The Gaelic Goddesses ¦ Psychology and Irish Mythology
Are myths just fireside stories? What can they teach us about the past and ourselves today? Join me as we explore some the archetypal symbolic meanings attributed the various Gaelic Gods and Goddesses from a psychological perspective
Some may be literally true, historically accurate.
Others more conveying a truth through a good story
Thank you, i agree.
We pagans have had our troubles, serious troubles, separating harmful human psychosis with our concepts of god, and goddess delusions. I was lucky, I had it explained to me when I was very young. That is what that deicide article was about. Removing the human psychological manifestations from our concepts of G-d, a tricky thing to do. ( I was disappointed with the article)
The destructive human psychoses of the time were misunderstood as god or goddess delusions, it took a great and lasting toll on early pagan society. Historically I think we were doing pretty well correcting the flaws in our theology then the third century happened.
All that good work suddenly taken advantage of by another faith as the monotheistic concept of the Logos was compromised and co-opted into another monotheistic faith. But hey, I think we stole the "spark of the divine" thing from you guys, so I can not complain too much. The terms used were, and are still very similar after all, and it worked out pretty well for Europe.Until now.
I recognize the Logos (Greek concept) as my guide, I believe we are all children of G-d, so Jesus as the Son of G-d makes perfect sense to me, or any of the monotheist pagans of pre-Christian Rome. I am a son of G-d, so are you in my theology. Women are the daughters of G-d, that is one thing the Christians left out. (of course they added much I don't believe)
It (the Logos) is present in all of the human beings on earth and found within oneself by searching the consciousness of the mind for truths, coupled with, or discovered by relentless investigation of the world surrounding us. Eratosthenes never claimed to be a genius, after discovering the circumference of the earth 200 years before Christ. He credited the Logos. The idea was within him, he only discovered it within himself after a relentless study of the nature of the world he inhabited. For a pagan, that would be "divine" revelation. Finding the "truth" within oneself. The Logos is knowledge or the truth of the universe. Albert Einstien gave the best description in his comment on the nature of G-d.
Reality, logic, reason, the pagan "holy trinity" as it were. The skeptical philosophy is the reason, the philosophy of cynicism is the logic, and the philosophy of realism is the reality. Master all three and discover the Logos (or G-d) within oneself.
Do you believe in God? “I’m not an atheist. I don’t think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn’t know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws.”
The dude in the video must be a Christian or atheist, I've got a friend who can read both old Irish, and Gaelic and swears to me Danu was never considered a goddess till Christians arrived in Ireland.In the text, it is the tribe of Danu as their description of themselves. Nothing in my faith suggests g-d has human genitalia male or female. Monotheistic paganism has to be one of the least understood faith on planet earth. He got the stories mostly correct but misses completely on the meaning. And "saint Briget" was a real teacher and leader of her people, not a myth or Christian saint. She predates Christianity by 1000 years in the text.
But he does seem to be 100% correct on Brehon law in his other videos, that is the religious law of my faith.
The Gaelic Goddesses ¦ Psychology and Irish Mythology
Are myths just fireside stories? What can they teach us about the past and ourselves today? Join me as we explore some the archetypal symbolic meanings attributed the various Gaelic Gods and Goddesses from a psychological perspective
Dear Friend Kpr37: I think there are many lessons and insights to be learned from the folk culture of various heritages.
Some may be literally true, historically accurate.
Others more conveying a truth through a good story.
To me that doesn't matter.
If I come away from it with just one good idea, insight or bit of knowledge I didn't have before I got involved, I call that a win.
Good article.
Good point.
Thanks. We are grateful.
Enoch.
Some may be literally true, historically accurate.
Others more conveying a truth through a good story
Thank you, i agree.
We pagans have had our troubles, serious troubles, separating harmful human psychosis with our concepts of god, and goddess delusions. I was lucky, I had it explained to me when I was very young. That is what that deicide article was about. Removing the human psychological manifestations from our concepts of G-d, a tricky thing to do. ( I was disappointed with the article)
The destructive human psychoses of the time were misunderstood as god or goddess delusions, it took a great and lasting toll on early pagan society. Historically I think we were doing pretty well correcting the flaws in our theology then the third century happened.
All that good work suddenly taken advantage of by another faith as the monotheistic concept of the Logos was compromised and co-opted into another monotheistic faith. But hey, I think we stole the "spark of the divine" thing from you guys, so I can not complain too much. The terms used were, and are still very similar after all, and it worked out pretty well for Europe.Until now.
I recognize the Logos (Greek concept) as my guide, I believe we are all children of G-d, so Jesus as the Son of G-d makes perfect sense to me, or any of the monotheist pagans of pre-Christian Rome. I am a son of G-d, so are you in my theology. Women are the daughters of G-d, that is one thing the Christians left out. (of course they added much I don't believe)
It (the Logos) is present in all of the human beings on earth and found within oneself by searching the consciousness of the mind for truths, coupled with, or discovered by relentless investigation of the world surrounding us. Eratosthenes never claimed to be a genius, after discovering the circumference of the earth 200 years before Christ. He credited the Logos. The idea was within him, he only discovered it within himself after a relentless study of the nature of the world he inhabited. For a pagan, that would be "divine" revelation. Finding the "truth" within oneself. The Logos is knowledge or the truth of the universe. Albert Einstien gave the best description in his comment on the nature of G-d.
Reality, logic, reason, the pagan "holy trinity" as it were. The skeptical philosophy is the reason, the philosophy of cynicism is the logic, and the philosophy of realism is the reality. Master all three and discover the Logos (or G-d) within oneself.
Do you believe in God? “I’m not an atheist. I don’t think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn’t know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws.”
The dude in the video must be a Christian or atheist, I've got a friend who can read both old Irish, and Gaelic and swears to me Danu was never considered a goddess till Christians arrived in Ireland.In the text, it is the tribe of Danu as their description of themselves. Nothing in my faith suggests g-d has human genitalia male or female. Monotheistic paganism has to be one of the least understood faith on planet earth. He got the stories mostly correct but misses completely on the meaning. And "saint Briget" was a real teacher and leader of her people, not a myth or Christian saint. She predates Christianity by 1000 years in the text.
But he does seem to be 100% correct on Brehon law in his other videos, that is the religious law of my faith.
As alway, I enjoy sharing G-d with a friend.
Here is a link to the Brehon Laws, if anyone is interested. It's properly called "Feinechus", and Breitheamh is the Irish word for judge