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Ogam: The Celtic Oracle of the Trees: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Druidic Alphabet

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I give this book 5 stars because in my mind it is the most well rounded book on Ogam and Ogam divination available today.

Mr. Mountfort puts forth a scholarly study of Ogam including history of, his interpretation of, making of, and casting of Ogams.

What struck me the most about this book was his painstaking effort to link for us the individual meanings to thier corresponding myths. Along with this he also at no time gets bogged down in the dogma of right and wrong when it comes to interpretations and makes it clear that the study of Ogam is an ongoing evolution and today's reality may very likely change as time progresses. What is important is that IT WORKS!

Lastly, he takes us through the recent revival of Ogam and gives us his views on modern publications pertaining to Ogam.

All in all, an interesting informative read.

This is the most accessible and available of the few ogham (or ogam) books out there. It is luckily very good and well researched. Working through this book will put you on the path of mastery of this tool. It includes in depth interpretations and a number of useful spreads.

I went into this book knowing very little about the Ogam alphabet- just some simple associations with each letter from other books I've read that mentioned it in passing. But the Pgam is explored thoroughly and in-depth in this book- it definitely inspired me to start making my own set and using it as a divination tool! The books begins with a section explaining some of the history and mythology of the Ogam alphabet, citing a variety of sources for the best coverage. The author then goes on to describe each few, which is the best part! The fews are described in terms of word ogams, mythology, botany of the associated tree, and more. The last section directs you into a practical use of the wealth of knowledge the author provided. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in the Ogam, beginner or experienced! Great read!

I am learning ogham and one of the most important things that ogham offers is a path to communing with the trees. This is a fantastic book and I encourage people to use it for the purposes of communing with the wisdom that the trees can teach us.

The book Ogam: The Celtic Oracle of the Trees: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Druidic Alphabet is excellent. It explains the symbols and tells you how to make your own casting sticks.

Excellent book. You just have to concentrate and read it well. Very knowledgable.

Anti-latinism and anti-christianism appear to be standards for celtic divination, blaming these groups on page 31 for destroying the druid religion. His history of ogam is conflicted. He says on page 14 that ogam was invented around 300 c.e. by a man, but on page 11 says a god invented it. So which is it? He also associates ogam with the druids, which is a bit strained since he acknowledges that ogam is a post-christian invention, after the Latins and Christians finished destroying druidism. He also makes the error of fixating on tree ogam, even though he knows that the letter names are unrelated to trees, and dismisses all the other types of ogam (listed in the Auraicept na n-Eces) as encyclopediac lists (page 26), but the tree list is one of these. And last, Mr. Graves and his White Goddess book, which Mr. Mountfort is well aware that scholars reject, but pleads that it has 'profound insight'(page 200).

I like this book but I would never buy any books from amazon again they rip people off by charging more for shipping then it really cost to send the books.