Announcement: Gaol Naofa Relaunches and Celebrates Five Years

"While it may seem we’ve been quiet for a while, much has been happening behind the scenes as we’ve celebrated five years as an organisation. Our council has been very busy, creating new content for this site, as well as for private use by the members of Gaol Naofa. All of the site documents have been updated and restructured. While much of this site will still be familiar to our long-term readers, there is a lot of new material here.

Notably, we have substantially revised and expanded The Gaol Naofa FAQ into an 89 page pdf document that addresses many of the common questions about Gaelic Polytheism and, specifically, our Gaelic Polytheist Lifeway (Ár nDóigh Bheatha Ildiach is Gaelach / Ar Dòigh-Beatha Ioma-Dhiadhach Ghàidhealach) as practiced by the core members of Gaol Naofa.

New articles include “Rowan and Red Thread: Magic and Witchcraft in Gaelic Cultures” (pdf) — an in-depth look at practices and terminology in both historical and contemporary Gaelic cultures, as well as an upcoming piece on the Triple Flame of Brigid."

Please see the entire announcement here: http://www.gaolnaofa.com/

Article: Ritual within Gaelic Polytheism

After a lot of work, Annie and I are pleased to announce that we’ve finished the article on “Ritual within Gaelic Polytheism”. It is now available here on the Gaol Naofa website.

And I want to say a BIG thank you to Thomas and Kathryn for giving us such wonderful feedback as we worked on it!

Truly honored

Tomás has named me as his successor over at Gaol Naofa. Sadly the website is down so I cannot link anyone (working on the new one now). For those who don't know, GN is the only Gaelic Reconstructionist Polytheism organization in the United States (if not the world). Tomás built GN from the ground up and I am honored to be given the reigns. Let's hope, with the aid of the current members and the déithe, that I can be a strong leader for the organization and help GN grow and flourish.

An Liuthail: A Ritual

Showed one of my rituals to Tomás today to see if perhaps he would want to put it on the Gaol Naofa website and he loved it, so it's now online if anyone would like to check it out: An Liuthail (The Lustration). This is something I developed (based on Carmina Gadelica #23) to perform before all rites and as a rite in itself if the times called for it.