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BOOKSBYMODERNOGHAMISTS:
(andatipofthehattoJohnMichaelGreerforhisreviewsinOakLeavesmagazine.)
BOOKSBYMODERNOGHAMISTS:
OurADFArchDruid,SkipEllison,publishedWhatDoWeKnowAboutOgham?in2002.Itisnow
calledTheDruidAlphabet,andavailablethroughAmazon.Ihighlyrecommendthisitsthejust
thefacts,maambookonOgham.ItsalsotheonlyOghambookwithphotosofthe122different
OghamsintheBookofBallymoteandwhattheyrepresent.Eachtallyisgivenwithpronunciation,
alistofcorrespondences(notjusttrees),quotesfromoldIrishaboutthetreeassociatedwiththe
tally,andSkipsowndivinatorymeanings,gleanedfromhisyearsofpractice.Skipalsohas
simplecardsthatcanbeorderedifyoudontwishtomakeyourownstaves.Myadvicestartwith
Skipsbook,then,afteryouveworkedawhilewiththat,andhavestartedtointuityourown
meaningsfromtheOgham,lookattheotherOghambooks.Thatwayyoullgointoitwithaclear
head.Thiscanbehadatwww.dragonskeepfarm.com.ISBN:1594055033.EarthReligions
Press.
(NotehowmanyotherbooksonOghamarefocusedexclusivelyonthetrees,anddon'tmention
everythingelseconnectedwiththeletters!)
OneofthefirstOghambookstocomeoutwasLizandColinMurraysCelticTreeOracle.This
wasin1988.Iusedthisformanyyears.LizandColinMurrayweremembersofTheGolden
SectionOrder,asortofmagickalDruidgroup.TheytooktheOghamandputitinaTarotformat,
completewithcardlayouts.Cardsaregoodtoworkwith,astheyremindyouvisuallyofwhateach
treestandsfor.AswithmostDruidythings,thesystemismorecomplicatedthanitneedstobe.I
founditwasbetterforlongtermdivinationthanshortterm,butitdidwork,anditdidprovide
insightformyselfandothersIvedonereadingsfor.TheMurrays'basedtheirsystemonGraves.
TheyreworkedGravestreecalendarabit,butconnectedeachtreetothefirstnewmooninour
solarcalendar,andusedthethirteenthforthe3dayperiodoftheCelticyearatSamhain.They
connectedeachfew,eachstave,tovariousstoriesconcerningeachtree.Allinall,itsagood
system.ISBN:0312020325,St.MartinsPress,NYNY.
ThesecondOghamsystemtocomeoutwasfromNigelPennickin1992,theNewCelticOracle.
Pennickhasanumberofbooksoutondivinatorygames,earthmysteriesandsuchlike.Like
RobertGraves,heassociatesjustabouteverythinghecanintoeachtally,andwindsup
swampingthewholeboat.HerelysmuchmoreonMedievallore,Arthurianloreandsuchthanhe
doesonthingsthatactuallywouldhavebeenconnectedtotheDruidOgham.WhileIhavethe
book,Idonthavethecardsthatgowithit,andbotharenowoutofprint.Iveneveruseditasa
Magickaldeviceandadivinationdevice,butIsupposeitwouldwork.Thebookisaninteresting
read.ISBN:1898307563.CapallBannPublishing,Berks,UK.
EdredThorsson,abigfigureintheNorsecommunityandanauthorityonNorserunes,cameout
withTheBookofOghamin1994.ThorssonwashelpedbyTadhgMacCrossan,onceanADF
member,andlaterthefounderofDruidactos,hisownDruidgroup,whichhassincedisbanded.Ive
neverseenacopyofTheBookofOgham,butfromwhatIveheard,thissystemiswell
researched,andsolidlybasedonhistoricaldata.Itisalsooutofprint.ISBN:0875427839.
Lewelleyn,St.Paul,MN
And,CaitlinMatthewscameoutwithadivinatorydeckin2001,theCelticWisdomSticks.Shes
createdanumberofCelticdivinationsystems,includingTheCelticBookoftheDead,whichI
haveandenjoy.ShehasastrongreputationinDruidandCelticcommunitiesforscholarship.You
getaburlapbagofstickswiththe20Oghammarkedonthem,andanadditionalstickwiththe
Forfedathefiveextracharacters.YoudrawoneormoreOgham,andthentosstheforfedastick
toseewhichoffourdifferentinterpretationsyouretakingfromtheOghamyoudrew.Ivenever
usedthisone.ISBN:1859060536.Connections,London.
PaulRhysMountfortpublishedOgam:TheCelticOracleoftheTreesin2002.Thishasbeen
highlyrecommendedbyfolksatADFbecauseitswellresearched,therearereferencestothe
naturalcharacteristicsofeachtree,discussionoftraditionalCelticstoriesaboutthetreein
question,divinatorymeaningandmagicandfolkloreconnectedtothetree.Ilikeditalsohighly
recommendit.ISBN:0892819197.Destiny,Rochester,VT

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SteveBlamires'CelticTreeMysteriescameoutin1997,followinghisnotoriousbookonDruidry,
Glamoury.ThisonegetsstrongrecommendationsfromfolksintheADFDruidcommunity.Itsnot
adivinationsystem,ratheritsasystemofreligiousandmagickaltraining.Youworkwitheach
tree,learnaboutit,performsimplerituals.(IlikeMountford'sbookbetter,butthenIwasn'tabig
fanofGlamouryeither....)ISBN:1567180701.LewellynPublications.St.Paul,MN
Laurie,ErynnRowanOgam:WeavingWordWisdomStafford:MegalithicaBooks2007.Ihavent
readthisoneyet,butIvereadsomeofErynnLaurieslectures,andfoundthembothscholarly
andinspiring.Itrustthatherbookwouldberesponsibleandscholarlyandinspiringaswell.I'll
postherewhenI'mdonereadingit.
EllenEvertHopmansTreeMedicine/TreeMagic.Goodbookontreelore,folklore,natural
magick.NotalotaboutOgham,andwhatsthereisbasedalmostcompletelyonGravesandthe
Murrays.ISBN:0919345557.PhoenixPublishing,Custer,Washington.
TheCelticSeersSourceBook,editedbyJohnMatthews.Thisreprintssourcematerialessays
byvariousantiquariansfromthe1700sthroughthe1900saboutallsortsofCelticdivination
methods.Alotofcoolstuffinhere,butpresentedwithverylittlecriticalqualifications.Forthe
hardcoreonly.ISBN:0713727802.Blandford,London.
TheWhiteGoddessbyRobertGraves.ThegranddaddyofOghambooks,andmuchmore.AsI
said,Gravessystemisbatshitinsane,butperfectlyinkeepingwithwhattheancientDruidswould
havebeendoingwiththeOghamalphabet.ThereisnoreasonwhyGraves,(or,ifhesright,
Taliessen)shouldntuseOghamtobuilduphisownsystemofpoeticcorrespondences.Hes
stuffedawholelotoffolkloreandmythintoaworkablemagickal,divinitoryandculturalsystem,
onestillinusethatmanyPaganstakeforgranted.Remembertho,thatthisbookisinspired
poetry,notrigorousscholarship,anditsmainthemeispoeticinspiration,notOgham.ISBN:0
374289328.Farrar,StrausandGiroux,NewYork.
GeorgeCalderseditionofTheScholarsPrimerisoutofprint,butrecommendednontheless.This
isthesourceofmuchthatsintheotherbooks.ISBN:1851821813.FourCourtsPress,
Portland,OR.
RASMacalistersCorpusInscriptionumIsularumCelticarumisconsideredoneofthemaster
worksonOgham.ListsandshowsOghaminscriptionsintheBritishIsles.ISBN:1851822429.
FourCourtsPress,Dublin,Ireland.
DamieanMcManusAGuidetoOgham.WrittentoupdateandcorrectMacalister,andshouldbe
usedwithMacalister.
ISBN:1870684753.LeinsterLeader,Ltd.,Kildare,Ireland.Thisisthecurrentscholarshiponthe
subject.
Websites:
EverythingOghamontheWeb.(NoKidding.)
http://www.evertype.com/standards/og/ogmharc.html
Dr.PeterBerresfordEllissTheFabricationofCelticAstrology:http://cura.free.fr/xv/13ellis2.html
TheOghamTractfromtheAuraiceptnaNces(MaryJoneswebsiteTheCelticLiterature
Collective):
http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/ogham.html
OriginofOghamandwherethetreeswere....http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/ogham/ogh
orig.html
Lotsofcoollinks,photosofstones:http://ogham.lyberty.com/
Stuffontheusesofvarioustrees:http://www.tarahill.com/treelore/trees.html
YournameinOghamhttp://www.oghamdesign.com/Trivia.taf
"TheVoiceoftheWoods",ACelticOghamDivinationSite
http://www.pixelations.com/ogham/index2.html
(alsopokearoundthesiteandthestore!)

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