(December 1, 2025) Causality has two complimentary components which are "flow" and "guidance." For example, fluid flow is guided by river banks or by pipes. Likewise the flow of electricity is guided by wires.
Significantly, these components of causality were recognized by the Neolithic Farmer Druid culture who incorporated them into their worldview. They identified flow as a masculine power and guidance as a feminine power. All life powers thus had their masculine and feminine components (deities).
The feminine life source powers seems to have been represented by a chalice since ancient times. The Indus-Valley Unicorn seals shows a chalice representing the feminine underdome in front of the unicorn bull (image below). The life network is pouring fluid into it and that looks like a dagger (athame).
In Sumerian times the life source goddess was named Erishkigal meaning "wise One of the Earth Chalice." Her later lordified name was Ningal meaning "Lady of the Chalice." (Gal means chalice, Nin means "lady" while ki means earth)
Gerald Gardiner who invented this ritual was apparently inspired by recent Sumerian and Indus Valley findings. He incorporated causality into it as "all the powers of the universe." The whole phrase is: "As the woman is to the chalice so is the man to the athame and in their union are all the powers of the universe."
(January 14, 2025)
This is a chart found in an early book justifying the Christian date of Easter. The date of Easter is determined in each year through a calculation known as computus paschalis, or simply Computus. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the March equinox. The first full or new moon after the equinox was an important Pagan marker for planting crops in the spring.
The book is called the "Harmony of the Months and Elements" written by Byrhtferth of Ramsey (c. 970–c. 1020). He was a priest and monk who lived at Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire) in England. The original book is lost, but two independent ‘copies’ made in the early 12th century remain. This diagram aligns different aspects of time (solstice, equinox, months, seasons, ages of man), the zodiac, and the four elements, in order to introduces a number of key concepts relevant to the computus. In the Oxford manuscript, the diagram comes right at the end of a section (ff. 3r-7v) which contains a miscellaneous variety of short texts and visual designs related to the computus, and directly precedes another section (ff. 8r-15v) containing tables and texts on computus.
Notice the use of Ogham text in the center.
These make sense for any European. The texts are in Latin.
East (Latin Oriens) = Earth (terra) as in the landmass of Russia
South (Latin Meridie) = Water (aqua) as in the Mediterranean
West (Latin Occidens) = Air (aer) as in the direction of the prevailing winds and weather
North (Latin Aquilo) = Fire (ignis) as in the direction of the northern lights
East Corner: Anathole a oriens = Anadole a oriens = Anatolia from the east
South Corner: Mesioi brios m meridie = I am at noon
West Corner: Disis o occidens = You are far away, O West
North Corner: Arcton a aquilo = Close to the north
(Connecting earth and water from the south) Terra sicca a frigida = Dry earth from cold
(Connecting earth and fire from the north) Igni calu dus a siccus = The fire is hot and dry
(Connecting air and fire from the north) Ver humidus a calidu = Spring is humid and hot.
(Connecting air and water from the south) heims frigi da a humida = cold and humid
De concordia mensium atque elementorum (Byrhtferth’s diagram). Online at: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/De_concordia_mensium_atque_elementorum_(Byrhtferth's_diagram)
Book online at: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Oxford,_St_John%27s_College,_MS_17
Ogham in the center of the page. They have not been translated until now.
(January 14, 2025)
A' ' ṬeṢu DiPu Wa
In English
These emotion-powers (Awen) can eliminate the Big-Dipper's curse (of fate)
ᚒᚃ ᚃ ᚒ ᚒᚃ ᚃ ᚐᚁ
UṢu Ṣu U UṢu Ṣu ARu
In English
To start activity with the Source-power activate the Controllers (the divine birds owls and eagle-vultures)