Triskele Podcast

Today we talk about how we get the attention of the Divine and spirits. We talk through different ways to get Their attention and what to do when They don’t seem to appreciate your offerings.

Omen

This week’s Omen is from the Ogham

• Gort ~ Ivy
• Eabhadh ~ The Grove
• Alim ~ Fir

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Episode 21 - Connecting to the Divine

Today we talk about our Connection to the Divine. We start off with trying to define what the Divine means to each of us and how we connect through our lives.

Omen

This week’s Omen is from the Adorabyssal Oracle deck.

Will-o-the-Wisp: a card of guidance

Bigfoot: Solitude

Anansi: has a story to tell

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In today’s episode we discuss the Axis Mundi, trees, and other symbols of connection between the upper and lower worlds. We share our thoughts on how trees and mountains connect us to the Earth and the Heavens.

In today’s episode we discuss the Otherworlds and Afterlife. We share our opinions on what the “otherworlds” actually are and how those realms interact with each other. We discuss different underworld lore, our thoughts about the afterlives of our non-Pagan ancestors, and the idea that ancestor worship and afterlife mythos is an area that is not Indo-European specific. We also discuss stories of mortals becoming immortal beings.  

In this week’s episode we discuss Water in Mythology.  We dive into the concept of freeing the waters, myths about wells, water voyages, Ocean deities, and many other water associations in our practices.  

This week’s omen comes from the Ogham:

• Eadha – Protection and listening to nature around us
• Ioho – rebirth and renewal
• Muin – Prophecy and foresight

We hope you enjoyed this week's episode.  We look forward to seeing you again soon.

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In today’s episode we discussed the concept of sacred wells and water, what that means to us, and the importance of water to life.  We dive into the spiritual attributes of water, and the importance of water in transformation.  We share the ways we utilize water in our personal practice, as well as some methods of safely sharing waters in group rituals.  


This week’s omen comes from the Greek Alphabet Oracle:

• Omega - Difficult harvest season
• Lambda - Blessings in disguise
• Alpha - Everything successful

Episode 16 of the Triskele Podcast is now available. In today’s episode we discussed the sacred fire, including the importance of fire in a ritual, the uses of fire, and our personal experiences with fire. We talk about fires as part of festivals and different symbols that can be used to represent the sacred fire.  We also touch on the mythology of fire deities in different cultures.

In today’s episode we discussed the power of technology as a method of connection for solitary Pagans.  We discuss our experiences with online communities, collaborative online rituals,  writing letters to others, and using the internet for research.  We also shared some of our personal experiences connecting with others or with lore via online resources.


This week’s omen comes from the Ogham (Colin Murray System):

• Uilleand – Honeysuckle – Hidden Wisdom
• Coll – Hazel – Nurturing and wisdom
• Muin – Vine – Prophecy and reaching out

In today's episode we discuss Magic!  We explain how we define magic, give our opinions on the psychology of magic, give some ideas for crafting good workings.  We also explore the relationship between devotional practices and magic, and share some of our own magical practices.  

This week’s omen comes from the Runes:

• Ehwaz – work and partnership – people working together to make something happen
• Kenaz – the torch – destruction and creation, fire that burns through the forest to make way for new growth.
• Tiwaz – Success and oaths

We hope you enjoyed this week's episode.  We look forward to seeing you again soon.
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In today's episode, we discuss scholarly education in the Pagan community. Victoria discusses her experiences with the first circle of the ADF Clergy Training Program. Drum discusses scholarship as a way to explore how different paths work and broadening his practice. Amber discusses her passion as a scholar, completing ADF study programs as a way to build her toolkit.  We explore mythological comparisons, biases found in ancient texts, the bounty of the internet and modern scholars like Kristoffer Hughes. We also discuss study programs outside of ADF, practical coursework as clergy, and whether we think advanced study is an important part of someone’s practice. We discuss the availability of online courses and discernment when selecting teachers, courses, and resources, as well as how we utilize Wikipedia.

This week’s omen comes from the Magick Moon Oracle:

• The Chameleon – adapt to the situation in order to keep moving forward
• The Passionate – finding what you love in the moment and focusing on those things
• Reflect – reflect on why these things are important and why they matter

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In today's episode, we discuss our hobbies and the role they play in our devotional practices!

We each share what our current hobbies are and how they connect to our devotionals.  Drum discusses his running practice, and gardening.  Amber talks about being a hobby hopper and her practices with home-brewing, gardening, and study.  Victoria shares her experiences with home-brewing and yarn crafting.  We discuss creating offerings from our hobbies and we share examples of our experiences with those activities.  We also share our thoughts on having hobbies that are purely devotional as well.   

This week's omen comes from the Colin Murray system of Ogham:

• Onn – Omen of discernment.  It speaks of choosing correctly.
• Mor – The Sea.  It speaks of the end of a long journey and the beginning of a new journey.
• Quert – Apple Tree – Choice of beauty.  This symbol is a positive choices in the time to come.

We hope you enjoyed this week's episode.  We look forward to seeing you again soon.    

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In today's episode, we continue our discussion on Divination.  Part 1 of this discussion can be found here:  https://youtu.be/cjdlfZSU8dM 

This week we discuss how the life experiences of a diviner effect divination and those experiences and open symbol sets.  We also discuss our experiences connecting to symbol sets in different contexts, and interpreting divination for yourself vs asking for help from others.  We share our experiences with daily divination and whether our chosen symbol sets have “personalities” of their own as well as our pre-divination rituals and the spirits of divination symbols.  

This week's omen comes from the Magic Moon Oracle Deck   

Share – share your story with others around you 

Comfort Seeker – find comfort in those gifts and the relationships you are building by sharing 

Plan – Be looking to the future to see what we can do, what we can share, and where we can find comfort    

We hope you enjoyed this week's episode.  We look forward to seeing you again soon.    

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This is part 1 of our discussion on Divination.  In today's episode, we discuss our preferred methods of performing divination, the history of different practices, connecting to different methods of divination, and how our lived experiences affect our divination interpretations.  

There is no omen for this episode as it was originally filmed as 1 episode but is being split in half due to length.

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In today's episode, we talk about Gatekeepers.  We define what a Gatekeeper is, discuss different approaches to working with a Gatekeeper, who we work with most often, the origins of the concept of a Gatekeeper, and working with "non-traditional" beings as a Gatekeeper.  

This week's omen uses Runes:

• Pertho - Fate and looking at our options
• Fehu - Mobile wealth
• Dagaz - New Day

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In today's episode, we talk about the Shining Ones, or the gods and goddesses.   

We discuss who the Shining Ones are to us, our individual practices with deities, our views on polytheism, how we approach deities with unfavorable mythology tied to them, reinterpretations of mythology, Unverified Personal Gnosis, and the evolution of deities over time!   

This week's omen uses Ogham:   

• Alim - High sight and long view, seeing past the forest down the road ahead 
• Muin - the vine and prophecy 
• Luis - Protection  

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In today's episode, we share what our approaches to maintaining a regular practice, and sharing what our current practices look like. 

We explore our daily, weekly, and monthly practices, and how we each approach them! 

This week's omen comes from the Celtic Tree Oracle by Colin Murray:

• Mor - The Sea - end of one long journey and the beginning of another
• Ruis - Elder Tree - the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end, shorter cycles
• Ur - Heather & Mistletoe - all healing process Videos we discussed in this episode:

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