. And two others. I have just started it and it is coming along nicely.

 

My life’s work. It started with my Crane book of Wisdom, and has expanded to include so much more. I will keep you keep you informed with the progress….

The Survivor’s Shield

On By taliesin2In 20152 Comments

In response to the San Bernardino, California shootings:

 

THE SURVIVOR’S SHIELD
BY
SHANE A. SAYLOR,
Eccentric Bard

NOTE: Before you start reciting, you should ground yourself.  The Survivor’s Shield is to be recited thrice times three. After the first three recitations, take a minute to focus the energy and to catch your breath. Repeat twice more and you’re finished.

 

Nine Blessings on the Gun Men who wantonly take life.

By the Sky above, let the winds fill their lungs with air to breathe.
Let the Sky above fill their hearts, minds and souls with the
gift of compassion that they have irresponsibly discarded.

By the Sea around us, let the waters drown them in life.
Let the Sea with its ebb and tide remind them how sacred life is.
Let the Sea boil the water in their bodies reminding them of
their own mortality.

By the Earth beneath us all, let the Gun Men be immobile.
Let the Earth reveal its splendor lessening their madness.
By the grace of the Gods, let the Earth ground the Gun Men,
absorbing their madness, their rage, their desire for Death.

Nine blessings of peace on all who recite this.

The Druid Prayer

On By taliesin2In 2015Leave a comment

The Druid Prayer:

Grant, O God / dess, thy Protection

And in protection, Strength

And in Strength, Understanding

And in Understanding, Knowledge

And in Knowledge, the Knowledge of Justice

And in the Knowledge of Justice, the Love of it

And in the love of it, the Love of all Existences

And in the love of all existences, the Love of the Gods and all Goodness.