Fáilte!

You are so VERY welcome to the members area of your Ogham Journeys Programme. I'm delighted to see you here. 😁

Here's a little about the Programme.

As you've seen from the info materials and emails already, this Programme is for those who want to learn the Ogham, but to learn it in a different - deeper - way than just reading a book or taking a regular class.

The weekly class content (new for 2020) is brought to you primarily in original teaching materials by your Guide, Lora O'Brien, and supplemented with the study of our recommended textbook “Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom”, by Erynn Rowan Laurie, as well as other Ogham resources we recommend along the way.

But beyond learning the foundational materials to give you confidence in using the alphabet, this Programme is designed to open and develop a solid relationship with each individual Ogham fid key, as well as the over-arching ‘Spirit of Ogham’ itself, through the use of an indigenous method of Journeying in the Irish Otherworld.

The programme runs over 26 weeks - six months of learning and exploration.

Each Saturday, you will gain access to the new lesson, which contains a wealth of materials for that week's topic.

20 of those weeks will be spent focusing on the individual Feda, the ogham alphabet letters - or keys to the wisdom of the Otherworld, as I think of them - so that you can truly get to know the Ogham beyond a mere system of divination (though we can use it for that too), or a 'Celtic tree calendar'.

The other six weeks of content will be taken up with :

• an introductory overview lesson, so we can all find our feet.
• four review lessons, for a pause and some stocktaking - so that the individual feda we've been learning about also make sense in the context of the Aicme or letter group it sits within, and we're not just rushing from letter to letter.
• a final lesson on working with the Ogham, including Crafting, Divination, and Magic.

Those review lessons at the end of each Aicme also include some extra content - including a look at the Auraicept na n-éces, and the Forfeda (the 'extra letters' from the manuscripts).

WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW

First, order your supplementary text book. That's “Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom”, by Erynn Rowan Laurie.

You can get it direct from the publisher here: http://www.immanion-press.com/info/book.asp?id=328&referer=Catalogue

If you'd prefer to go through Amazon, and send a few cents our way in an affiliate sale, here are those links:

• Amazon.com (USA) - https://amzn.to/3nDXhMV
• Amazon.co.uk (UK) - https://amzn.to/2GZgasw

Second, introduce yourself to the Journeying Technique we will use, with the Bonus Journeying Classes we've included under the 'My Courses' tab at the top of the Irish Pagan School homepage. Even if you've been using this method already, please refresh yourself on it!

If you're having trouble finding or accessing your bonus classes, please use this guide - How to Log In to Your Course https://support.teachable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004257811-Log-In-to-a-Course

Third, please go and join the online Facebook community group (see instructions included in this section), if that's something you are interested in being a part of. (It is available for peer support, but not necessary to complete the course!)

Your weekly Lessons will be available each Saturday, at 4pm (Irish Time). You will get an email reminder each week...

Any questions? Put them in the comments below.

Talk soon!

Lora