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[@alethearia]

"The Celts were really into the gay sex" My gay self: *sense of belonging*

[@robwormgoor5456]

What does that have to with the culture, religion, traditions, and language? That's what this video isn't about.

[@jessgeoghegan]

@@robwormgoor5456 you okay bud... ?

[@tysonchambliss8135]

Gay sex was in the video. don't be a jerk

[@valq10]

@@robwormgoor5456 it's a cultural tradition that they enjoyed non-monogamous non-committal bisexual relationships. I can't think of anything more determined by culture than how a people tabulate their sexual mores.

[@Scar-jg4bn]

🍀🇮🇪🍀🏳️‍🌈🍀

[@sparkymularkey6970]

Thank you so much for this video and the other invaluable resources you've provided. I'm a struggling practitioner of Irish Celtic paganism and I've been feeling so lost and alone in my practice for a long time. This gives me so much hope! Go raibh maith agat!

[@lucialovecraft]

As a native Irishwoman, thank you so so much for providing this well needed research into our culture and heritage. It makes me feel so much closer to my home and my journey into Irish paganism

[@its.sarah1guess]

i am two years late but i really found myself in practicing and learning more about celtic paganism. finding peace in my heritage and learning about my ancestors really healed my relationship with religion and spirituality. (saying this makes me sound 10 but you posted this on my 16th birthday)

[@ThepPixel]

As a Welsh person its great to see a video like this by an Irish person :D

[@allisonharranmua8193]

Thank you for this video. I am an Irish American. My great grandparents on both sides of my family came over during the famine. I have dna and immigration paperwork as proof that the stories I heard growing up are true. In my efforts to learn more about the irish parts of myself as well as the belief system my ancestors had, i have come across a lot of confusing information and conflicting "facts". Im really glad I found your channel because you have given so many resources and so much accurate information. I actually love research and reading, i love learning new information but its hard to find resources that have "good" information. Thank you for the books you have recommended on this channel and for the information you are personally sharing.

[@masterjunky863]

Greetings from northern Italy to my celtic brothers

[@celestialbunnie5151]

When you said "they were very into the gay sex" I was like 😂😂😂 I'm glad you put a good point of view on it

[@Wickedw1ld]

My best friend started sending me your videos as I'm struggling to find my path. And your videos so far have been so helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to do these.

[@angie-ge4pu]

11:50 made my day!! thank you so much, I've had a really hard time finding a person to learn about celtic paganism from that isn't, well, a white supremacist lmao. instant follow💞

[@PumpkinMozie]

“There goes half my readership...yay! Don’t want you anyway.” Hahaha I love it.

[@comesahorseman]

That bit in the Iron Age artifacts slide is interesting to me. The design of the "joint" in the middle of the mouthpiece makes it what is called a French jointed snaffle. I've used and liked this bit many times with sensitive-mouthed horses, but I had no idea the design was so ancient! Cheers!

[@scythescythe884]

I didnt know that. Thank you.

[@wanthonyqtsisquavaughan8007]

Thank you so much for once again clarifying the terminology that has been used. This helps me correct the term of "druids" that was used in my family in Wales. When I think about the traditions that were passed to me it it very obvious that my ancestors were "herbalists and animists" I was never comfortable with the Druid definition that was used in my family so now I can comfortably correct them and provide a different view and perspective that would honor our ancestors and their natural ways. Thank you so much for sharing...

[@buttercupcoffee5972]

What made you uncomfortable about the way the used the term "druid"?

[@suzannelee9999]

Thank you, Lora! This is very helpful!!

[@sartarisbeanagh5300]

Excellent vídeo. This is what many people should watch beforehand.

[@tylerszabo7952]

You are helping me find myself in Celtic culture thank you, I'm finding most of my personal beliefs fit with them.

[@MossyKong]

Loving this content!

[@careykoenig5285]

Thank you! Very helpful and enlightening!

[@chrisnewell9813]

I met Janet Farrar at Sunfest this year. She had nice things to say about you.

[@grouchygeek4176]

Its nice to learn about celtic paganism from someone thats actually from around the area and has been in it for a long time. Its hard not to find bullshit sources. Thank you.

[@thedruiddiaries6378]

Good talk! Thank you.

[@michaeljlydon6991]

Thank you for a very interesting and educational talk

[@silverjinglebobspur1]

Very informative and definitely refreshing. Thank you.

[@michaelmoranmoran3688]

Thank you lora once again you have sprized me with this amazing video thank you

[@christinaharse6146]

Thank you for the info.

[@linbean4366]

I’m two years late and I have a lot of catching up to do I’m doing my best to catch up this is incredible information thank you for all your hard work 🙏✨

[@pseudonamed]

very nice overview of what we know about the Celts and the different ways of understanding or connecting to their spirituality. It'd be nice to see a list of the books recommended under the video for ease of reference. Thanks for sharing.

[@mikehancock6103]

Thank you for video of celts and pagans 👍🙂🌍

[@christopherrodriguez6868]

"Yay! Don't want you anyway!" Love and blessings to you! Great talk!

[@chelsea-victoriaturner9486]

Thank you for that rant I loved it so much ch

[@butterflybecs]

Thank you Lora 🤗

[@odonnelly46]

FYI: There is no year zero. Begins with AD 1. So from 1 BC directly to AD 1

[@GabrielaOliveira-iq9pk]

Omg I'm in love with you! Thanks!!; 💓❤️💓💓

[@mybrotherskeeper5789]

Thank you love the talk

[@caragreene6029]

Thank you so much for introducing the correct way of use shamanism.

[@opheliadeserres2598]

lovely. thanks

[@Toglos]

When someone says something with malicious intent to hurt, to get their point across, they're being spiteful. That person won't think about the other person's reasoning behind why they say what they say, instead they will simply lash out.

[@wuldr]

It is true that a lot of modern Druid or Neo-Druid traditions had their start in the Druid Revival which was, basically as Lora quite accurately said, " a bunch of upperclass English men." That being said I do find that the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, (O.B.O.D.) Has done an exceptional job of promoting an honest dialoge about the origins and shortcomings of Neo-Druidy, while at the same time pointing out what we can do better for a more inclusive, respectful, authentic, and healthy version of modern druidry. Our new Chosen Chief, Eimer Burke, is actually an Irish Woman. To me the O.B.O.D. has a very healthy grasp on what it means to be a druid today, informed by ancient druidry and the revival while making sure we are inclusive and intersectional.

[@Ogham]

I have a lot of respect for Eimear, and I'm looking forward to watching her work 😊

[@KrisHughes]

Eimer is great. I hope OBOD ups its game as far as the way they represent Celtic myths and cultures.

[@Ogham]

SAME Kris. And who they allow to run their groups, coz that needs a review unfortunately.

[@arianbyw3819]

Agreed

[@mourningwoodward]

This. This is the validation I’ve been looking for. LOL Merrily met, Lora. Subscribed. 🖤

[@kellylouisebrown4954]

Even with in Celtic ancestory: I am Welsh but also have Scottish ancestors on my mother's side. I love Ireland so much: nothing genetic there but I love and respect it all.

[@marcy5748]

As a trans pagan who has been asking for signs for months, i have been let to celtic paganism and hearing your protective rant was very affirming

[@HollyOak]

The word shaman is part of the Manchu-Tungus language and specifically speaks about their spiritual worker. It was appropriated by white men and then used as a title to describe anyone, from any culture who did similar work.

[@unmaskyourmagic6167]

Hahaha. They were very into the gay sex. Gave me a laugh. But this is a very informative video and I appreciate your time. !!!

[@spykydz]

I'm late to this video's publishing but I found it while doing research on my own spiritual journey. My parents both trace back Irish roots - to the much more privileged protestant "Ulster"/"Scots" Irish on my mother's side who came to America in the 1700's, and on my father's side much closer with my grand grandmama (who I desperately wish I could've met) coming from Dublin just a few short generations ago. I always wanted to reconnect with those roots and maybe make up for some of the prejudices in my family (not just what I mentioned, believe me, there's a lot), and I wound up here. What I didn't expect was the little rant about halfway through about people appropriating Celtic and Irish culture and spirituality to be used as a racist and LGBTQ-phobic cudgel. And I must say as a transgender woman, I feel very seen and blessed to be helped along through education by someone so not only knowledgeable, but accepting and welcoming. Thank you very much for this video. I found it extremely beneficial. I hope you and yours are blessed in 2022.

[@jennifercunninghamspiritua6014]

I was quite shocked as well, I know a group that has taken the Norse path for those reasons. With their pure blood bs, and they are so I don’t even have the words they betrothed their daughter to a 14 year old boy when she’s 18 to keep her from being a lesbian, as she was attracted to my daughter who is a lesbian, and won’t really let them be friends. So it’s infuriating absolutely infuriating that they’re trying to take over the Irish pagan path, or Druid paths. Like a flesh eating disease trying to spread rapidly. I even brought up certain mythologies where it’s pretty evident that even a lot of the gods were at least bisexual. Not to mention that the tribes liked a variety as well. It’s toxic perceptions and beliefs and with family and friends who are of the community it’s infuriating to me.

[@justbeegreen]

I appreciate the mention of groups that are appropriating Celtic pagan ways. People watch a series and misinterpret the teachings, buy a few weapons, costumes, and instruments online, and create a hate-filled, cult-like, toxic patriarchal version that twists the teachings… I am very uncomfortable with some of the neo-fascist groups that mask as Norse paganism- it’s embarrassing to humanity. They should be called what they are: fascist hate groups run by immature and ignorant power-seeking men-children who adopt some pagan-looking practices - with strict defined roles - they’re exclusive and not at all inclusive. Okay, needed to get that out of my system. The next rant is how capitalism/consumerism cheapens the teachings.

[@moonraven2254]

Thank you so much for this very insightful videos :) I been hearing one after the other, it was great hear how you pronounce the Irish Gods and Goddesses names, it's been very interesting to understand the different songs from a Portuguese perspective... Any chance you could do the same for the Fomorians and Fir Bolg Gods and Goddess? I started with the "Reading of the Morrigan Lore" but I couldn't understand it, so this videos really opened my mind and hears , Thank you, thank you, Thank you :) I believe the "Shamans" are called , in UK, Shamanic practitioners, cause the term Shaman is exclusive for the indigenous people ;0)

[@stigmatizedminstrel1837]

Thanks

[@invadertifxiii]

im looking into getting morgans books soon

[@thlydd]

You said "American groups, abusive, dead now" and I knew exactly who you were talking about...

[@Serpentaxuk]

Very late to the party, but thank you for this wonderful video.

[@Jennifer83881]

Ms. O'Brien, thank you for your videos. Your down to earth, true to facts content is much appreciated. I wanted to point out one thing, I hope may be of mutual interest for all who are seeking to restore the old ways. I find it interesting how similar Shintoism is to what you described, not to mention the Native American beliefs. If anyone wants to check out a thriving animism worship system I would recommend visiting Japan. Their Shinto sites might be similar to what Europe and the ancient sacred places might have looked like if monotheism had not taken over. Please, if you do visit Japan (when Covid-19 issues are under control so to speak), please be respectful. And by the way, do not walk thru the center of the Torii gate. That is the path of the gods. Take the sides of the entrance. I know we (European decent) have much to recover from our past but it might be helpful to learn from others on our way. Maybe structure the sites like a Shinto shrine in that they have an offering box for the upkeep costs and "priest" income. They sell keepsakes for additional income and something appropriate for the worshipers to take home (instead of taking from nature or the sacred site). This would help alleviate the desire for some to leave candles, etc which have become issues. But of course keep it all as true to what we know of the Celtic old ways, culturally appropriate. Thank you again, you are appreciated.

[@wakinyanredwolf6949]

I'm looking at the "wishbone" piece in the Irish Iron Age artifacts, and this is merely a guess, but it reminds me of perhaps a spur for a horse rider.

[@Ogham]

Could well be!

[@Catubrannos]

It's as wide as the horse bit though.

[@MarcelGomesPan]

I wish i knew you people when i lived in Co Cork (the late 90’s). I was the only pagan i knew of ( exept for ”Fellowship Of Isis” and they where too far away). Also, some sean nos dancing people would have been fun. 🇸🇪 In Sweden there are a lot of pagans but....beoir agus damhsa please! 🙂

[@PytheasFidus]

(Sorry for my english) I am french, but I know that the ancestral culture of my forebears had been eliminate by Roman Republic/Empire. Today, we have (almost) lost our celtic culture to adopt a latine culture melt with some bribes of germanic and celtic culture. French is a latin language, but with some celtic words in all the stuff about agriculture and same nordic language for marine stuff (Normandie babby). Today we don't know the language of the Gauls, we ignore the world view of the Gauls, and a few about their religion. We have only clues like that Druids was really influenced by Pythagorician School who was a scientifist and religious conception of the world. For them mathematics was the language of the Gods; a mysterious language who permit to understand the mystery of the world. I try to discover the path to my real identity: my family has his origin in Lozère, a french department in Arverne region (the name is "Auvergne" today): Arverne were a Gaul tribe who give Vercingetorix, the hero who unificated Gauls tribes against the roman ennemi.

[@pwb730]

So my DNA reselts to figure out my lineage is rubbish? I feel so lost. I just want to feel a connection to a heritage in which "i belong." In stories past down we "knew" we were of Irish or Scottish decent. My DNA reaults. At least I tjought, confirmed this and ai began to seek out the history. At least I found your video.

[@michellem3879]

I feel you. I have no family stories of my family’s lineage. I do know my maternal grandfather’s family settled in VA in the 1600’s because of the land grant a distant cousin found researching the family tree. But other branches I can’t get beyond the 1800’s or Revolutionary War because the records just aren’t there (thanks Civil War) or names are reused and very common (lots of George’s, Williams, and Jameses). My DNA results say 17% of it matches people in Ireland (the rest is mostly Britain and Western Europe) but I have found no one with verifiable Irish roots. I just want to find a culture I belong to because in my part of the US, it more of what class you fit in. 😔

[@mnemosine93]

Research cultures you are drawn to. What Lora's saying is that having the genes isn't required, but nor does it automatically make you Irish or Scots etc.. You're Irish diaspora. But this doesn't mean you cannot be part of it.. Lora has more videos on cultural appropriation vs appreciation that can help. I have lived in Ireland since 2000, and am originally from USA. My genetics are Sicilian, Northern Italian, Scots, Swedish and Irish - I grew up thinking of myself as "Irish and Italian". I was fortunate in that my mother brought me out of USA to visit Ireland and Europe when I was growing up, so I had early exposure to the fact that the lived reality of Irish culture was not the same as what Irish Americans imagined. You are you, you can choose your tribe

[@invadertifxiii]

i definitely believe and love the thought of the divine manifest in the natural world, thats what brought me or introduced me to paganism in the first place

[@Rocky-me7qh]

Love from a Hindu🕉️ 🙏🏻 ❤❤❤

[@wornsoul7277]

Thank you I’ll probably watch this again and take some notes, I’m looking to find out if there were any animals that the ancient Celts didn’t eat? Would you by chance have an answer?

[@ThepPixel]

Gobeithio wneith y pobl celtaidd cario ymlaen am byth. - Hopefully the celtic people will carry on forever.

[@Rabbitthat]

I thought the word British meant Celitc etymologically so celtic isles = british isles. Wikipedia quote: *Pretani being a Celtic word that might mean "the painted ones" or "the tattooed folk"

[@Catubrannos]

It's quite possible it's a name that is pre-Celtic, that dates back to the Atlantic Bronze Age or earlier. We still have no idea how Celtic languages ended up in Britain. Did they evolve there at the same time as on the Continent, were they introduced through some dynastic change. Made all the more complicated by the Druids apparently originating in Britain but being the protectors of Celtic culture including language in Britain and Europe.

[@Rabbitthat]

@@Catubrannos very cool, thank you!

[@wuldr]

British Isles is used in modern language as a way of showing that Great Britain controlled those Isles. And Great Britain is a name for basically England and the neighboring lands that it forcefully took ownership of. England tried very hard to force a common British Identity On Wales Scotland and Ireland and to call it the British Isles is almost like saying they won.. but if you call it the Celtic Isles it is an easy way of describing what they all have in common instead of naming one island or Nation as dominant.

[@nataliebutler]

I think a Christian who sees the divine in nature would be a non-dualist of a sort.

[@jellyman420]

Maybe if Christianity didn’t run over all the other religions they could ask someone

[@jellyman420]

@Aiden MacLean you couldn’t be more wrong might want to pick up a history book on the wars cause from Christianity Lmfaoooooo more like jammed down peoples throats. Obey or die.

[@lovernumber7]

So satisfying to see someone talking about the celts like that, from an archaeological, historical point of view! "They were verr into gay sex btw!" 🤣 I love it! Love it! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I'm going to Ireland in March and I was wondering if you have any meetings or events around that time so that I could come and say hi and listen or participate!

[@enku1]

Core Shamanism (I believe) goes back to Dr. Michael Harner's work which developed into the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.

[@morgan_drui]

I love some of the aspects of Wicca but the duel theistic idea is a odd one to me.

[@MyThecount]

Hi lora

[@magikclaw7458]

I'm wondering if there is anything out there on the Sionnach Sidhe. I probably wrote that wrong, but I have seen rumors about a shape-shifting fox spirit from Irish folklore out there. I'm wondering if that is true. Information on it seems very obscure.

[@maragrace9765]

Thanks for all your work! Would you expand on your side comment about how the Celts were all about the gay sex at some point?

[@wuldr]

There are a lot of historical references to Celtic peoples embracing & encouraging homosexual behavior. I don't remember the names of any particular references at the moment but if you search "homosexuality in Celtic culture" or something similar to that online I'm sure it will bring up those resources.

[@valq10]

"British" is in fact a Celtic derived word. Hence "Brittany". Needs to be reclaimed.

[@stevenjackson6360]

It was never lost to begin with. Britannia still stands on Britain's currency

[@valq10]

@@stevenjackson6360 but people think that the English are only Anglo-Saxon, and that the Celts were all driven out of England, whereas in fact what happened was that they intermarried. England is a Celtic culture and Britain is united in its Celtic-ness.

[@emanueledes7]

I bet Paganism will rise again. Btw, we also had Celts and Celtic culture (and paganism) in Northern Italy!

[@XRift5983x]

Is there not a link to several different countries that would be considered the celts?

[@whatshappening708]

Animism is more of a worldview than a religious classification, you could be animist and still be pantheism Monotheist or polytheist tbh

[@FaithfulOfBrigantia]

5:00 Here you cite Andalusia as being in the Celtic cultural sphere, i find this odd. There are many parts of Spain that were Celtic, most of it actually, but Andalusia was *probably* not one of them. While there has been made a case for the Tartessians to be considered a Celtic people, this is based mostly on the Tartessian alphabet, which albeit not 100% proven yet, seems to correspond to a form of a Celtic language (and we are talking bronze Age, before there were even Celts in Central Europe, so this would imply Tartessian to be an original, early form of a Celtic language, unlike for example the Celtiberian language, which was a Celtic language written in the Iberian Alphabet). However, ALL but 2 of the Tartessian inscriptions are actually not found in Tartessia (Andalusia), but in the lands of the Celtic tribe of the Cunettes, in Southern Portugal. So Tartessian Alphabet should really be just called Cunetian, or "Southwest Paleo-Hispanic" as it often times is. And this would make sense, as the Cunettes were indeed described as Celtic by all ancient sources.

[@jimbo8574]

Would you consider it problematic and appropriative for folks such as Americans and the English to practice pagan religions as a whole or only if they weren’t staying true to the old ways of the religion? I personally am studying this religion and way of life and the core tenets and values definitely speak to me where I would consider practicing the religion. However I myself am born and raised American and at least as far as I know have no Irish or other celtic background.

[@invadertifxiii]

so i know the difference i can be or learn celtic reconstruction pagan in my spiritual journey and not celtic wicca ?

[@lilyhenson6352]

So I'm really late to this, but do you have to be of Celtic or Irish background to believe in this? I'm just from the US and don't know much abt my family history but this really resonates with me and I don't want to appropriate it

[@Ogham]

Please check my channel and blog for many answers to this question

[@heavymetalnerd9612]

I'm questioning like how to be an (Irish specifically) pagan? How do i practice this religion and learn A L L that I can about it?

[@alexa548]

irishpaganschool.com

[@RouxAroo666]

I'm two years late, but as a trans woman thank you for including transphobia on that list, that made my day.

[@Ogham]

Of course. It's ongoing work

[@stefg5238]

Lora O'Brien as a trans man, thank you❤️❤️

[@TrueNativeScot]

lol as if actual pagans would have accepted that degenerate nonsense. Pagan Europe was very homophobic. Injecting modern leftist and marxist values into paganism really goes against the point

[@RouxAroo666]

@@TrueNativeScot Fake Scot. Cringe.

[@1DJSkittles]

Being a gay man, I loved it when you said " did you know the Celts were into gay sex" love it and love you channel.

[@Somethingsomething69lol]

I feel a strong connection to Irish mythology and genuinely believe in the tuath de dannan but I'm lost to how to become a genuine pagen

[@Ogham]

MAYBE you could try the free course in the link below 🤔

[@Somethingsomething69lol]

@@Ogham go raibh maith agat that was the most spiritual progess I made since realiseing I'm not atheist it was lovely even hearing a few words of Irish arís go raibh maith agat sláinte a cara geal

[@Ogham]

@@Somethingsomething69lol tá fáilte romhat

[@vanessagannon7488]

Hi laura i hope you are well i want to do an intence study if irish witch craft specifically as apose to wica can you recomend books for me to read thank s ftom angel 😊😚😙😚😙love from donegal xxxx god bless youre work laura 😊👩‍🌾👍🙌🙏

[@Ogham]

You can go and look up the folklore for yourself on Dúchas, for free? Or, start with this class for the basics - irishpaganschool.com/p/magic-intro

[@IsMiseAine]

Even when you stress the point and spell it out 😳😂😂

[@emanueledes7]

11:55 YEP, the Celts were very largely bisexual and much into gay sex!!! As most cultures before freak'in monotheism were.

[@buttercupcoffee5972]

What was the name of the american Neo-Druid?

[@morgan_drui]

Me.

[@scythescythe884]

For the racial pureists: geneticists only have to look at 3% of our dna data to determine whether any two people are related. Less than 3% of your dna differs from any stranger you can test and compare to, regardless if skin phenotype.

[@Sapphiredragon123]

so i was skimming through and happened to stop on "celts were actually really into the gays, yay there goes half my viewership haha its ok dont want ya anyway." XD alright yes girl tell em' bye falicia! XD

[@donnaturner4795]

I find it odd that u would use tools used instead of that which was worshiped at that time...also, could u be more specific regarding, who or what was being worshiped...

[@Frogdoddofficial]

Can I be a pagan who just believes in the eternal cycles of nature, or do I jave to believe in the pantheon of gods? Thank you.

[@uyoebyik]

I think you can believe in whatever makes sense to your spirit

[@ObservantPiratePlus]

If you can be a Neo-Druid, why is being a Neo-Shaman "Problematic"?

[@GreenSage307]

Shamanism is way older than most formed faiths on earth and is connected into Druidry and other Pagan followings, the thing is a lot of the old Trible Shamans do not agree that it should be taken out of its cultures and only the tribe's leader should only be able to use it, sadly it had been taken and made into a medical practice that doesn't reflect its true nature.

[@IsMiseAine]

Druidry is an umbrella term that covered a whole range of 'professions', vocations, philosophies, learnings, practices and (religious) beliefs amongst a number of cultures and people's. Shaman is a specific term for a tribal Spiritual Elder of a specific tribe in Siberia. That makes the answer to your question pretty obvious no? However, if you are appropriating the term Druid or neo-Druid for your own financial or social gain then that too IS problematic 🤷

[@moss5690]

Incredible resource thank you and TRULY thank you for calling out racist fascist wangers!!!!

[@olliegodin-blier5692]

Sílim go bhfuil págántacht na hÉireann an-spéisiúil

[@dwightfry37]

Good presentation. But I've yet to meet someone who uses Celt as a racial purity thing. I have seen ancestor worship along with a yearning to look into one's heritage. The majority of people you're talking about usually use Norse culture for that.

[@Ogham]

Are you frontline teaching about this internationally every day Dwight? Oh no wait, that's actually me.

[@dwightfry37]

@@Ogham So you have all of this experience, yet you can't put forth credible evidence to back up your claims? Seriously if you could do that instead of just getting defensive over a very mild critique, I'd happily retract my statement. I might not be "on the front lines", but I have been a practicing Celtic Pagan for seventeen years now. I have yet to meet someone who is a Celtic Pagan that is far right, a Nazi, Alt-Right, etc. The vast majority of Celtic Pagans that I have met in my life are usually Centrist or Libertarian, (meaning that they don't care about what or who you are, as long as you're not hurting anyone) and despise mixing religion with politics. Such experience is why I have come to the conclusion that there's little to no reason to believe that Celtic Identitarian Pagans exist, or are big enough to worry about. Could just be my perspective, or it could just be that you just made such claims in order to feel important. Judging by your reaction I'd say it's the latter.

[@Ogham]

I meet them about every other day here in the youtube comments, and trying to get into the multiple facebook groups I run, or popping up in other people's facebook groups, or publishing fucking magazines es about it like Caroline Emerick, or at events I attend in person where I'm expected to join in with the casual racism they sidle up around me with.maybe, just maybe, your 'casual criticism' is touching a nerve because a) you are so blatantly wrong in your assumptions and obviously (by your own admission) limited experience of this thing which is so disgustingly prevalent in my life as an irish person they view as safe coz I'm expected to be on their side, and b) it's mansplaining the situation to me as if your limited opinion is the truth because you say so. Please learn from this, if you're genuinely open to being educated about it, or feel free to feck off my channel. GRMA

[@dwightfry37]

@@Ogham The internet is full of trolls who are more than likely trying to get a rise out of people (hence your online experiences), one presumably self published magazine isn't indicative of a major movement, where did I say I have little experience on said subject or do you consider putting words in People's mouth an argument, Lastly if you can't take criticism with out sperging out then maybe you should get the fuck off the internet, it tends to eat people like that alive.

[@Ogham]

If ye haven't figured out that i don't pander to male fragility by now then feel free to not take advantage of all the education and community service opportunities. This is my daily reality, so you can either learn from it, or fuck off. Simple!

[@jenniferleftwich7]

Celic folk practice, do you have to be pagan??? Or can u be a practitioner of Celtic folk practice without being pagan or wicca ??? Silly question I know, ty for ur time

[@astridfrost6878]

2.5 min in. Wtf.

[@Ogham]

Mind Blowing eh?!

[@mountainman111]

1 Timothy 2:12

[@justbeegreen]

I prefer Thomas.

[@mountainman111]

@@justbeegreenfeminist lmao.. opinion discarded

[@justbeegreen]

@@mountainman111 didn’t realize posting another Saint’s name would be so triggering.

[@mountainman111]

@@justbeegreen I posted a verse not a saint. Address the passage & stop gaslighting

[@mountainman111]

@@justbeegreen that's what i thought lol crickets

[@cameronedwards3628]

You are only Celtic if you are ethnically Celtic, people should be proud of and embrace their own indigenous culture not appropriate others.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Smh

[@redrobin4026]

Annoying or what!!

[@katiegoodwin3916]

This video is frustrating because it uses a lot of fancy words to explain the time period and geographical location where Celtic paganism started and was practiced. It does not go into the actual beliefs which I thought religion was based on beliefs, not so much as well its from this time at these places and they liked gay sex. As someone who was wanting to learn about this religion I am left very empty as to the root of their belief system.

[@mnemosine93]

This is a brief, free video.

[@rorysullivan5694]

I'm glad you made it clear regarding the Celts being a culture and a lingua franca. I despise this racial obsession within neo paganism.

[@CarbonEternity]

Great talk, until you started with the ranting about racist bigot fascists...

[@Ogham]

Hit a nerve did it?!

[@truly7468]

I mean if the shoe fits😅

[@truly7468]

CarbonEternity Astute observation.

[@cosmonautjane]

ah yes, disliking racists, bigots, and fascists is so terrible

[@ThepPixel]

@@Ogham the only thing I dont understand is you say that being a celt isnt a race, and sure it isnt, but you can trace celts via dna, in the same way you can trace anglo saxons via dna. Wales is a celtic nation, and I am Welsh as far back as my ancestry test cares to go. Does that mean you should be hateful to others? Nope, of course not, but you can trace that kinda stuff. In the same way as you can trace the Goths or the Danes etc. And I personally think your opinion that a person off the street is as close in dna as a brother and sister is abit off, family members tend to have closer matches in DNA because they will have the same parents and you obviously get half your dna off each parent so. Other than that great video and yeah fuck homophobia and racism :)

[@skooma4BabyGhoul]

Celtic paganism has to be the most ignorant term I've ever heard of

[@kimhyunjinbarksjeonheejina9759]

can you explain please? sorry, not sure if that came off as rude.