An Irish Pagan Life
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- A Celtic/Pagan woman, Earth lover, Tree Mother, Colette O'Neill is a full-time Writer, Gardener, Folklorist, Photographer, Environmentalist, Vegan and founder of the Bealtaine Project in the West Of Ireland. Books from Bealtaine Cottage Publishing bealtainecotta...
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I have been a Druid for about 6 years now, I too was brought up with harsh Christian "values". I learned from the great Goddess Mother Earth that my life is mine and she is full of love and guidance. I am so proud of you Collette, you are a Divine Representation of the Goddess!! Love and light be with you always. :)
I feel the same as you Colette, its almost like you have spoken my words & feelings exactly. I used to smoke, but stopped, im vegeterian,i dont believe in coicidences,i worried that changing from christianity to Paganism would have a bad effect on my life & i would be damned,lol, i cant belive i was so stupid. I have never been so happy , since i became a Pagan a few years ago i feel i can see the good in people , & i have been able to open my heart much more . I also love beautiful Mother Earth , walking in Nature, being a volunteer , the ancient woodlands,trees, bird song, ect. I just love everything that Mother Earth has created.
How is it i'm accidentally living an Irish Pagan life in the bible belt USA? 😆 Thanks so much to everyone here in my virtual community! 🦊
Me too Christie! Merry we meet sister! I am in east texas now born in ohio. Are you very far from me?
@@witchmoon11 I am in the SW desert...Merry meet sisters...blessed be and Happy Spring 🌵
Not an accident u choose to
Me too!! We’re rare where we live but hopefully we all find others like us and make those meaningful connections. Blessings!
@@MrDeanmfitz you missed the joke.
Love your eloquent way of putting into words what so many of us are seeking and finding in the arms of the Great Mother. We embrace the dance while She plays the music. Many blessings always.
And your video appears in front of my eyes with this beautiful cottage that I dream of, the garden, the trees that I dream of. I bought a portion of land, a small farm in the south of my country Chile, that it's so similar to Ireland. And I'm going to live there within 5 years. I want to prepare there a sacred place to the Goddess, near the nature, listening to the wind, the trees, the river. I'm so happy for you, it's a beautiful place. Sorry for my English
Thanks Colette for sharing your thoughts. Organized religion is just that, “religion and rules,” I have relationship with God and not religion. My relationship with God is loving and beautiful. I can imagine Jesus walking with us through our beautiful Bealtaine’s all over the world! Bless you.
I love the way you described the Pagan way of life. It is so natural. You have made a Garden of Eden, all by yourself. Nature is so happy there. Jack is a Blessing for you. He's a True friend.
Dear Colette, you have expressed your thoughts beautifully as always. I can relate to what you say on every level. Clearing all the clutter from our lives so we can reconnect and truly appreciate what this beautiful planet has to offer.
You are right Colette, I think Mother Earth is angry and her heart is breaking.
Many blessings dear lady xxx
Well said. :-) We need more who speak for Mother Earth as you do.
I love jack & his squeak toy. he's such a happy fellow.
Whoever put the 25 thumbs down must be blind, deaf and dumb! This woman is amazing. Not enough hours in my day to catch up with all these delightful videos. Such insight and a wonderful spiritual soul. So glad I found you :) Total inspiration.
I know you probably won't see this, but I wanted you to know that this really helped me. I am so happy that you have found your path, but it makes me overjoyed that you can help people like me with this.
Am loving all your videos. I am addicted 😻 I read this today on a face book post and thought it so apt. “ Man is the most insane species, he worships an invisible God and slaughters a visible nature without realising that this nature he slaughters is this invisible God he worships” Written by Hubert Reeves. Blessings to you and Jack ❤️
I am so grateful to have found your videos at a time in my life that not much in the world makes sense or even matters to me anymore. Thank you Colette for showing me that another world is entirely possible and helping me to see a glimpse of my ancestors' connection with the Earth from long long ago. A few generations back they were flax farmers in Ireland before emigrating to Canada through England as I have recently discovered.
I love my beautiful Pagan path
Your home and the nature around it are breathtakingly beautiful!
Wow! Your talk today really resonated with me and many others as well. TY
What a truly remarkable, wise, and unique Soul you are Colette. I am full of pure admiration for you, and though l am relatively new to your channel, it brings me great peace and wonder. I visit you every day here, and the walks on your sacred ground bring me enormous joy and peace.I am in the process of moving, and you keep me grounded! :) look forward to my pendant and book arriving soon so that l can welcome you into my own space, knowing it will bring even more light! Thank you! Sandie ❤️
Jack is on a mission with his toy!! Soo funny. Your words were so filled with wisdom!!!!❤❤
Thank you Colette for such a beautiful, profound post, I felt very emotional as you relayed your story. You are a wonderful witness to" living your truth" . Thank you for all you do, and all that you share in harmony with Mother Earth. Many blessings 🐕💚🐈🍂🌲🍂
As you speak I see my own journey... I also was raised in a church. Until 16. Then I rebelled & just lived my own life.
I lived, schooled, raised my children in So. Ca.
At 46 I wanted to live closer to nature. One day I was reading a book on Wicca & thought, OMG that's me. lol
Except I still love God, Jesus now I also have mother God & of course, blessed Angels.
BB
Thank you for this beautiful gift on the day of the Equinox. My heart is so full. Blessings to you.
"You must live your own journey." Excellent advice. Many never take the time to reflect what their individual journey might be. We probably all need to slow down and reflect. Being in nature, walking, even sitting in a meadow calms and expand the mind, and puts us in touch with our inner selves, and can shine a light on the path we were meant to take.
You look absolutely gorgeous Colette, now to watch the video 😀🌱🍃💕
Wow! This is my story, too. ❤ I'm chomping at the bit to get to my land and be one with nature. I'm having such a difficult time with Time itself. Patience is a virtue until you're compelled to execute your calling. Some people just don't understand that. ❤ At some point, the coincidences become too overwhelming and cross the line into signs. It's strange, too, that my eating habits have changed. I quit all alcohol. I also know that I'll quit smoking when I'm living on my land and in my cottage in Missouri. Out of the blue, I'm making tinctures and elixirs, and studying healing herbs. Who am I?? I can't answer that yet, but I really like who I'm becoming. Soon I will love and appreciate who I am and my intimate connection with nature. I'm from upstate NY and will be leaving my family behind when I move. Perhaps that's why Time is holding me back; to learn to let them go without guilt.
I am a newcomer to your channel Colette and all I can say is thankyou. You are speaking to my soul, I find myself agreeing and nodding as you speak. At 52 and at the end of the madness that is menopause I find myself a totally different person than I was before. I come from a religious family, my uncle was a priest up until his passing last year and I was raised in church. I found myself questioning more and more why everything was so "masculine" when the planet obviously was not. As a child I was severely reprimanded for asking "but what about the goddess?" at Sunday school. It made sense to me that everything is in balance and you can't have one without the other... not something my Sunday school teachers appreciated apparently. I've always been spiritual but never found my niche, at last I think I'm here. I could write so much more but this is a 2 year old video and your time is in great demand. Thankyou Colette, Jack is wonderful too xXx
The descendants of the Irish people are all over the earth, more dispersed than any European people other than the Basques. The cultural institutions they created were all Catholic. I haven't felt connected to that religion for 45 years. I grew up in Chicago, then moved to Florida, and then back many years later. When I came back, the Old St. Pat's school had been torn down. I couldn't believe it. I kept going there and walking by where so many of my family had attended school. The church is still there, having survived the great fire in 1871, but I've never gone inside. I consider myself Buddhist, and sometimes go to a meditation center. I believe in being good and doing good.
Wow!! The best video ever! And how the wind came after you said blessing to you all.... that was the Moment when the Mother Earth came, again and show us her power. Yes indeed her power.
Thank you for showing and sharing with us.
Blessings to you too.
Colette thank you for sharing your journey with us. I too felt like I had fallen away from Catholicism. I searched deep in my heart to find that the divine is everywhere, including myself. I stopped with the guilt and shame I had collected over the years (that catholic guilt goes deep) and built myself back up. Being pagan means, for me, that I can take power into my own hands to make this life beautiful. All while finding beauty in literature, science, and learning about aspects of other religions that bring me joy and peace. It's been liberating, so humbling, and a real privilege to have tapped into the divine feminine.
Blessings
I look forward each day to the next moments in your journey and reflect on mine as you walk and talk. I too as a child found solace in sitting in church in a little country town. Most Sundays I took myself there. As I got older it became the basis for my life of discovery of Spirit and all that is. Our journey here on this beautiful planet is one of continual growth along with Earth herself. We too are having storms and so far over a week of almost continual rain. Mother Earth will balance and protect herself I have no doubt. I do love her so. We are in Spring and I look out my window at a rainforest tree in bloom. The tree is covered in green leaves but every so often offers up the brightest of red leaf which says 'look at me'. I wish I could show you. I walk upon her softly and am grateful for all she gives me in return. I love to see the reflection of you in the mirror...it makes saying hello all that more real. Blessings your way Colette. Marilyn
This vlog is truly one of my favourites
I totally vibe with your ideology
Blessings
Thank you for your insights. I enjoyed your connection to your garden. Lovely. I am on a similar journey as well. The deep connection to earth is teaching me who I am. Blessings on your journey. ❤
Your beautiful Colette! I was raised Episcopal but embraced my pagan spirituality around the age of 14. Without the Goddess I would not have had strength for many of my trials. My heritage is Irish and I think my spirituality was rather built into my soul. From my Great Grandmother who was Irish and Welsh that read the tea leaves and always told me to trust my own feelings to my hardworking Irish father and gentle mother. I never felt I let them down with my spiritually. I do believe we are close if not the same age Im almost 63 .Possibly a bit chubbier and worn from my pic a year ago but covid ,and Trump, lol have done that in the US. I just found this video and had to express how you truly touched my soul . I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Stay safe, stay healthy and Blessings.
How is it working for you with Biden now? Maybe food prices rising will help you be less “chubby”.
Hello colette,this came up on my feed this morning. I watched this video last year and loved it very much. Glad it came up again as it is a sign for me. I love your message. Thank you, again and again for your beautiful heart
Amazing achievements...This is heartwarming and uplifting..
You are so kind
Thank you for sharing your deeply profound journey Colette. I really value your honesty and authenticity and find you so inspiring.
I enjoy your videos. I am a christian and I thank God that He made our wonderful Earth for us to live on and be so delighted in.
I think I have a new favourite! I adore all your videos but this one is so rich and soulful. Thank you, Colette, for being so frank and for sharing your thoughts so eloquently. Also, I recently received my 2019 calendar AND the gorgeous, GORGEOUS map! A package from Ireland! I was so excited. I love them both! In fact, I must pop over and buy the map again so I can have both sides on display above my computer. Magical. Everything you do. Blessings from Australia and many thanks again. xox
Your words speak to me so much. I’ve felt the same way for so long now.
What a deeply moving account you have given on that ancient command, “Know thyself.” Yes! I believe in the power of “A calling.” And Mother Earth certainly called you ! How right she was in doing so! Blessings to you 💕🙏🇦🇺🧚♀️
Blessings to you XXX
Thank you for sharing. You have created so much beauty and are a wonderful caretaker. Jack with his squeaky toy ~lol~. xo your Irish American sister in Massachusetts USA :)
It has been a blessing and a pleasure to watch you through the years to evolve into the woman you have become. A beautiful journey.
"Multiply and subdue the earth." The command from an old middle eastern bunch of old men. And here we are. I feel anger as well because this sentiment continues to be taught and demonstrated generation by generation with no end in sight in my area of the world. Never the less, I keep my postage stamp sized acre as a tiny bit of natural earth righteous anger not withstanding.
You rock Colette. I think you should run for president. Lots of love, hope to see you soon. Kate and Alan xxx
I'm always so glad for watch your amazing and interesting videos!! I admire so much your way of life, dear Colette. A pagan life improving Our Earth Planet!!! You are so great!!! Sure you deserve all blessings of Universe. Many kisses and hugs to you and Lovely Jack!!! 😙💖👍☘☘☘
YESSSSS!!! To everything you just said!!!!!! 🙌🏼♥️🙌🏼🌏✨
I recently found your channel and believe that it was not a coincidence :-). I have been going through a big transformation in my life within the past several years, removing all the layers of conditioning and learning to let go. I quit smoking, rarely drink alcohol, and am working towards becoming a vegan (not 100% there yet). I've become obsessed with studying herbs and plants, and a strong desire to buy land and 'just plant' as you have phrased it in another video. But not just to plant, but to protect. Since I was a child, I always felt something very important was missing from church (and my mom felt the same way). It was Mother Nature. She is not missing from my life anymore, and I am at peace and finally moving forward on my spiritual path. Thank you for all your videos and sharing your story. You are truly an inspiration. Many blessings to you.
Thank you for this video. A lot of wisdom teachers would go into nature and gain wisdom. Nature is the teacher and in essence “home”. I was just telling a friend that it’s so important to listen to your inner voice.
I love your channel and one reason is because of the authenticity. Blessed be and Druidic blessings.
Thank you for sharing🙏👍🌅🙂🌼
Well done on letting go of Catholicism and all the other things and living a spiritual life close to the Earth. I have an allotment and love walking in nature and I'm spiritual rather than religious.
I'm drawn to animals. Am wondering is there medical treatment around or how far away us a village of some sort if guy you need it?
I am sure you have heard the Goddess chant "Earth my body, Water my blood, Air my breath, and Fire my spirit..." You remind me of this chant as you speak of your love for the Earth. Bless you!
This is beautiful, the living benefits of Irish pagan life....
Was it a hard adjustment to switch from eating meat and animal products to not doing any of that? I absolutely love your videos and it’s so therapeutic to listen to you and be a part of your walks. ❤️ 🧚🏻♂️ 🐶 You are a goddess to many!!
I'm enchanted by Your journey.
" peace be with you"
👍✌👊💃💓😘
Its so beautiful and peaceful there. Especially the leaves turning for the fall. You have created a wonderful space. I also respect your outlook and decisions. I have been reducing the amount of meat I eat and at this point its almost non existent. Just what works for me. All lives are valuable.
So lovely… your calmness and honesty is so very moving. Blessings 🌿
Re-watching this wonderful meditation, on 3 January 2023. I will be guided by you, deeper into my own pagan life, this year, Colette. ❤ I'm sure Jack is still playing happily in your beautiful woodland.
We are energy and energy is eternal 😊
You sum up so eloquently what I, a person of very few words, believe.
Ooh. I would love to have one of those oak leaves. They are really special. You look mah-valous Colette. I think one of the main reasons why I follow you is because of your beliefs and how you approach Mother Nature and also the lure of Celtic ancestral beliefs. My Grandfather came from an Irish family and my Nan was originally from the Ulster Scotts in Ireland and then to Scotland. You, your words and deeds remind me of my Nan and home.
Beautifully put Colette. I stopped going to church just over 2 yrs ago and you're right, it's difficult to let all that go because it does become deeply embedded. I have respect for my friends who continue on that path but I am on a new one now. I do feel freer and feel like the best is yet to come. Here's to freedom and beauty and individuality...Here's to life and energy....Here's to love and compassion. May we all know these things on our life's journey ❤
Beautiful video! And I’m so grateful to you for sharing the beauty of the earth and the story of the path that’s lead you to here & now. You’ve (quite unknowingly!) given me a “sign” as you were speaking in this vid. So the the power of Mother Earth and her calling you are impacting upon me now in another land, so far from you. Magical! thankyou Colette, your authenticity is a treasure. ❤️
I could honestly listen to you talk all day! Such beautiful energy! I wish you were my aunt 😂
Thanks Colette! I had to start standing up for the Her at four years old in baptist Sunday school. Something in me has always quested Her... and that led me to you.💚
I’m so glad I found your channel. Such an inspiration to hear your journey and how naturally you evolved into the person you are today with the values you hold. I can completely relate to the place you’ve finally found yourself in and I’m so looking forward to watching your magical videos from now on 💚🌱 Thank you x
Stay calm
Be brave and
Wait for the signs... 🕸️
I came across your channel today, delighted I did. I understand your journey, have been on a similar Goddess path myself. For me it has been the journey to the true self. I wish you well from North Cork 💖
Synchronicity brought your videos into my life today. I immediately felt a kindred spirit and that was exactly what I needed today. So thank you very much fore sharing your life and your videos 💚 I also have a bit of land and a deep connection to the Devas that lives there. They have bringing me gifts and letting plants suddenly aper that I was thinking of be added to my garden. So I pay attention to feelings because that's the way they communicate and if I don't listen. They send a messenger often it's an 🦋🐝. So thanks again and I wish you a marvelous summer with your beautiful garden
I honor your great power and wisdom. ❤️
❤️🇮🇪 I I enjoyed your very powerful story and welcome more videos like this. I too am no longer interested in organized religions and dogma. Like you my spirit has been set free. I am the master of my own journey. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for the beautiful video . I love my spiritual life , my own personal journey . Blessings to you all xxxx
Amen Sister, Amen! We are legion now and you are our Spokeswoman and Inspiration just by you being YOU! Many are on that same path and are very grateful that you have been divinely placed right where you are! No coincidences! You are showing us that, YES, it can be done! And WILL be done! No more dilly-dallying! The Mother INSISTS! 🌲🌎❤😀🍄🌼
Blessings and gratitude to you.
I’m new on my pagan journey and I do believe we must live with Mother Nature . I’ve been studying Native American culture as well bc they were in tune with Mother Nature. They lived with MN and not on MN.
I’m so glad I found your channel. I love this video as I too am newly pagan and love all things natural and believe in God and Goddess. All things equal. I too am 1/2 Irish and play Celtic harp. Christianity has not filled my heart but made me a hypocrite. I love love your path and wish I could do this myself. I miss the greenery as I live in a desert and all things are dry. I’ve always been drawn to the Irish side as I’m also British. Born in California. I love your thoughts and you are soo right. To me religion is a way to control the masses. So now I’m on my own path. Thank you for a great video. I subscribed to your channel. I play Celtic harp on my other channel Laurie’s Harp and Drum if you like to hear me play.
Your place is very beautiful and magical💚🌱🌿🌳🌲🍀
I applaud what you have created / co-created with nature.
Thank you for sharing your journey.
Thank you Collette for such a beautiful and informative video, Have a wonderful day🦋💕🦋
❤❤❤ Beautiful 🙏 thank you ❤❤❤
Beautiful garden
Ive been living as a Gaelic Pagen since I've been 15. Despite my Catholic upbringing here in Cork, I always felt curious about living happy and acknowledging what my acestors believed. They were closer to the next life and I truley believe that. Year later I live a much more simplified life. I don't have a television, I don’t watch or keep up with news unless its information that is essential to my life and surroundings. I work and when I get home I always stay outside in hail, rain or snow and feel my surroundings. I acknowledge all the Irish Pagen Gods at the beginning of every season with a day of learning and reading about each one and how they can teach me how to be a better person to everything around me. Thank you for sharing your little bit of paradise with us.
Your voice is so peaceful! Thank you for all of your work that you do.
I really need, have longed for my own "Bealtaine." I know, have no doubt how finally at home I would be. I too love Mother Earth- have from my very early childhood. I listened to, observed her- lived by her clock :with the sun rising and setting, and the changing of the seasons. The only thing stopping me is -money. In the states it would be hundreds of thousands. So costly😢
I'm a renter who planted anyway. Been here 13 years, now new owners -who have decided they have someone else to live here and I have to move leaving my garden behind. Nothing like having a home and garden of one's own.
Oh Cee, as a renter too, I understand how heart-wrenching that will be. :( ... I wish you, hope, that you will find your 'Bealtaine'.
Thank you Widdershins, 13 years of planting- to leave behind.🌲Thank you for the well wishes and understanding.❣️
Your cottage and gardens are beautiful Colette. Jack is just like my Springer spaniel snoopy who also likes his squeaky toys. His favourite game at the moment is fetch with a light up ball! Your little cat on the sofa reminded me of my little black cat called velvet who died last Feb. 22 years of age. My eldest brother Chris died last year also from liver cancer. I'm finding my garden to be a very healing place too. Nature nurtures us gently and tenderly until we feel whole.
You used to preserve berries by making wine, how do you use some of your berries now? Just for the birds, or do you make some marmalade? You have so many, so obviously you can’t use it all.
I relate to the Catholic guilt. It’s a really hard feeling to realize that your faith is no longer helping, but hurting. I became an atheist really at 10. I found great joy in nature. I’d hide out in the woods, climbing trees, listening to the birds. Nature was often a much needed refuge from a difficult home life. There is so much wonder in nature that I always feel I can be cheered up by even the lowliest plant growing out of the gutter. I know when we’re gone the world will go on. That comforts me. But until then I’ll also continue to plant and tend my tiny garden.
i know this is 5 years ago now but. I came across this video randomly, it played after a video I selected. And I just let it. Because everything I saw, heard, listened to felt like home. And I mean an old, old, home. like something I cannot explain but my ancestors may. The wind chimes, the decorations in the trees, the happy dog, the windy and stormy weather. All reminded me of being a little girl growing up at my own grandmas. then you mentioned a calling to Ireland. Im from the US, so I don't know my right to say so, but I feel that way. i grew up surrounded by books on Ireland, being told about Irish gods or goddesses, feeling so in tune with nature.grandma always taught me to appreciate nature and take care of the animals. nature is us. love love love your home
It's amazing how certain individuals are drawn to the old ancient ways. I live in America. We had a housing boom in my area that's never stopped. It grieves me to drive by and see random, cloned cheep homes going up. Built with no concern of the animals. The deer especially are being pushed to the limit. This peace and solace found in nature I couldn't match with any religion. It was freeing, loving,welcoming. During this current virus made me long for the out doors. After many many conversations with my husband we both spoke the words,the declaration "We Are more Pagan then Christian" .....Yes we are.
Thank you for sharing. I've been vegan for almost 30 years for the reasons you have given here.
Thank you for this video. It’s now four years later, and I’m seeing it for the first time. I love what you’ve done on the property that you care and love so much. I’m in the P.N.W. And I appreciate nature so much, and daily I witness our woods being cut back to build buildings. It saddens me. Thank you for planting your garden. Watching your current videos, it sure has become more beautiful.
Thank you so much for this. It's been a huge help!
I've been really lost on my spiritual path for years now without even realising it and when I was thinking that I needed to change, this video popped up on my recommended list. It was meant to be I think!
(By the way I love your house! It's so beautiful!)
This is such a powerful, yet tender video that I can relate to very much as a Druid and witch. Thank you for all you and brightest blessings xx
You have gently and deeply reached into my very soul and given it a loving and needed hug. I thank you.
Thank you so much for making this video. You have put my feelings into words, something you are very good at. Blessings to you, Jack and Sammybear.🌳
this is the most peaceful video I've ever seen.
you’re living my dream life
Since I gave up on organized religion a few decades ago, others assume I believe in nothing. I've always had trouble explaining that I believe in Mother Earth. I was uncomfortable talking about it, because I didn't have the words. You are an eloquent advocate for the Earth Goddess, and you have helped me find my own voice. Thank you Colette.
My feelings entirely Collette and feel so many belief systems are so disconnected with mother earth which is one of the reasons why we find her in such need of help X (and greed of course)
People like yourself and all who comment here give so much to this beautiful earth that sustains life and like you say it's a two way process not just take for we are a part of everything not separate XXX love this video and can feel the lands vital energy through the screen X goddess bless you for all you are and do🌳🙏🌍💚🌈🦌🦅🦔🐿️🦉
This is my favorite of all your videos, Collette. I always want to hear more of your spiritual and philosophical discoveries. We need it these days.