Any info on OGHAM?, Divination and tree lore? Options

Hi everyone, i have been looking everywhere for information on Ogham (pronounced O-WAM) divination but it is really hard to find a difinitive source because the ancient Kelts didn't use the Fews as a divination method, its apparently a new development. So any help, info. or sources you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!!

Hi everyone, i have been looking everywhere for information on Ogham (pronounced O-WAM) divination but it is really hard to find a difinitive source because the ancient Kelts didn't use the Fews as a divination method, its apparently a new development. So any help, info. or sources you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!!

http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic/tree.html
-You can try that link, hope it helps.


-Chris. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/m_monkey.gif)

Greetings!

Try the link below:-

Order of Druids Bards and Ovates

There should be something on our site about Oghams!

Us Druids used a particular method for communicating and for remembering the wealth of tree-knowledge. This is known as the Ogham [pronounced o'um].

It comprises of twenty-five simple strokes centred on or branching off a central line. It is similar in purpose, but of seperate origin to the Nordic runes. The Ogham characters were inscribed on stones or written on staves of wood. As a method of writing it is laborious, but as a language of symbolism it is powerful.

It is probably pre-Celtic in origin, although most of the existing inscriptions have been dated to the fifth and sixth centuries. Whether Celtic or pre-Celtic we sense that it carries with it the essence of the earliest of Druid wisdom.

Each stroke of the Ogham corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. This letter represents the first letter of the tree allocated to it, so that the sign ** represents the letter B, and the tree Beith, the Birch. The sign ** represents the letter L, and the Rowan (Luis), and so on.

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If I remember rightly, there's a segment on it in Chadwick & Chadwick's The Celtic Realms. It's a fairly old book, but was recently reprinted in the Phoenix 'History of Civilization' series.

Senor Merlin pretty much covered it. There is some good info in the

"21 lessons of Merlin" but I can't remember the author. Here's some font's that will allow you to use it if anyone is interested.

This post has been edited by chaoscrowley37: Sep 19 2005, 09:14 AM