AriadneSpider

Welcome to A Celtic Hearth. This is a place of learning and sharing for Women walking a Celtic Tradition Path. My main areas of work and interest are the Priestesshood, the Path of the Seer, and HearthCraft. I hope you'll enjoy what you read here, and find it helpful as you discover your own walk through this ancient spirituality.

Features information about pre-Gardnerian family traditional Witchcraft and Celtic folklore. House Shadow Drake is a welsh-Irish traditional household for seekers to the religion of Witchcraft.

We are Celtic-focused, family-oriented and small-group based. While we do accept new students, it is only after an extensive period of "getting to know one another", interviews, and interactions with the larger community. If you are interested in study with us, you must be located in the Puget Sound region of Washington state, and be willing to travel to the Snoqualmie Valley for meetings and rituals.

Come, tread the paths of Avalon and sail to Tir na Og. The original non-profit Society of Celtic Shamans.

The Gwyddonic Order The Gwyddoniad is Welsh-Celtic spiritual tradition, philosophy and metaphysics. Our philosophical foundation is Oneness: "Everything is the One, and the One is the All", meaning that no-thing and no-one is more or less the One than any-thing or any-one else. The Gods we worship are Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, and Teutonic. Worship is the love and rapport we establish with our Gods. Kerridwen the Great is our All Mother, and her consort Kernunnos [ker-nun-oas, or ker-noo-noas] is our All Father. The College of the Blue Butterfly meets at the High Moons, New Moons and Great Days of the Sun. We also have weekly, online study discussions in our private club. We meet face-to-face as time and distance allow. During solar and lunar celebrations (rituals), we sometimes raise and send energy when warranted or requested, but not always. During the God Feast, which follows the rituals, we toast the Gods to show our love and respect for them; we discuss the Craft and Metaphysics for personal and group growth; we tell stories, sing songs, and compose poems for our (and our god family's) amusement and growth; and much, much more. Our criteria for accepting Students (College members) are very simple. We ask that Seekers fill out a "membership petition". We ask for information such as a contact within the Pagan community, where we can ask questions to verify the Seeker's background, etc. We find out what books the Seeker has been reading and what he would like to read, what his goals are, why he is Seeking membership with us (particularly if he is a member of another group). We ask, also, how he defines "family" and how he views the Goddess and the God. We ask what he hopes to bring into the Tradition, and what he hopes to learn from us. There are other questions, as well, but that's the scope. Some of the qualities that make a good College member are someone with an open mind, someone who's willing to put forth the effort to learn. Our Tradition is a "tough" one; anyone on this path will tell you the same thing. We even have a disclaimer on our website which states that this is not a path for "wimps". If a person doesn't put forth the effort, he goes nowhere. If he tries to "follow the path of himself" within this Tradition, he's turned away. What makes a good Student is someone who's willing to "let go" of what he already thinks he knows in order to learn something new.

Welsh Traditional Craft with links to Celtic, Shaman, Druidry, Pagan resources.