You can donate here. Our Target is €3,500, from our membership and donations we already have €2,300 so we're actually looking for an extra €1,200. The work is reinforcing the main support beams, i.e. the posts in the ground. We reckon that fixing these posts and the leak in the roof and new tapestries could give the Temple up to another 10 years of use before a full rebuild is needed. You can help by making a donation and by sharing this request with your network. Thanks in advance, Con and Niamh.
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We are planning a special day for a Permablitz. Sat 2nd of August 2-6pm. The project is - Storm Harvest - A Monterey Pine with hundreds of large cones is on the ground. Millions of seeds for you to Phantom Plant... Pine needle bunches and little sticks removal in preparation for chainsaw on another day. Collect and take home some big pine cones for their beauty, their use as seasonal display ornaments and their viable seed. PS A Permablitz is when a group of people arrive at a venue and work as a team on a basic project such as cleaning a fallen tree from seed, small branches and so on.  If you want to help just let us know - bring gloves, secateurs, loppers. We will show special thanks for your support exchange with an A4 metal plate of either 1) Our Ancient Calendar 2) OgamNua Key Code or 3) Three Cauldrons or 4) the usual 20yoyo voucher for my craftshop - see https://www.celticdruidtemple.com/shop.html Contact me at [email protected] Come and meet the guys, have some fun and contribute a bit of work - take home a special gift and unique memories. Contact me at [email protected]
My discovery of the Tuatha Dé Dannan's technique or formula for aligning with a living time calendar shows that Lughnasa is to be celebrated this year at 22:21 on the 24th of July. At that time it is twilight but one star becomes illuminated or visible before it too dips under the horizon on its journey into the Otherworld. It is even more spectacular when you know that this event is moveable because it connects to the Dark Moon being close to the Sun on their journey into the Otherworld. The star is Regulus in Leo that we refer to as Shalinnis in Cú. This is one of the Four Royal stars in the belt of the zodiac - Aldebaran in Taurus, Regulus in Leo, Antares in Scorpio, and Fomalhaut under Aquarius.  The image above shows Lughnasa, it is out of my next book - it is set for 22:21 on the 24th of July 2025. 22:21 24 July 2025 Shalinnís (aka Regulus) Azi 288* Alt +1* An Ghrian (aka Sun) Azi 315* Alt -6* An Gealach Dorcha (Dark Moon) Azi 315* Alt -3* This festival event of the Tuatha Dé Dannan is still called Lughnasa but most people with interest think it is aligned to the modern commercial catholick calendar which has only existed for the last 500 years. Lughnasa was deliberately and with foul intention and malice aforethought misaligned by the church of fear to disconnect the indigenous Celts of Ireland from their ever living calendar. Interpolation is an abstract notion being inappropriately forced into a living fluid system and as such it is easy to see it is not indigenous nor suitable. Watching the Sun, Moon and Stars returns us to the methods that our Ancestors used to measure time. Shalinnis Abú  These Four Stars in Persia were the Four Royal stars, for Christians they were the Four Archangel stars, for the Buddhists they were the Four Heavenly Kings, for the Chinese they are the Four Angel acupuncture points and they are also known as the Four Guardians and the Four Watchers. When each of these royal stars are about to set with the Sun and Dark Moon conjunct and below the horizon it is recognised as a very special event. Due to the curvature of our atmosphere (Greek meaning - vapour ball) the planets, Sun, Moon and stars all get enlarged.
So, the star Shalinnis (Regulus) becomes enlarged and shines brightly before any other star is visible in the twilight (or still bright) time of the Sun and Dark Moon set below the horizon - a very precise spectacular event. We refer to this as Lughnasa, the festival games of Lugh to honour his foster mother Tailltiu. Any photographs of this this years event shared with us will be highly prized by us and recognised by a gift of a "Canvas print B2 50x70cm with magnetic wall hanger" (incl free postage) see details in our shop. Here at the Celtic Druid Temple we will honour this event at high noon 13:31 and at Sunset, a private gathering - no casual guests. A project underway here at the Celtic Druid Temple. We are setting out 12 locations under various trees and groves with wooden seats with cushions, wind chimes and the "never know when you are gonna need one" poncho's. Niamh will give a special mediation to align your energy field with the tree's energy field so you can breathe together is first - the result is a letting go and a recharge up - harmonising all your energy bodies with the ambient energy of Nature is the result. In a safe protected space, in a young woodland grown without fertilisers, pesticides, fungicides or herbicides you can simply and quietly detox, recharge and harmonise - restoring inner glow and outer sparkle by reconnecting and breathing. Available in a few weeks from now (mid July 2025).  A young Oak tree, a wooden stool with a bit of soft sheepskin combined with peace and quiet and the warming of the Sun. All combines to produce a flow of water within the tree - evaporation is what it is called but it is much more than just one word! The essence of the land combined with the minerals and natural nutrients of the extensive underground web of connected root literally breathe out to the realm above in the most balanced way. This is the three realms of sea, land and sky in a tree and it causes the actual growth of the tree. When we connect peacefully with trees their energy flows can merge with ours and help restore and balance our energy flows too.  But you do not just burst in! You need to be a bit chilled - Niamh has left the phone far away, she is wearing a hand sewn linen léine (long shirt / dress) no shoes and has done a warm up meditation first. In the above pic she is overseeing her thinking mind and letting it clear as she prepares to develop contact with the spirit of the young Oak.  Stand in, open hands and stay quiet in the mind, prepare for placing the stool to sit on it while facing the tree.  Contact - hands on and feet on too. Sitting, facing, looking, holding = connecting. Thinking about the majesty of trees and of merging energy with this tree.  Niamh turns around so her spinal column aligns with the inner core of the tree allowing the two spiral helix fields to intertwine. They wrap around each other as the blood and sap energetically merge and sparkle, hidden things and stuck old energies are moved through transmutation into something new and fresh.
After a short period of time she will begin to do the 'Breathing with Trees' meditation and its hand movements to increase the flow of harmonic balance. A slow gentle exercise but it is like changing up a gear in its effect. This 'Breathing with Trees' meditation is demonstrated and shared out in the woodland. Get on our mailing list to find out when this exciting self healing project is open and available.  Our Moonthly newsletter has been sent directly to our members and friends. You can read a copy here and if you wish sign up to receive it straight to your inbox.
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