From the Branch: The Ogham For Spiritual Growth - Paperback

by Drew Morton (Illustrator), Alexis Umowski (Editor), Deanne Quarrie (Author)

It is my hope in this book that I can give you a few ideas of what the ogham is, where it might have come from, and how I (and others) use it as a spiritual tool. There is much we do not know about the Ogham. It is not known for sure if the ogham was ever used for divination. And finally, it is not known if the letters were ever used to designate lunar cycles. What is known is that there were many oghams - the letters themselves, bird oghams, tree oghams, etc. The letters being symbols for certain words, not all trees as it thought by most today. What we have is a system that uses several oghams in combination that is not necessarily historically correct but that which works for us as a tool for learning. This book deals with those teachings set in a framework of the lunar year.

Author Biography

Deanne is a Priestess of The Goddess, and author of four books. Deanne is the founder of Global Goddess, a worldwide organization open to all women who honor some form of the divine feminine. She is also the founder of The Apple Branch - A Dianic Tradition where she mentors women who wish to serve as priestesses. Through the years Deanne has organized many women's festivals and seasonal celebrations. She has taught workshops and formed groups of women to honor the age-old tradition of women coming together, doing work with their hands and sharing stories with each other. She currently teaches through the Apple Branch, The Rowan Tree School, and Ocean Seminary College.