A Circle of Stones: Journeys and Meditations for Modern Celts - Erynn Rowan Laurie 1995
The Gate of Divine Mysteries
At the end of our search for sacred land and identity, we find ourselves looking into the mirror. Our search brings us full circle back to ourselves, more developed, more capable, in control of our lives and our surroundings. Our experiences in the sacred realms have taught us, and by learning we have achieved growth. The ultimate riddle boils down to “who am I?” and this riddle has only one answer. With this question, we seek, and we learn, our true Name.
Am goeth i muir
am tonn trethain
am fuaim mara
am dam setir
am seg for aill
am der greine
am cain luba
am torc an gail
am eo i lindibh
am loch i maigh
am brigh dana
am gai la fodb feras feachta
am dae delbus do chind cotnu
Coiche notglen clochar siebe?
Cia du i luidh fúinedh greiniu?
Cia seacht siecht gan eccla?
Cia non dogar eassa uissci?
Cia ber a buar o tigh Teathra?
Cia buar Tethrach tibide?
Cia doen, cia dia, dealbus faebra andiond?
Indiond ailes cainte:
Dichain tothlach, diales fedha,
fodhail coblach, cachain aille,
ailiside sieas coimes cainte,
cainte gaith.
(Irish source: Macalister, R.A.S. and John MacNeill, Do Ghabhalaibh Erend, Hodges, Figgis, Dublin 1916)
I am a wind on the sea
I am a wave of the ocean
I am the roar of the sea
I am a powerful stag
I am a hawk on a cliff
I am a dewdrop in the sunshine
I am the most delicate of herbs
I am a boar for valor
I am a salmon in a pool
I am a lake in a plain
I am the strength of art
I am a spear with spoil waging battle
I am a God who shapes fire for a head
Who clears the stony places in the mountains?
In what place lies the setting of the sun?
Who has sought peace without fear seven times?
Who names the waterfalls?
Who brings the cattle from the house of Tethra?
On whom do the cattle of Tethra smile?
What person, what God
Forms weapons in a fort?
In a fort that nourishes satirists,
Chants a petition, divides the ogham letters,
Separates a fleet, has sung praises,
Weighs chants and invocations
Sings enchantments for spears.
ahm goeth i mweer
ahm tohn TREH-thun
ahm FOO-um MAR-a
ahm dahv SHEH-dir
ahm sheg for all
ahm der GRAIN-ya
ahm cahn LOO-va
ahm torg an gahl
ahm yo i LIN-thiv
ahm lohk i mahg
ahm breeg DAH-na
ahm guy la FOH-thav FAIR-as FAY-uk-ta
ahm day DELL-vus do kinth COD-noo
KWEE-ka NOD-glen KLO-kar SHAY-va?
KEE-a du i LOO-ith FOO-neth GRAY-nyu?
KEE-a shahkt shehkt gahn EK-la?
KEE-a non DO-gar ESS-a ISH-kee?
KEE-a bayr a BOO-ar o teeg TEH-thra?
KEE-a BOO-ar TEH-thrahk TIH-vi-tha
KEE-a DO-an, KEE-a DEE-a, DEL-vus FAY-vra AHN-thee-onth
IN-thee-onth AH-less KAHN-tcheh
DEE-kahn TOE-thlahk, DYAL-es FEH-tha
FOH-thal KOH-vlahk, KAHK-an AHL-a
AHL-shith-a SHAY-us KOH-veth KAHN-tcha
KAHN-tcha goth
Moving Meditations on the Gate of Divine Mysteries
Study riddles and their answers
Find your magical name
Learn about the significance of heads in Celtic religion
Meditate on the Fionn's Window glyph
Read stories of shapeshifting deities and magicians
Study the different theories of reincarnation and transmigration
“Who am I?” - keep a journal of self-exploration
Affirmation for the Gate of Divine Mysteries
Today I name myself in the realm of the Gods
