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Maybe some lyrics would .be useful 😊

is it possible to use both in tandem. like use lower folk magic for protection and helping people while studying high magic. for knowledge of the beings and planes mentioned in grimoires just in case you run in to them. to be clear i believe that all beliefs are real and valid. that's how i was raised. and i am more interested in helping people than subscribing to any one belief. or method. i also being respectful and not just stealing stuff. like a lot of people do now adays. every thing i sue is highly researched and acquired with permission. of course if some one posts it on the authentic internet I ( like here) assume. i kind of already have it to an extent.. as long as i do not butcher it.

This looks awesome 😎

thank you 😁

I am grateful you shared your experience with tea leaf divination, I love to hear about people learning from ancestors and continuing a tradition.

7:23 it's in the Greek Magical Papyri as well. There's a spell where you drown a falcon after invoking Ra into it.

hello. i know this is an old video. i live in the USA. i do have Scottish ancestry. but i have always had connection to the faeries and Fairie like beings in general. ever since i was a little boy. my mother is a deeply spiritual person when she was a young adult she traveled around learning from other cultures. always asking first. and being respectful. sometimes i would have vivid dreams about other worlds. and see the fair folk in my minds i. a while ago a spirit came to me claiming you be a fairy.. and never really left. i know it sound crazy. but i feel her presence constantly and have gotten very good a communicating with her. i know the fae can be tricksy and not bound by human morality. but this one seems to have my best interest at heart. and she and i have a special connection thats hard to describe,. its like she is a part of me and we feel each other feelings. soul mate is a cheesy term made by humas but we are close in a very intimate spiritual sense. like we are apart of each other. most authentic credible people who have meant believe me. an i do not mean new age mediums. i mean the real deal do to my mother connections. And say its a good thing. and that I should pursue it been around 8 or 9 years since i started doing that. and its been wonderful. but what frustrates me is. i can not find mention of her anywhere. or really even what culture she is from or what she is. like she calls herself a fairy but not strictly in the sense in the race who once ruled the British isle who where once the Tuatha de Danann. but is related to them by what ever counts as Blood for her. as well as just tangentially she has helped me a lot. and working with her had made me a better person. and i want to honor her. but she might be something that has mostly just been forgotten by history. which is fine she is real to me. an the people around me. but its also really sad. I am doing a deep dive in to in to mythology and folklore. to find her. she calls herself Allison. and my heritage from Scotland. so I was wondering if their are any spirits in Scottish folklore. i know that what we call the fairies are probably dead people. since for all intense and purposes that's what the Gaelic people worshiped was their ancestors,( kind of?). since the otherworld was the afterlife. i know that Allison was a very common name for witches and cunning folk so she might be the spirit. and their are several well documented ones. but none of them really fit. although its my experience that when you are talking about other realities. it very possible that all the different suggested origins . like dwindled deities, angles who to no sides in the war in heaven. elementals spirits. etc. are true at once. some maybe more than other but regardless. none of those really quite fit. i am aware of the dangers of cultural appropriation. and although my spiritualty draws form many different places. i do not claim to own any of it i simply acknowledge that its all true and valid. and i believe in being respectful l and not stealing. although Scottish folklore is probably that one i have the most claim to since I come from there. which is why i am starting their. she also tend show up in different forms with different personalities. which makes me think of triple goddess. although the farther away from Ireland and Scotland you go. the more the claim of an all and one triple goddess loses steam. any way any advice on how to connect with her would be nice. you seem to know what you are talking about. more than me anyway. and have the benefit of not thinking i am completely nuts.

Thank you this is great!

I've been trying to learn Gealic for months..

I just bought your book on Amazon and look forward to reading it and hope to visit your museum in future

April 13th brought me here. Hoping to stop by the museum when I visit Edinburgh this fall :)

What would you know? You have no idea! Cailleach IS pronounced Ki-lee-ach...Your NOT GAELIC so you don't know! Blah Blah!

gaa lee 😮😅 , cheermer makes much sense 😢😊🧝🏾‍♀️😡

Being a spinner and weaver and fiber artist, I find this very interesting

Okay, I want to start with: good on you for making a video to try and clear some things up and some of the tidbits you talk about are interesting but I’m so sorry but I do feel the need to nitpick a few things. One, I hope you don’t mind me asking this but where are you from? Your pronunciation of “cailleach” is a bit off compared to how it would be pronounced in Gàidhlig. For anyone interested it would be Cah-l-yeh-ch, where the l-sound is quite subtle and quick and the ch-sound is the same one at the end of the Scots word “loch” and not same sound that is at the end of the word “lock”. Second, paganism most definitely existed back in the time of Dàl Riata and continued through into the modern age. I feel the most glaring example of this would be the Creadeamh Sí, a set of beliefs about fairies and the rituals associated with them. While this would technically be animistic, animism is technically a religious view point but also a pagan one as it lies outside “mainstream” religions like Christianity. In fact, it may even be that numerous beliefs and rituals associated with the Daoine Síth were syncretised with Christian ones. Put another way paganism and animism are not completely exclusive. While connotations can be interesting and can even shed light on points of view and feelings, don’t throw so much emphasis onto them as such an exercise is ultimately pointless since we have our own biases that will affect this. I mean unless you are the one who created or influenced the myth/legend/story, then you wont actually know the actual view points and so on from then and those things would be quite different to perspective from the modern age. When it came to the name thing, you forgot to refer to her Gaeilge (Irish language) equivelant, which is important as Gaelic traditions and language started in Ireland and moved over to Scotland. The word “Cailleach” means “Old Woman” but it comes from the Old Irish word “Caillech” meaning “Veiled One” as a key attribute of the Cailleach figure is her shawl/cloak. Further you say that in a folkloric/religious sense that she wasn’t a creator figure which you can’t really say definitively as you brought up figures like MacKenzie and are absolutely right in that since we can’t go back ourselves, his and others folklorists’ works are all we have to go on in regards to Scottish Celtic figures. The caveat with this as you pointed out is, their books were extremely biased, things were left out, changed or just completely fabricated (e.g. the Wulver, I am so sad that kindly wolf man folklore figure was made up). In regards to the Gàidhlig, watch your words and plurals. Beinn na Caillich is “Mountain of the Old Woman” and not “Mountain of the Old Women”. The plural of “Cailleach” is “Cailleacha”. I heard that “Caillich” is variation of “Cailleach” but I’m not a linguist so I can’t say and Gàidhlig is my third language after Scots and English. Further “Allt” means stream or burn, not river. Regarding the streams, while water does feature quite prominently in Scottish folklore, I’ve yet to really hear of a Scottish story that highlights waters connection to ancestors (outside of you know drownings caused Fuath, Kelpies and so on). Water was always seen as something magical and destructive. Conversely, it was usually the land that was tied to our ancestors and spirits. Rivers and flowing water are linked with stories of Cailleacha as usually a Cailleach will be in charge of some well, fall asleep (either she herself would fall asleep or another woman she put in charge would fall asleep) and the well will overflow and create a river or loch of some sort. Plus, since that stream is so close to Taigh nan Cailleach/Taigh nam Bodach and has the name Allt Cailleach, that could be an allegory for the mirroring the river/loch creation stories (over say a destructive force, which water generally is, especially considering the protective force/charm on the surrounding glen attributed to the shrine).

Is there a specific way to perform saining rites, such as prayers that must be spoken, or specific powers which must be called upon? I am trying to learn more about my heritage, as well as ways that I can implement it into my spiritual practices, but as mentioned in the video, it is very difficult to find clear or correct information on the subject. Additionally, a video I found mentioned that saining can only be practiced by Scottish natives. Is this true? If so, could somebody predominantly of Scottish blood still learn? I'm sorry if any of this sounds foolish, I'm just genuinely curious but can't find much information

Thank you for your take on this concept. I’m currently studying Scottish Folk Magic for something deeper and older than what neopagans “preach” or believe. I know this is an old video but I appreciate your understanding. 🩵

Your voice makes it hard to listen to this. Also, English people shouldn't be teaching saining unless you're taught by a Scottish practitioner. You've literally read a wiki.

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Hey, you might be concerned about this. Your most recent video is tagged by TH-cam as being for kids. The one with your shirt off. The comments are off, presumably for the same reason, so I figured I'd mention it here. I know the app does weird stuff, so I wouldn't be surprised if it happened automatically and they didn't notify you.

Very interesting

Great to see and hear you - I thought you might be a tad busy, your always welcome on my phone. I hope you are doing well - you look great. Much love and many blessings,❤.

I have a stang I recently acquired from a gathering. I dont know what wood it is. Is there a way to tell which wood is which when picking it up off the ground? Mine seemed to be in a pile for burning a d I saved it.

Just obtained a newer copy of the the book mentioned at 3:29

*promo sm*

To solve the problem we have to throw out all the modern nonsense of the 1970s, 80 and 90s that have always been "agenda based" and largely through extremist feminism and its anti-male rhetoric. The we need to also throw out the many centuries of "definition by association" nonsense which also was agenda based. that being said: The first main source of British English references on the subject comes from John Driven who wrote: "In Scotland is applied to a man whom the vulgar suppose to be conversant with spirits, as a woman who carries on the same commerce is called a witch." As a translator and linguist he claimed he had no idea the meaning of either word. That was back around the 1690s. However, the Oldest known source of Warlock comes from the Heliand under its plural warlogan which dates to around 830-840 ce. The 'g' was silent. and pronounced Waer-low-an. War also written later as wer is kin to Latin vir meaning man as in a male person. Its meaning was Lawmen. Its singular was Warlog (Warlow). It was used in that Old Saxon conversion text for such as the Pharisees and Sadducee which is why it is also sometimes called the Saxon Bible. Its also where we learn that Thane was just another spelling of Dane to name but a few things. It is entirely a masculine/male word/title/noun. The Oldest known source Witch is from the Anglo-Saxon text called the Domboc. The plural word used is feminine as wiccan which dates to around 890-893 ce. It was pronounced Weech-an. It is akin to the Latin vicia (pronounced Veech-i-ae) meaning speak, tell, and announce. Reading the text it is clear the context is female fortune tellers which are prohibited from being consulted. The singular form is wicce, also render wicca as they didn't have spell check back then. The first to remove the very real human origins of both Warlocks and Witches was Saxo or Saxo Grammaticus in the 1200s who claimed three classes of Warlocks and three classes of Witches, all of which portrayed as demonic along with all the various deities or assumed deities of the people from centuries before. As to the shifts in spelling Warlog also became Warloghe/Warlogha was the 1300s which gave way to Warlow based on its pronunciation. Through Middle German it was changed from Warloghe to Warloche which is how it was reintroduced into Scotland around the 1400s. Around the same Time Wicce/Wicca became Wecha in the 1300s and into German as Wechta and moved into Scotland also as Wichta. By the 1500s it became closer through the language exchanges at the time Warlock and Witch became normalized especially when it was reintroduced into Middle English. By these later times the meaning and origin of both was largely forgotten or unknown to later authors who were not that concerned with the accuracy and used them as generic throw around words of accusation and insult. Then with the so called "Enlightenment" period of the 1700s and 1800s most were simply toying with the words basing it on a lot of assumptions and little regard for accuracy. It was by the 1600s however, from such as Dryden that the association of Warlocks and Witches as types of exorcists and necromancers got seeded in and one interpretation that was false was that Warlock originally meant binding man and so likewise witch meant twist and bind. IN 1980 an occult writer invented the nonsense that Wicce is feminine, Wicca is masculine and Wiccan was the practice. It was Doreen Valente that mentoned the Scottish origin of the word Warlock but not Witch and likewise failed to cite the source she drew from because doing so would disprove her claims that others simply picked up on and ran with. She is also the one that was allowed to "enter the current" claimed meanings in the OED that others simply regurgitated. By 1990 it was Arcadia press that pushed the gender neutrality and predominately feminist rhetoric of Witch and Warlock as a bad word when the internet and websites started being created. Other authors likewise simply ran with the same nonsense and likewise picked up on works from such as Scott Cunningham such as "Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner" all of which was far removed from any actual historical or cultural roots and was as such works of that variety tend to be, a lot of fallacies, inventions and mixing of all sorts of completely disconnected and unrelated things into a mishmash of "anything goes and whatever you want it to be nonsense." In the other camps it pushed the predominately anti-male misandry of insane authors such as Zsuzsanna Budapest that even go as far as to claim the male gender is an aberration of nature and all females are destined to become androgynous "to repair and remove the "evil" stain of the male gender." So there it is, broken down into very clear and simple to the point facts. And FYI, Gerlad Gardner often called the grandfather of "Wica," his little Bricket Wood Coven from England also used Warlock as a male title and Witch as a female title.

I hopefully am coming to Scotland in the summer. Hopefully I can come see the museum x

This was wonderful 🙏

Ahhhhh this explains much thank you. I never have success with my crystal sphere, but I use a hematite sphere with great success. Now I understand they are different tools! Very useful, thank you my good sir. Lightbulbs! Sheer Genius! I love it😊

Ock, cask 88 is sold out!

Thank You, thank you and thank you . Watched all three parts and I loved everything and everyone. Much Love and Blessings. EDIT: Nothing wrong with your voice.

Very excited for this series

Excellent, I’m really looking forward to seeing this series. Sounds that is going to make me think - just what I need right now. Thanks for sharing. Blessings.

Amazing - In the back of my mind, Crystal Balls loom large. Don’t know why, but my interest in Crystal Balls have interested me since I was a child. I was thinking about them tonight, just before this video dropped.

Your enthusiasm is catching, and your passion is on display, which is exciting to see. A truly beautiful and wonderful presentation. Thank You so much. Blessings.

Yes!! Traditions must evolve with the times or it becomes the past. That’s the trick of “tradition”, it is not static, as much as popular belief wants to believe!

So jealous of such a wonderful book collection!!! Excellent suggestions ❤

Thank you for sharing!

Cool suggestions. I found Rowan Tree and Red Thread by accident in a thrift shop, not knowing what it was at the time about 15 years back for I think maybe five bucks. My best thrift find for sure.

Perfect timing for this post for me! Thank you!

Wow - that was great. Thanks for sharing. Many Blessings.

Thank you so much for bringing her into being x

As an American , and not really getting on the new age bandwagon that has caught fire here , I have always considered my self a warlock , as that word has never meant anything negative to me . Parts of my ancestors came from Scotland and the UK and it’s only been the new generation of “baby witches “ here that get upset over that word . The term warlock is just now slowly getting reclaimed by a few male witches here , but it’s a slow process. But I have always heard that the word can mean traitor OR a spell singer . The jury is still out on it’s true origin here . Thank you for this video though , as it will help clear this up some ! Blessings to you brother !

I had to send the bairns to Bolivia for the chestnuts!! Oh I laughed hard at that one! What a great storyteller!

Witch of Forest Grove. Sarah Anne Lawless. Love her

hi what is your book called please 🙂

Ah! You answered here in this video.

It's pronounced (Gow-dee) not (Go-Dee) also I noticed in your documentary trailer for your Kickstarter you also call her home village Auldean it's Auldearn (All-Dern)

It means you're conjuring demons, just like a witch. 🧹

So is the word witch frowned on? I se folk magicak a lot Italian English does that mean they believe I’m Christianity? Like the Italians ?