The Flaming Circle: A Reconstruction of the Old Ways of Britain and Ireland

A Regeneration of the Pre-Christian Spiritual Worldviews and Religious Practices of the Holy Isles.'This book is very different from anything Robin Artisson has written so far, for a very special reason: it is written in the tone of a father to his children. This book is a gift for his children, full of things he would want them to know and things he would want to tell them, to help them through their lives. The book is closer, more intimate, and warmer than most of his work.But it includes massive amounts of material regarding native British Isles (Britain and Ireland) traditional Paganism and spiritual ecology, and native Gods and Goddesses. Tons of scholarly backing and personal inspiration, as well as a wide and complete selection of traditional Pagan philosophical 'points of guidance' are offered, as a father would want to offer his most beloved offspring. A full working reconstruction of the pre-Christian polytheistic religious perspectives and practices of Pagan Britain and Ireland is 'taught' in its pages, like a guidebook and a long letter/narrative being sent from father to children.There is a long occult tradition of such exchanges. All are invited to listen in on a man telling the most important things he can tell his children, and hoping that they remember these things when he is gone and they have children of their own. A very personal project, but one he has wanted to create and write for years, and it deals with years worth of material he has collected. The Flaming Circle Robin Artisson * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Table of Contents * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Part One: The Lay of the Land * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * The White Realm The Black or Dark Realm The Blue Realm The Red Realm The Golden Realm The Underworld Regarding the Waters Coming back to Wholeness * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * The Faces of Sovereignty The Morrigan and Her Trinities Rhiannon or Rigantona Danua, The Great Ancestress and Flowing Waters of Life, and River Goddesses Aranrod, the Circle of Starry Sky and Moon, and Fate-Weaver Andrixta, Dark and Invincible Goddess Anona, The Goddess of the Boglands Ulidasia, Goddess of Game, Produce, and Nourishing Nature The First Father of the People Beli Mawr and Bile, Fathers of Swelling Life-Force Dagda and AedhThe Good God and the Fire Nudd, Lord of Freshness and Renewal Vindos, the Ghostly White One Arawn, Noble Spirit of Wildness Unleashed God of Raven and Eagle: The Long-Armed and Many-Skilled Lord of All Lugus, The Bright and Dark God, Master of Every Art Belenos, The Bright Healing One Esus Ternonus, The Wish-Fulfilling Lord The Goddess of Hearth and Flame Brigid or Brigantia, The Exalted One Agna, Lady of Fiery Ardor Roudsmerta, Goddess of the Ruddy Glow Other Gods and Goddesses The Goddess of Lust The Divine White Cow Goddess The God of Thunder The God of Sorcerous Speech and Poetic Recital The Three Gods of Craftsmanship The Predator Queen of the Cauldron, Initiation, and Sorcery The God of Bloody Combat The God of Agriculture The Gods of the Seas The Young Sonand the Spirit of Love The God of Eloquence The Goddess of Sacred Places Ancestor Spirits, Land Spirits, and Other Spiritual Powers The Swan Maidensand the Raven Women The People of the Underworld The Host of Warriors The Spirits of the Land * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * The Simplest Statement The Three Sacred Foundations The Triads Threefold Wholeness The Primacy of Truth Sovereignty The Petition and the Sacred Oath Reparation The Sacred Landscape Regeneration and Hope Fear Knowledge, Love, and the Connection Between Us All Meaning in Life * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * From Beyond the Ninth Wave: The Story of the Taking of Ireland Subtlety over Might * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Part Two:Uncovered Tracks * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Forked Staff or Skull-Crowned Staff The Stone Sorcerous Rod The Sword or Blade The Offering Vessel and the Blood Bowl Torc * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * The Truth-Mind Serpent’s Hiss and Warming the Cauldrons The World-Body * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * I. Invocation * * *—* * * Ireland Wales and Britain II. The Rite of Sacrifice Sacrifice Proper Votive Offerings Libations III. The Rite of the Sacred Pledge The Thrice Nine Oath IV. The Rite of Perilous Descent V. The Rite of the Sovereign VI. The Rite of Land-Listening VII. The Rite of Augury VIII. The Three Illuminations IX. The Rite of the Raid X. The Rite of Scrying Water or Flame XI. The Rite of the Flaming Circle * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Samhain, the Feast of Summer’s End Imbolc, the Feast of Milk and Fire Beltaine, the Feast of Bright Fires Lughnasadh, The Harvest Fair and Feast of the Bright One * * *—* * * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Part Three: Voices from the Land * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: * * *—* * * ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: * * *—* * * ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: ME: MICHAEL: * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * To Discover the Trance Into the Below * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Commentary: * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * A True Story, and a Meditation * * *—* * * * * *—* * * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Other books by Robin Artisson * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ ** ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *