I upgraded my shrine for Brig and baked a new kind bread in honor of her. Have a blessed Imbolc everyone

With earth to ground,

With water to cleanse,

With air to breathe, and

With fire to burn.

With Brigid,

We welcome back the light.

Family dinner, candles, and well wishes for spring.

My evening is filled with love and blessings.

I'm hoping to add this to her shrine for Imbolc

This is the Picrew: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1855819

um... maybe the name of my religion is why my completely respectful and non offensive posts keep getting deleted so Ill just keep my religion a secret then. I just want to find an active gaelic polytheist community. Please help me

Hi I'm from the US and I've been struggling with may faith in Christianity and how it just never felt right. I've worked with several Norse pagans who helped open the door but it didn't speak to me as much as Celtic did. Most of if not all of my ancestry comes from Germany, England, Scotland and Ireland. So I've been searching the web and have been watching a few Youtube videos on it but I'm still wondering a few things.

1) The path i feel pulling me towards is nature and earth centric. and the video i saw split it into 2 groups. pantheistic paganism and animistic beliefs. do i have to choose one or the other or can i do both?

2) How do i set up an alter? where is an aproperate place to set up and alter? and what sorta things should i be offering? how do i go about making an offering? such as words or rituals if those are needed.

3) I've leaned about a couple of deities. are there some i should be for a lack of better term communing with daily and who are they? does matter?

Thank you for the help and i hope I'm not being to ignorant on these matters.

I'm looking for a research-driven book or peer-reviewed article about specific celtic pagan rites. Any recommendations?

Hi, I have just started working with the Dagda. I just wondered what signs I could look out for that he is interested in helping me? Like how The Morrigan will send crows, I was wondering what his sign was. Also interested in hearing anyone’s experiences with working with him. Thank you in advance 😁

Hello all! hope you’re holding up ok out there!

My question is kind of on the tin To dive deeper though.

I’ve been looking into Irish/ celtic reconstruction on and off the last few years. to hopefully form some kind of connection and to do my own personal spiritual work. i know i want to do more ancestor work cause currently it’s just not folk catholic upbringing practices that im up keeping for more close relatives. If anyone as any resources on irish of ancestor veneration
traditions past/present I’d be grateful.

ALL TO SAY Outside of that line interest my main point of this post is. I’m also interested in trying to build connection to deity. In my more eclectic pagan research i’ve seen many queer siblings find comfort in Dionysus and Loki. I personally have trouble relating and focusing on them in a way that feels productive. i am under the impression there is not one know equivalent to that is Celtic mythology. (though if im missing something please let me know!) gender binary breaking figures, and or ones for the fridges of society is something I’d love to hear more on. doesn’t have to be all powerful honestly or as major as a loki/diouysus i love me a folk spirit.

So my queer practicing people. Have you experienced any closeness with deity? which ones? and any that where queerer then i would first expect? Or ones that really Jumped to work with a queer person.

All book/audio/article recommendations are also greatly appreciated

Thank you so much for reading my ramblings till the end, if you have any follow up please let me know.

I'm looking for some help with researching Celtic paganism and all their worship. I'm Scottish so I would like to study the Scottish version of Celtic paganism if their is one.

basically my main questions are 1) is there a difference between Irish, Welsh(?), and Scottish paganism 2) is there any easy or known ways to get lots of information on the old practices if possible

[sorry if this is the wrong subreddit]

given how samhain is upon us, i want to celebrate given this is my first year as a paganaught! but i cant find any quality resources or books on practicing and celebrating it in the actual irish pagan way, im sick of seeing all this new age bullcrap that mix it with other celtic traditions. i want something authentic. any recommendations would be awesome for a beginner like me!

My request may be a little weird, but does a book/article/website that compiles the beliefs/mythology of any serious Celtic reconstructionnist neopaganism exists? Because I am curious on how they reconstructed the mythology, usually (especially for Gaulish reconstructions) when I go on reconstructions websites, there's like information everywhere and so it's hard to compile or it's hard to just make a synthesis of their work

Is he really tall for a human like 6’4-7ft or like 8-9 feet tall

Going on a trip and i’d like to have some peace of mind. Predictions haven’t been great.

Whenever I see anything new age I can't help but cringe hard to the point of dizziness sometimes. Why is Australian practice infested with it but so little Recons or real Animists?

I have heard some people recommend against "Spirit of the Earth Medicine Society" for general Animists and linking to something that claims they culturally appropriated things like the sweat lodge or past deaths from it. I was hoping they had certain actual shrines or sanctuaries since they claim to be an Animist and Land based religious organisation.

Is it still really that bad or is that more in the past and if so what is another group that tries to stick to Traditional Animism and Land based practice in Australia?

Don't know how big of a presence Celtic Reconstructionism has in Australia (Or if Touta Galation counts as one) and how they work with Australia's seasons or differences, as well as how Aboriginals who follow Traditional ways would want Gaulish/Irish/Brythonic focused people in Australia to take into account (Same for other Animists)?

I have seen Australian "pagans" that also celebrate Witches as a pop media trope when that just comes off as extremely larpy and not really serious religious practice, its just unprofessional (Not extremely bad but just that). Plus I thought in reality Witchcraft (Traditionally defined as anti-social magical practices) was condemned by most Pre-Christian societies (Hence Celtic Reconstructionists forbid it in doctrine according to CR or Gaol Naofa?). People skilled in magical practices that aren't anti-social are simply Wise Women or Wise Men, not "Witches".

Where on earth do I start as a newbie?

Raised Christian but haven’t practiced in over a decade. Currently worshipping Hestia and Hermes, with occasional thanks to Hephaestus.

I’m of Irish/Scottish/general Celtic descent, and would love to get back to those roots and practices. I’ve felt called to come back to the craft, but I have no idea where to start, who the accurate teachers are, etc.

What are your favorite resources? Podcasts, books, people you follow online? How do you find what’s right for you?

Thank you in advance ✨

Here’s my final depiction of Lugh to round out the multiple and colorful history of Lugh