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Sunday, May 1st
Saturday, May 1st
Vlidio-Diwedo-Giamos 2010
Vlidio-Diwedo-Giamos 2010
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 05.01.10 @ 10:13 AM CST [Link]
Sunday, December 20th
10 Anniversary of Celtic Nation
Uploading
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 12.20.09 @ 12:41 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, April 29th
Deiuokara surpasses 60,000 visitors this week
Deiuokara enjoyed its 60,000th visitor this week. Since the website's beginning on the now defunct Hometown AOL Celtic Nation USA page back in December, 1999, our website is now average approximately 700 new visitors a month.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 04.29.09 @ 06:17 PM CST [Link]
Sunday, February 1st
Vlido-Brigindu (Feast of Brigindu) 2009
Today we celebrated a festival for Brigindu, parallel to Imbolc for Brig. Our families enjoyed the beautiful day and celebrated our Goddess.
Following the ritual themes of increase outlined in the Apple Branch, we meditated upon:
Ablution, to wash away elements that impede increase.
The crios Bride as the primary symbol of increase.
The brideog, representing Brigindu herself.
The cros Bride as the magical agent for bringing increase into our lives by means of a ritual passage through Brigindu's womb
On the crosoga, an object we charged with energy of the ritual in order to conserve the energy for future use.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 02.01.09 @ 10:05 PM CST [Link]
Sunday, October 12th
Imbas-Public allows Nic Dhana to toast "Celtic Flame" Author
Longtime Celtic scholar and Celtic Nation member Aedh Rua announced his new CR book "Celtic Flame: an insider's guide to Irish Pagan Tradition" on the Imbas-Public Yahoo Group this month and received a flame of his own from CR FAQ writer Kathryn NicDhàna and her sidekicks.
Rua, an associate author with NicDhàna and others of the original CR document that graced Witchvox back in 2003, felt the wrath of NicDhàna
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 10.12.08 @ 09:16 PM CST [Link]
Monday, September 29th
Edited Entry
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Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 09.29.08 @ 05:08 PM CST [Link]
Monday, September 22nd
Vlido-Kento-Giamos 2008
Festival of Autumn
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 09.22.08 @ 10:50 PM CST [Link]
Sunday, September 14th
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Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 09.14.08 @ 11:12 PM CST [Link]
Sunday, August 30th
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Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 08.30.08 @ 01:57 PM CST [Link]
Saturday, August 16th
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Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 08.16.08 @ 09:18 AM CST [Link]
Friday, August 1st
Vlido-Lugus 2008
Today we celebrated a festival for Lugus, parallel to Lughnasa for Lugh. Our families enjoyed the beautiful day and celebrated our multi functional God of our community, enjoying the afternoon thunderstorm that accented our celebration.
Rejoicing in our bounty of the harvest, we meditated upon the following themes outlined in the Apple Branch:
The assembly on high.
The Pageant of the Triumph of Lugus
The Solemn Reaping and enjoying of the harvest's first fruits.
Horses racing in water.
Fertility Magic of paired couples.
Burial of Flowers.
The community's order.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 08.01.08 @ 09:06 PM CST [Link]
Saturday, June 21st
Vlido-Medio-Samos 2008
Festival of Mid-Summer
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 06.21.08 @ 11:07 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, March 20th
Vlido-Kento-Samos 2008
Festival of Spring
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 03.20.08 @ 12:52 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, February 28th
Celtic Nation Yahoo Group Re-opens for Posting
After a three year hiatus, the Celtic Nation Yahoo Group has re-opened for posting. Originally founded in December 1999 as a Celtic interest discussion forum for polytheists, the list was shut down in January 2005 and then
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 02.28.08 @ 03:50 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, December 20th
Vlidio-Medio-Giamos: Eight Years ago tonight...
mood: Reflective
I began the first serious steps to creating an on-line presence for my spiritual journey. With a bottle of scotch, an old Pentium I Compaq desktop, Windows 98 and a small CRT monitor, I went to the ONElist home page, an old mailing list website started by Mark Fletcher in 1997, and started laying out
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 12.20.07 @ 03:07 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, August 1st
Vlido-Lugus 2007
mood: Thankful
Today we celebrated the feast of Lugus and had a memorable time. The afternoon thunderstorms arrived, capping a wonderful day. Thankful for the bounty from the land and the time with our friends, we hope all of you who celebrated likewise had a joyous holiday.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 08.01.07 @ 04:54 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, July 31st
As One Flower Fades, Another Blossoms
mood: Hopeful
So as another summer comes along with missed deadlines, IMBAS the organization is quiet, without a president, without an active, updated website, with a Lorekeeper's course in mothballs that no one gets to see because there is not a 501c to promote it...we read what people say they can't do, can't accomplish, don't have the money or support for and the mood gets dismal...that is until someone comes along and
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.31.07 @ 10:11 AM CST [Link]
Wednesday, June 20th
Daverin Resigns as IMBAS President; Remains Moderator of IMBAS Public E-list
music: Darth Vader's theme
mood: Frank
Citing a continuing inability to provide the needed strong leadership during difficult times, Brenda Daverin announced her resignation from her post as president of IMBAS, effective immediately. "Imbas needs strong leadership," Daverin admits. "I'm incapable of providing that under current conditions. I should've realized this years ago, but inertia is a harsh mistress."
Daverin's presidency was dogged by
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 06.20.07 @ 04:52 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, May 31st
Coming Clean about IMBAS
mood: Surprised
After several posts this week on the IMBAS-public list asking for an update on the legal status of IMBAS, along with the same tired response (still trying to straighten out the legal problems), Brenda Daverin, the president of IMBAS, gave us all a fresh breath of honesty this evening.
After noting the continued difficulties
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 05.31.07 @ 07:01 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, May 2nd
Vlidio-Diwedo-Giamos 2007
Dawn broke the horizon yesterday to our fires here in Pensacola as we celebrated the beginning of a season of action and energy! With passing of giamos into samos, we celebrated the divine wedding of Maponos to the Flower Maiden, the youthful manifestation of the land goddess and recognized the banishing of Cernunnos into the world of the forests.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 05.02.07 @ 06:26 PM CST [Link]
Monday, April 30th
The End of Giamos
As the dark half of the year comes to an end this afternoon here in the northern hemisphere, I take a moment to extend best wishes to all who will celebrate Vlido-Samonios as the dawn comes tomorrow!
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 04.30.07 @ 06:48 PM CST [Link]
Friday, February 9th
Web visitor #50,000
Quietly today, websurfer #50,000 visited our website. From the very humble beginnings of the original Celtic Nation USA page on AOL in 1999 (http://hometown.aol.com/celticnationusa/) to our Deiuokara.com site today, we thank all of you who have shared our journey along the way.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 02.09.07 @ 07:19 PM CST [Link]
Friday, February 2nd
Vlido-Brigindu 2007
mood: Peaceful
I love Imbolc. There is something about the celebration that conjures up optimism for the coming season of spring. Here in the northwest Florida Gulf coast, the temperatures this year have not been below the mid 20's F for the lows, and I count my blessings as I see how my friends in the north and the midwest have been hammered with the snow storms as of late.
Our festival day was beautiful and we enjoyed our communion with Brigindu, our friends, and our families.
I hope all of you who celebrated enjoyed the same!
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 02.02.07 @ 12:05 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, November 30th
Calling One's Reconstructionism What it is
music: EDIE BRICKELL - What I am
mood: Contemplative
There has been some debate as of late on the Live Journals and Yahoo groups devoted to Celtic Reconstructionism about whether a CR path should be pan-Celtic or more culturally specific, such as Irish, Welsh, etc.
Several have spoken out saying that this is not really CR, in fact the self professed "elders" of CR have stated in their "The CR FAQ" website that CR is not pan-Celtic and should, instead, be locally specific to Celtic speaking areas such as Ireland, Wales, Scotland, etc.
It is obvious that there is strong circumstantial evidence
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 11.30.06 @ 06:52 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, October 31st
Vlidio-Diwedo-Samos: Year End Musings; New Year Blessings
mood: Thankful and hopeful
Today, our year is over. Tomorrow a new one begins. For seven years, those of us associated with the Celtic Nation online presence have enjoyed the camaraderie of fellow searchers for enlightenment regarding the Celtic Gods and Goddesses of our ancestors. As we look back over the last year,
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 10.31.06 @ 04:57 PM CST [Link]
Saturday, September 2nd
Erynn Laurie bemoans CR e-list trends and "academic wankers"
music: I'm turning Japanese - The Vapors
mood: Amused
Erynn Rowan Laurie, one of the self professed creators of Celtic Reconstruction as an "ism", bemoaned the latest trends in Internet E-list CR discussions and likened the public's view of CR followers as "academic wankers".
"The other thing I've seen an awful lot of lately, not just here but on some of the other lists, has been the degeneration of CR discussion into pure linguistics," complains Laurie in a recent thread about list silence on Nemeton. "It's no wonder people think we're all a bunch of purely academic wankers, if that's all they see."
Laurie has evidently been feeling the on-line heat as of late. What she calls a "degeneration"
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 09.02.06 @ 10:30 AM CST [Link]
Friday, September 1st
Deiuokara
music: Shine - Collective Soul
mood: Pumped
Deiuokara is a proto-Celtic construction of a word meaning "reverence of the divine". It was originally a word coined for possible use by the Imbas organization back in late 1999 to describe their path. During the following elections, Deiuokara lost out to Senistrognata ("Ancestral Customs") and became forgotten in the back waters of IMBAS-public list history.
Since it was discarded, we picked it up. It is a great word to describe our path; so much so, we have decided to highlight it as our new website domain name. Our new site design is a work in progress and will be updated over the next few months as our schedules permit.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 09.01.06 @ 04:42 PM CST [Link]
08/02/2006: "Lughnasa 2006"
music: Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone
mood: Thankful
Our community enjoyed the celebration of Lughnasa yesterday here in Pensacola with a small feast and ritual offering thanks for the fruits of the harvest and Lugh's successful intercession with the land Goddess in the groups's behalf.
In the afternoon, we were blessed and cooled with an afternoon thunderstorm, a good omen on our day of celebration.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 09.01.06 @ 04:35 PM CST [Link]
07/25/2006: "Beliefnet.com Thread on CR FAQ Exposes Non-Celtic Neo-Pagan Agenda"
music: It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
mood: Hopeful
Beliefnet.com's Celtic Religion forum is the latest of several fora to expose the inconsistencies and disrespect the CR FAQ shows living Celtic cultural spirituality. It was a pleasure to read the thoughts of someone so in tune with the living cultures explaining the weaknesses of the CR movement as presented in the CR FAQ.
The proponent of living Celtic cultural spirituality for this thread is
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 09.01.06 @ 04:28 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, July 11th
CR FAQ asks "How can you claim to be a Celtic tradition if you're not immersed in the Culture?"
Our CR FAQ asks "How can you claim to be a Celtic tradition if you're not immersed in the Culture?"
Our two Faq writers Erynn Laurie and Kathryn Price NicDhana give us some interesting information, but never answer the question.
You can read their thoughts at http://www.paganachd.com/faq/basic.html#culturalimmersion .
In a nut shell they say
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.11.06 @ 07:49 AM CST [Link]
Monday, July 10th
CR FAQ: Is Celtic Reconstructionism (CR) a Religion or a Culture?
music: Karma - Alicia Keys
mood: Energetic
Is Celtic Reconstructionism (CR) a Religion or a Culture?
Well you might be surprised at the latest answer on the latest rewrite of Erynn Rowan Laurie and Kathryn Price NicDhana's CR FAQ at http://paganachd.com/faq/whatiscr.html#religionorculture
The answer is: Both !??! To quote our two CR Elders:
"Both. CR is a polytheistic religion that is based on our understanding of, and participation in, the living Celtic cultures. We see our religion as inseparable from culture."
Okay. So...
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.10.06 @ 01:03 AM CST [Link]
Sunday, July 9th
NicDhana, Laurie Feel the Heat; Attempt Re-Write of Newton Caveat in CR FAQ
music: Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
mood: Not Satisfied
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In an about face, the CR FAQ reading caveat marginalizing noted Celtic scholar and author Dr. Michael Newton was re-written this weekend, according to Bob Daverin's announcement on the IMBAS-public Yahoo group today. Unfortunately, it appears only to be a cosmetic effort at best, changing little substance of the original caveat criticising Dr. Newton's excellent primer on Scottish Gaelic culture.
The re-writing, which only came after
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.09.06 @ 10:42 PM CST [Link]
Friday, July 7th
Where to VENT against the CR FAQ's slander of Dr. Newton
Some have asked where to voice their displeasure about DR. Newton's work being called racist and misogynist by the CR leaders in their new CR FAQ posted recently on http://www.paganachd.com/
First, you can email NicDhana at webgoddess@paganachd.com. According to co-FAQ writer Erynn Laurie on the Imbas Public list, NicDhana had the big problem with Newton.
Erynn Laurie can be reached at: inisglas@seanet.com
Brenda Daverin can be reached at brenda@twoburrens.com
Their supporters have had no problem emailing me with their opinions; don't feel shy to return the favor and defend a fellow defender of Celtic culture against this repulsive type of pseudo intellectual slander.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.07.06 @ 04:08 PM CST [Link]
How to Honor Real Celtic Culture - Dr. Newton Style
music: We Luv Deez Hoez - Outkast
mood: Empowered
After a little searching, I believe we have come to the real reason why our CR FAQ defenders and their vocal faithful have a problem with Dr. Newton. It certainly is not about race. I encourage everyone interested in Celtic culture and its spirituality to read this entire article as I have only clipped a couple small portions to give you a taste:
http://www.saorsamedia.com/soapbox/satan.html
Quoting the good Doctor on his views of the
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.07.06 @ 03:48 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, July 6th
CR FAQ Triple Goddesses Stand Firm; Insist CR Newbies beware Newton's "Handbook"
music: You're Unbelievable - EMF
mood: Disbelieving
![worship[1] (5k image)](http://www.deiuokara.com/archives/worship[1].gif){kind=small}
The self appointed triple goddesses of CR FAQ defense Erynn Laurie, Kathryn Price NicDhana, and Brenda Daverin all weighed in over the week on my original IMBAS-public post criticizing the CR FAQ and them for calling Dr. Michael Newton a racist and a woman hater for his work in "A Handbook of the Scottish Gaelic World".
Our defenders of CR, who
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.06.06 @ 11:51 AM CST [Link]
Wednesday, July 5th
Moderated Musings
music: Lawyers in Love - Jackson Browne
mood: Resigned and satisfied
Over the weekend, I got the boot again from moderators over on IMBAS-public Yahoo. This time it was
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.05.06 @ 06:42 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, July 4th
Lies, Damn Lies, and Celtic Reconstructionism
music: Fooling Yourself - Styx
mood: Dumbfounded
![chair[1] (3k image)](http://www.deiuokara.com/archives/chair[1].gif){kind=small}
Take a moment before you go any further and visit http://www.sioux.org/our_history.html
If you are an American, i.e. specifically a USA citizen of caucasian Indo European descent, you may know a little about the Sioux, the tribes that compose the Nation, and some of its history as written from the perspective of white Americans. It is not my purpose here, however, to emphasize color or race; the emphasis is on language, culture, worldview, and traditional values associated with those three things.
While you are reading the history on the site from the perspective of the Sioux, every time you come upon the word Sioux, exchange the word Celtic. Every time
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 07.04.06 @ 11:49 AM CST [Link]
Wednesday, June 28th
CR FAQ dismisses "A Handbook of the Scottish Gaelic World" writer as racist and misogynist
music: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
mood: Somber
As we continue exploring the CR FAQ that went "live" last week, we notice another noted Celtic scholar's work being marginalized. Michael Newton's "A Handbook of the Scottish Gaelic World", a gem that takes one into the realm of Scottish Gaelic culture is the latest work to catch flack from our CR elders Kathryn Price NicDh�na and Erynn Rowan Laurie, though on this one, according to Laurie on the Imbas Public list tonight, the objections are all NicDhana.
NicDhana accuses Newton
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 06.28.06 @ 09:56 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, June 14th
New CR FAQ dismisses Alexei Kondratiev's "The Apple Branch" as Misleading
music: Bite the Hand that Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
mood: Shock and awed
It is a difficult task to create a religious umbrella based on a pre-Christian ancient culture. It's even more difficult to develop a FAQ which all associated with the umbrella will agree upon when that ancient culture is Celtic. The men and women attempting this task over at CR R Live Journal deserve praise for their efforts and their emerging product, which in many parts has become quite an informative body of work.
The new CR FAQ is now on-line: http://www.paganachd.com/faq/index.html
The authorship of the FAQ is claimed by Kathryn Price NicDh�na and Erynn Rowan Laurie. Most of the 10 or so CR's directly associated with this project are Americans, not fluent in Celtic languages, and, for the most part, unlettered with scholarly degrees in Celtic studies. So when the section of the FAQ relating to reading list came out, I was particularly saddened
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 06.14.06 @ 10:38 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, June 13th
An Evening with Taranus
music: God of Thunder - KISS
mood: Exhilarated
Traveling to New Orleans this week, I left the squalls of Tropical Storm Alberto behind in the Florida Gulf coast. A hot, humid day in the Big Easy with a 0% chance of rain set the stage for a record high of 96. As the setting sun painted its departing masterpiece on the few clouds that lingered, I relaxed after work with a fine cigar while enjoying the view.
In the twilight remaining, a distant rumble gathered my attention. Gazing to the north,
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 06.13.06 @ 05:47 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, June 1st
CR: A Celtic Religion, A Celtic Culture, or an American Neo-Pagan Creation?
music: You - Candlebox
mood: Upbeat
Some members of the CR/R group Live Journal are in the process of putting together a FAQ on
Celtic Reconstructionism (CR). Watching the hard work and effort put forth over the last few months has been an interesting past time for me. Since I (and they by their definitions) don't consider myself a practicioner of their CR religion as they call it, I have stayed on the sidelines and watched as they painstakenly put this project together piece by piece. Some of the work is nothing short of excellent.
Surfing through the beta version of the FAQ, I came upon
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 06.01.06 @ 12:52 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, May 31st
The CR Split over Brighid's Flamekeepers
music: The Flame - Cheap Trick
mood: Disturbed
There is hardly a more vocal group on the net than CR (Celtic Reconstructionism) when it comes to railing against any practice or belief that goes against what we know of ancient Celtic spirituality. The "usual suspects" as CR elders call themselves, who hang out on Imbas-Public and CR/R on Live Journal, are spending much time on a comprehensive CR FAQ, and seem to have a genuine desire to do the best they can developing a modern spiritual practice that is as "authentic" as possible to what the ancient pre-Christian Celts might have practiced spiritually.
It was quite surprising, then, over
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 05.31.06 @ 12:57 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, May 3rd
Bealtaine Comes and Goes without a Peep
music: Here Comes the Sun King - The Beatles
mood: Upbeat
Watching posting activity this last week on some of the major Celtic interest Yahoo email groups, not a single post was observed concerning the coming and passing of Bealtaine, one of the four major Celtic spiritual festivals.
Our celebration was a simple one here in Pensacola, marked by beautiful weather. As we look forward to the "light half" of the year and its many blessings and challenges, we honor Belenos and his healing powers, give thanks to Lugus for his protection of our families and thank our Land Goddess for the earth's bounty she provides.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 05.03.06 @ 03:51 PM CST [Link]
Imbas-Public Moderators Ban Searles O'Dubhain after Brooha
music: Darth Vader's Theme - John Williams
mood: Disappointed
Searles O'Dubhain, a well known personality among the Internet Celtic interest circles, was banned from the Imbas-Public Yahoo discussion group after clashing with Brenda and Bob Daverin, two of the moderators for the CR interest group.
What began as a
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 05.03.06 @ 03:24 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, April 20th
Moderator Shakeup on Imbas-Public; Tucherov resigns
music: Shake it Up - The Cars
mood: Bored
Longtime Imbas Public co-moderator Vanya Tucherov's resignation from his position was announced April 15th on-list by Brenda Daverin, Imbas President and Imbas Public co-moderator. Citing personal reasons for his stepdown, Daverin introduced list member Lisa Harmon as the new co-moderator.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 04.20.06 @ 09:26 PM CST [Link]
Sunday, April 16th
Reconstructionism, Restorationism, and Eclecticism
music: Only a Fool Would say That - Steely Dan
mood: Amused
I was over at the Celtic Restorationist/Reconstructionist Paganism's Journal live journal the other day ( http://community.livejournal.com/cr_r/ ) and I had a good chuckle when I saw one of the journal's moderators, Kathryn Price NicDhana (caitriona_nnc) , take mild offense at CR/R being called eclectic by another journal member pointing out that CR/R's pick and choose which *Celtic* cultural traditions and practices they are going to follow and which ones they are not.
Let me start out by saying I have
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 04.16.06 @ 08:33 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, February 7th
Celtic Cultural Discussion Forums Go On-line
Celtic Nation USA has expanded its Discussion Forums to include a category for Celtic culture. Featuring sections for all six extant Celtic cultures, plus a forum to discuss Celtic culture in the Diaspora, it is hoped that those studying Celtic culture will find the free forums a useful tool to post questions and answers, as well as a place to stay update with Internet news and links relating to the same.
Anyone may post; all posts are moderated. The link for the CNUSA Discussion Forum page is: http://celticnationusa.com/discus/messages/board-topics.html.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 02.07.06 @ 11:47 AM CST [Link]
Friday, February 3rd
Celtic Language Discussion Forums Go On-Line
Continuing in its efforts to serve its viewership, Celtic Nation USA has expanded its Discussion Forums to include a Category for Celtic languages. Featuring sections for all six extant Celtic languages, plus a Proto-Celtic forum, it is hoped that those studying Celtic languages will find the free forums a useful tool to post questions and answers, as well as a place to stay update with Internet news and links relating to the same.
Anyone may post; all posts are moderated. The link for the CNUSA Discussion Forum page is: http://celticnationusa.com/discus/messages/board-topics.html.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 02.03.06 @ 03:29 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, February 2nd
Celtic Nation USA Opens New Archaeological Discusssion Forum
As a part of it's continuing site upgrade, Celtic Nation USA has added the CNUSA Archaeological Discussion Forum to its discussion page. As time progresses, a collection of articles pertinent to Celtic archaeology will be posted and open for discussion, similar to the old CAP (Celtic Archaeology Posts) of the former Celtic Nation Yahoo group.
Anyone may post, all posts are moderated. The link for the CNUSA Discussion Forum page is: http://celticnationusa.com/discus/messages/board-topics.html .
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 02.02.06 @ 05:21 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, February 1st
Imbolc 2006 - Honoring Brigindu in Pensacola
music: Fire - The Ohio Players
mood: Happily At Peace
As the sun set in the west last evening here in Pensacola Florida USA, we returned to our field to honor Brigindu with the rememberance of Imbolc.
Lighting the tiki torches around the circle, enjoying a brief
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 02.01.06 @ 03:31 PM CST [Link]
Friday, January 13th
IMBAS to Miss Latest Re-Start Deadline; Fails to Set New One
music: What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
mood: Not Surprised
In the latest of a series of disappointing setbacks, IMBAS will fail again to meet its own deadline for re-organization, according to an official announcement by its interim president Brenda Daverin yesterday on the Imbas-Public Yahoo group e-list. Declaring the February 1st date as an impossibility due to the inability to meet the State of Washington filing requirements, Daverin refused to
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 01.13.06 @ 04:08 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, January 10th
IMBAS Secretary Resigns; Future in Doubt
music: Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
mood: Surprised
Vanya Tucherov, secretary and resident agent for IMBAS, as well as co-moderator of the IMBAS-Public Yahoo discussion group, resigned suddenly last week from his corporate duties, dealing a serious blow to IMBAS' attempt to corporately re-organize and begin re-accepting membership by its self imposed February 1, 2006 deadline.
In an unprecedented move,
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 01.10.06 @ 10:48 AM CST [Link]
Monday, December 26th
"Sacred Centre" Tackles Religious Intolerance Despite Old Guard Celtic Egroup Apathy
music: Jesus He Knows Me - Genesis
mood: Determined
In late October 2005, Gaheris, my list friend from the old Celtic Nation egroup, from Ontario, Canada as well as a familiar member of several other Yahoo Celtic interest egroups, watched a TV program that set off some alarms. It was a Tom Brokaw special "In God They Trust" about the evangelical movement in the USA, and its designs on controlling Western culture.
I did not see the special, but living in the
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 12.26.05 @ 06:29 PM CST [Link]
Imbas Public Posting Grinds to a Halt Due to Poor Moderation
music: I'm A Loser, Baby - Beck
mood: Disbelief
The triple moderators of Imbas Public have accomplished what many have feared only flame wars could do; effectively silence the 7+ year old e-list with its grand archives and loyal membership.
Once again, restrictive, ill advised, knee-jerk moderation is to blame.
Why a subject of the blog? Well, you can't complain about
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 12.26.05 @ 05:05 PM CST [Link]
Friday, October 21st
As the Imbas Spins....
music: Talk to Ya Later - The Tubes
mood: Amused
Imbas public Yahoo group moderation paid us a webvisit today...and we are honored.
Ad hominem and poor premises carried the day, however, as no attempt was made to
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 10.21.05 @ 09:33 AM CST [Link]
Imbas Backs Down; Changes Spam Rules to be more Hospitable to Celtic Authors' On-list Ads.
music: I'm Winning - Santana
mood: Vindicated
After a 4 day exchange on the Yahoo Imbas public discussion list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/imbas-public) that saw a native Celtic language speaker post an ad for a book on Celtic life experiences, a knee jerk rule change reaction by list moderators, debate from both sides about the wisdom of such changes, and the moderation of yours truly from the Imbas public discussion list, DubhTine and Vanya Tucherov, two of the moderators of Imbas-public responsible for the rule change have reconsidered their over re-action and begrudgingly amended their rules to be more hospitable to Celtic authors.
The incident began on Saturday June 11 when
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 10.21.05 @ 09:31 AM CST [Link]
Sad Day on Imbas
music: I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
mood: Disgusted
So...today...after 5 years...I have come to the place of asking...why do I remain a member of Imbas-public? No commitment to truth or open discussion regarding Celtic traditions....invoking antispam measures to dismiss books obviously regarding Celtic traditions...what's the point?
Tearlach Roibeard Luder
June 13, 2005
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 10.21.05 @ 09:27 AM CST [Link]
The Celtic Nation Blog is Up and Running!
music: The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
mood: Satisfied
Welcome to the new Celtic Nation Blog. Our website is in the process of being redesigned and upgraded to new servers; one of those upgrades will be this Blog, which will be a regular feature. In addition, later this week, the new guestbook and discussion forum will be up.
Tearlach Roibeard Luder
Tearlach Roibeard Luder on 10.21.05 @ 02:41 AM CST [Link]