Otherworld

Ireland was founded more than 5,000 years ago. The country has many places where things of their history and culture are seen. The national parks and other areas are major locations where tourists visit to learn more of the country's history. Ireland is full of ancient areas with historical significance. The journey of Ireland’s history begins in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, known for its history and heritage. From Dublin, the scenic route takes you to Wicklow Mountains National Park to…

dressing up and putting jack-o-lanterns on their porches. These are rituals of Halloween that has transformed throughout the years. When the Celtics celebrated Samhain, they lit bonfires to honor the dead and to help them on their passage to the otherworld. It was also to prevent the dead to seek out the living. In the early centuries, the people gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables. In the later centuries in Old England, “soul cakes” were made for the drifting souls and people…

Additionally, throughout the poem there are specific mentions of the Catholic Church’s and or their God’s weakness in comparison with the freedom of the fair folk and Fenians which Oisin experienced in the Otherworld. An example of this is when Oisin is relating their revelries after a battle with the demon, he exclaims: We sang the loves and angers without sleep, And all the exultant labours of the strong. But now the lying clerics murder song with barren words and flatteries of the weak.…

Gloria Steinem once opined, “[a] feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” Steinem renovated American journalism through being influential on expressing the improving the treatment of women in workplaces through her involvement in the feminist movements of the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Her domineering emotional strength as an independent female character connects similarity to even other beings. In the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, Pwyll encounters a…

“The cosmos is an unfolding and contingent process filled with endless spirals of life, death, and rebirth,” (Green 143). Death is a universal concept among all people because it is an inevitable part of existing in the physical world. But the concept of death and how it is made sense of differs among religions across the globe. For Neo-Paganists, the belief in reincarnation is one embedded in holding nature as a sacred entity. Death is not something to be feared, rather, it is something to be…

They were inspired by 17-9 century romantic movements. In Druidism, they do not have a sacred text or anything equivalent to a bible as well as no universally agreed set of beliefs and ideas. Druidism is known to be more of a spiritual path, but to some, a religion of some sort. There are many beliefs in this paganism religion, some feel that they are animists, pantheists, monotheist or even duo theist. The monotheistic druids believe in one deity known as the Great Spirit, so as to not identify…

writing, religion, healing, magic, and ritual work. It is associated with the crown chakra, The World in tarot cards, and contains reflection of the vibes of light and dark. I found it important to unite all things as well as the connection to the otherworld. By opening up beyond thought and emotion I feel it will benefit any magical workings and connections to my practice. I found researching this word to be very educational and it has taught me that the word Akasha is a word that I will be…

For anyone who sat through the insufferable and laughable Ouija in 2014, you experienced a film that relied almost exclusively on jump scares, whizz-bang noises, and some of the most stilted acting and wooden dialogue this decade. The film's reliance on the "Lewton Bus" tactic, where we brace ourselves for something to scare us only to have something else reveal itself in that very moment, was used so much the movie became a joke in and of itself. And yes, sitting in the theater, I looked…

First, the biggest lesson Cory learns throughout his maturation is learning how to let go and he learns this through the deaths of Davy Ray and Rebel. Furthermore, when Cory has to face the depressing fact that his dog must be put down, he ultimately prays him back to life. However, his dog suffers to stay alive and, “He never ate. Never drank a drop. He stayed in his pen, because he could hardly walk on his withered leg. I could count his ribs, and through his papery skin you could see their…

The chapter book I have chosen to write about is Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne, which is a part of the Magic Tree House series. This series is about two kids: Jack and Annie, who find a magical, time traveling tree house. In this book, they receive an invitation to come to Camelot for Christmas, but when they get there, no one is celebrating Christmas. They find out that a spell has been cast on Camelot that took all the joy and celebration from the people and three Knights of the…