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Ogham Tree Lore

Bruce Clifton
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Ogham is often described as the secret language of the druids, a language surrounded by myth and legend.
The Ogham tree lore is "A Language", "A Medicinal Log", "A Philosophy", "A Theosophy", it is a progressive life enhancing guide to "Bnwyfre" life force energy.
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Winter
North
Earth

Birch Tree

Birch tree coming into bud at the start of spring. She is standing at the edge of the forest with a backdrop of Hawthorn bushes and other trees and bushes.
​Rowan ​Tree 
Rowna Tree against a white background, green frame looking through an arched window.
Alder Tree
Alder tree in winter sillouhette against a white background seen through a green arched window
Willow Tree
Willow tree at the top of the hill, a dog standing in the meadow in front of the willow tree seen through a green arched window
Ash Tree
Ash Tree, Nuin, Looking through a green arched window
Birch Tree - Beith
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Rowan Tree - Luis
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Alder tree - Fearne
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Willow tree - Saille
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Ash Tree - Nuin
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Spring
East
Air
Hawthorn Tree
Hawthorn Tree in April, covered in white flowers. Seen through a green arched window.
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Hawthorn - Huathe
Oak Tree
Oak Tree that is partially petrified, standing at the edge of the meadow and the carpark. A large pile of hat bales has been built behind it. Seen through an arched green window
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Oak Tree - Duir
Holly Tree
A beautiful branch of Holly, Leaves are rich green and laden with full, ripe, red berries. seen through a green arched window.
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Holly Tree - Tinne
Hazel ​Tree
Hazelnut tree, young tree with lots of stems growing from the base. Seen through a green arched window
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Hazel Tree - Coll
Apple Tree
Apple tree half way down the meadow on a bright spring morning covered in blossom flowers. seen through a green arched window
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Apple Tree - Quert
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Summer
South
Fire
Vine
A vinyard stretching out to the mountains in the distance on a beautiful spring day. Seen through a green arched window
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Vine - Muin
Ivy
Ivy Growing up a tree from the forest floor seen through a green arched window
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Ivy - Gort
Reed
Reed in full bloom, the seeds and feathers resembling a face, seen through a green arched window.
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Reed - Ngetal
Blackthorn
Blackthorn bush in full bloom, a wonderful array of white flowers covering the whole of the hedgerow, seen through a green arched window
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Blackthorn - Straif
Elder
Elder Tree in full bloom on a beautiful summers day, long grass, blue sky seen through a green arched window.
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Elder Tree - Ruis
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Autumn
West
Water
Fir Tree
A typical Scots pine, a very high tree with sporadic branches growing randomly from the trunk.
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Fir Tree - Ailim
Furze
Furze, Gorse is a bright yellow flower surrounded by greenery with long sharp thorns. Seen through a green arched window.
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Furze - Ohn
Heather
Heather in full bloom, a rich deep purple seen through a green arched window
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Heather - Ur
White Poplar
White poplar at the height of summer, leaves turned on the breeze and showing the silvery white undersides. Seen through a green arched window
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White Poplar - Eadha
Yew Tree
Yew Tree in a church yard, more than 1000 years old and has a number of trunks seen through a green arched window.
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Yew Tree - Ioho
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The Celtic Bnwyfre-Ogma Energies
Grove
Stone Henge seen through a green arched window
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The Grove - Koad
Spindle Tree
Spindle Tree is red, its leaves are a bright red, hiding berries that are a deeper red, it is sitting in long grass of the meadow and seen through a green arched window.
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Spindle Tree - Oir
Honeysuckle
From the beginning of spring or even before spring starts the  honeysuckle prepares the way ahead, its root system and dense lower branches prepare for the glories of spring.
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Honeysuckle - Uilleand
Beech Tree
Ancient Beech Tree, very, very large tree at the height of summer. A number of trunks providing a very large canopy seen through a green arched window.
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Beech - Phagus
Sea
Sea in mid January seen from Tommy a 1st world war monument at Seaham (Durham). Covered in snow, very cold and seen through a green arched window.
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The Sea - Mor
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Ogham is often described as the secret language of the druids, a language surrounded by myth and legend.
The Ogham tree lore is "A Language", "A Medicinal Log", "A Philosophy", "A Theosophy", it is a progressive life enhancing guide to "Bnwyfre" life force energy.

Divination, mystery, communication and the expression of intent laid down for future generations from the wisdom keepers, the Elders and the Druids. In the Celtic regions it is known to be at least 2500 years old, there is evidence of similar languages outside the Celtic regions dating back from before 3000bc making its foundations more than 5000 years old. The Siberian tribes of more than 4000 years ago used charcoal and wood for rune stones, the Nordic tribes used rune stones in education and worship, the Tibetan monks of many millennia have used wooden prayer wheels all of these have a similar backgrounds and will have contributed to the Ogham language, the forgotten voice of "The Druid."

With the Nordic tribes invading Prydain (Britain) comes fresh myth and legend, the vikings again brought new dialects and language to the Celtic Prydain regions. It is recognised that druids of 600bc were familiar with the language of Socrates (ancient Greek) but by  the year 400ad Latin was prevelant amongst the hierarchy of the modern society. It is also to be said that language and dialect varied from region to region. Prior to 600bc the celts were the dominating mass across what is now Scandinavia, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy & Greece. With the birth of Christ came the growing Roman empire and the gradual demise of the Celtic Druid. One of the main factors of the druidic culture was the use of a secret language that enveloped all nations, societies and traditions, this language being Ogham/Ogam ("ow em" - "ohm" - "oh am")

A lot of what we understand today comes from the 8th, 14th and 20th century with a revival of the old ways, along with fresh interpretation of what could have been. To look back beyond the 8th century we rely on actual and circumstantial evidence that takes us into the language of the Celtic Druid and the surviving Prydain Druid. The invasion of the Romans reduced the Celtic Druid to the lands of Prydain, (Britain, Ireland and Iceland) and the islands surrounding Prydain, the Scottish isles, Ireland and the isle of Anglesey were among the last places known for the Prydain Druid cultures & places of education.

Hippocrates is known today as the founder of western medicine, an ancient Greek living four hundred years before the birth of Christ influences our culture today. He was one of the first to state that dis-ease is not caused by the wrath of Gods and that it can be treated as a human condition. The father of western medicine living on a remote island "Kos" taught students a revolutionary new way to treat dis-ease. It is unknown where his knowledge came from or where his students relayed their knowledge! So very much a situation of if he learned from the Celts? or if they learned from him? What is known is that through established trade routes both ships and over land and with the coming of the iron age, knowledge was shared across the Celtic regions as was many goods from Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Persian civilisations.
One translation of a part of the Hippocratic oath is:
"I swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hgieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses." 

The Ogham tree lore includes the findings of the ancients and includes their teachings with regard to cures for illnesses and dis-ease. If I mention Hippokrate` from Kos then I must also mention Socrates from Athens who from the same timelines and the same area as Hippocrates was a philosopher. It is known that the two led similar paths, Socrates student Plato wrote many of Socrates teachings but is known to have written it with his own interests at heart. The original lessons were spoken but written later, the romans were superior with their scriptures, the Roman's revolutionised school as they believed in writing and recording everything, but up to that point, scholars and students would normally have been taught by word of mouth. Pliny the elder is famous for writing about the pagan rituals and influences from the 1st Century. In his writings we can discover the foundations of many future translations from the Greeks, Etruscans, Celts and Druids but we must always bare in mind that Pliny was a Roman who wrote from a Romans perspective.
In the same way that language and translations are adapted from region to region, trees and plant life change from region to region as do the Gods and Goddesses along with their unique various interpretations change their names from region to region.
After we have taken all of these considerations into account this is a time of the birth of Christianity, a time of great turmoil and confusion.

The Ogham tree lore is "A Language", "A Medicinal Log", "A Philosophy", "A Theosophy", it is a progressive life enhancing guide to "Bnwyfre"TM  spiritual life force energy.
The Druids placed the trees into one of three categories, with each category inter-relating and of no less importance than the other categories, these are; 

Chieftain: Alder, Ash, Oak, Hazel, Vine, Ivy, Blackthorn, Yew, Mistletoe,(Heather), Furze, Beech.

Peasant: Birch, Rowan, Willow, Hawthorn, Holly, Heather, Spindle, Honeysuckle.

Shrub: Apple, Reed, Elder, Fir, White Poplar.

It is also worth validating the titled hierarchy or system used, whilst all things are sacred and should be seen as such. An order of respect or nobility is essential within any society.

The disciplines of Ogham as taught and practised by the druids is not about regional systems of Beth-Luis-Nion/Fearn it is about understanding the differences in nature, climate, time zones, regions and cultures. The long summers of Italy will not produce the same spiritual or physical essence as the cold winters of Iceland and yet the teachings of Ogham tree lore took place on both sides of the Celtic region. Ogham/Ogam/Ogm is about understanding the principles of "Bnwyfre"(TM)
  life force energy.
Druidic and Pagan belief is that first there was dark then there was light, this meaning the culture would be from new moon to new moon, commonly referred to as Beth-Luis-Nuin with the year starting at winter solstice, my belief is this is heavily influenced by the coligny calendar and the Roman influences. The Beth-Luis-Fearne calendar begins earlier with the full moon and is associated as starting 1st November full moon to full moon this following Samhain the time when the veil is at it's thinnest between the two worlds because of seasonal changes. The harvest has been gathered and it is a time for celebration and new beginnings. Anything not expected to survive winter would be allowed to pass to spirit or slain in ritual with the bones being cast into the fires.
The Jalaali Persian calendar is possibly one of the major influences during the revival of druidic culture, as this calendar was based on the lunar cycle. julius Caesar (46 bce) along with the invading Romans is responsible for instilling the Egyptian solar calendar of 365 days. The confusion in both region and translation is all but lost, my belief is one based with regional seasons and traditional lunar astronomical knowledge. "First there was dark." My year starts at Samhain (sow in) after the harvest has been gathered and leads into the new moon and new beginnings. A waning moon is a time of casting out and conservation, A waxing moon is a time for harvesting and sharing.

The main controversy is when this calendar starts. Samhain? which is a time when the two worlds are closest together and the energies merge easier. (seasonal) Or Winter Solstice? a time of the longest night. (Astrological) My belief is the coming and going of the seasons might fluctuate with a late summer or early frost and so adopting a calender based on precision and fitting 365.244 days into a four year cycle is not for me. 


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