“We are shapeshifters meeting other shapeshifters”. Something about that really struck a chord. Thanks for the deep wisdom surrounding these ancient stories Benn! 🙏
These stories deserve much greater recognition, it is a pity ,more people have not seen and appreciated these stories and the discussion of the spiritual themes therein. I hope to return for more of these stories.
Thankyou for your excellent presentation of this ancient tale (or present tale in terms of its dreaming). Your insight, compassion, wisdom and clear speech is wonderful to bask in.
Its hard to describe these gaelic spiritual metaphors and archetypes in the gutural English tongue. You do a damn fine job my friend. I could listen to you deconstruct these wonderfully powerful and meaningful sagas all day long. Tq
Thank you so much for these stories brother, after years of looking at spiritual practices from all over the world. It's good to come back to my Celtic roots, so much healing wisdom for humanity in these powerful tales.
This story can be found also, in the Gunderstrup Cauldron. There, Donno Tarvos (Donn Cuailnge) and Vindobannos (White Bull) are gods of fruit and wine.
My mother is Slavic and father is Armenian. I learned that pretty much all pre-Abrahamic indigenous cultures around the world had their own native folk faiths and traditions which today we collectively referred to as “paganism”. Most, if not all pre-Abrahamic cultures followed reincarnation. My pagan Slavic & pagan Armenian ancestors followed reincarnation, but their tradition of reincarnation was specifically an ancestral reincarnation, meaning that a soul is reborn into the same family line, and not just into anyone’s body. My pagan ancestors on both sides Armenians and Slavic people did not believe that human souls can be reborn in a body of animals or plants. It was specifically a rebirth into your ancestral lineage. The way pagan Armenians & Slavic people viewed the physical realm is that they didn’t divide matter & spirit, it was one in the same. They saw organic nature, and life as sacred & divine. They saw the earth as divine. Their spirituality wasn’t separated from the natural world. They have experienced spirituality in their daily lives, doing regular things. They have experienced divinity just by living life, working in the soil, raising their children, going out into nature, etc... They never taught that this earth, this physical reality, the cycle of reincarnation is some sort of prison or a trap. I personally view this way of thinking as toxic. I don’t see life, or cycle of reincarnation as a trap or some punishment. I don’t view the world of matter or the physical body as a prison for our souls/spirit. I stay far away from that sort of thinking. To me Mother Earth is divine, nature is sacred. I see spirit everywhere in organic nature. I felt this way long before I have discovered that this is exactly how my ancestors saw reality and spirituality. The evil on this earth should not be blamed on nature or on the world of matter. The evil of this world comes from the minds of humans. We can make this earth a heaven but we choose to make the earth a hell
Thanks for sharing your perspectives Karina. i have always found Slavic traditions immensely fascinating. Unfortunately I know next to nothing about Armenian cultural beliefs. Do you practice a blend of both?
@@dunmordruidorder Thank you for reading my long comment. As it happens, I know very little about Armenian culture, or pagan history or spirituality. Shamefully, I just now started to learn about it. That is due to the fact that I was born and raised in Russia. I was born in Russia where my mother’s family lived, but when I was about a year, my parents decided to move to Azerbaijan Baku where my father’s family lived. Unfortunately, few years after we moved to Azerbaijan Baku a bloody attack on all Armenian civilians broke out driven by Azerbaijanis. The Azerbaijanis are Muslim and Armenians are Christian, and it was an ethnic cleansing against Christian Armenians. Many were slaughtered, but my family fled that place when it had first begun. We moved back to Russia where my mother is from. This was in the early 80s. I was only 5, and so I don’t remember much. So from 5 years old we’ve lived in Russia, until I was 13, at which point my parents decided to move us to USA Florida where we already had family. Growing up in my home we only spoke Russian language, and when we moved to US I learned English. So unfortunately I never got to learn Armenian language or culture, but I am interested to learn about it. That’s why I only focus on Slavic side of my heritage, and from time to time I learn about Armenian side.
@@karinanalbandyan3009 Thank you for sharing Karina. How brutal we can be to one another in the name of things that are supposed to make life more sacred rather than less. Thankfully you are your family were able to find a safe place to live in a very scary time. Blessings on you all. If you are ever interested in having a discussion with me about Slavic traditions I would very much like to learn more.
You've mentioned a handful of times Meditation and spiritual practices and how they are important in divining the real meaning in situations and stories. Do you have any knowledge of 'formally' taught mindfulness (meditation) practices or movement arts like Qigong by the Irish people?
Please, we need more of these awesome stories.
“We are shapeshifters meeting other shapeshifters”. Something about that really struck a chord. Thanks for the deep wisdom surrounding these ancient stories Benn! 🙏
These stories deserve much greater recognition, it is a pity ,more people have not seen and appreciated these stories and the discussion of the spiritual themes therein. I hope to return for more of these stories.
Agreed, there is so much in each one it is staggering.
I loved it! The tale and the telling were beautiful. And the discussion after the story was fantastic. Well done!
When I started watching, thought it was just the story but I enjoyed your interpretation and insight afterwards. Thank you
Thank you Evelyn. :)
They're never just stories in Irish pagan myth
I really appreciate your insight, and loved listening to every moment of this. Thank you so much for what you're doing on your channel.
Jansen hunt Thank you for listening, Jansen. Beannachtí!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This knowledge is so incredibly important to us all.
Thankyou for your excellent presentation of this ancient tale (or present tale in terms of its dreaming). Your insight, compassion, wisdom and clear speech is wonderful to bask in.
Stumbled onto the feed, subscribed.
Beautifully told. I for one am grateful for your gift.
You are so welcome
Seems like you are telling a parable, thank you so much fir your time and effort very valuable story.
Its hard to describe these gaelic spiritual metaphors and archetypes in the gutural English tongue. You do a damn fine job my friend. I could listen to you deconstruct these wonderfully powerful and meaningful sagas all day long. Tq
Greetings from Ireland. You tell and interpret the story very well.
Always great to hear someone from Ireland give a compliment. Means more than you know. Go raibh míle maith agat.
I love the stories but the insight shared is priceless !
To really be connected embrace light and dark - thank you!
Thank you so much for these stories brother, after years of looking at spiritual practices from all over the world. It's good to come back to my Celtic roots, so much healing wisdom for humanity in these powerful tales.
Can you do a podcast?? That would be the greatest if these were available to download!
Use something like youtube clip converter to download the audio of videos like this one
Would love to see some more of these.
Excellent .
I love your channel 💙
Love it
This story can be found also, in the Gunderstrup Cauldron. There, Donno Tarvos (Donn Cuailnge) and Vindobannos (White Bull) are gods of fruit and wine.
the two dislikes are from the bulls
My mother is Slavic and father is Armenian. I learned that pretty much all pre-Abrahamic indigenous cultures around the world had their own native folk faiths and traditions which today we collectively referred to as “paganism”. Most, if not all pre-Abrahamic cultures followed reincarnation. My pagan Slavic & pagan Armenian ancestors followed reincarnation, but their tradition of reincarnation was specifically an ancestral reincarnation, meaning that a soul is reborn into the same family line, and not just into anyone’s body. My pagan ancestors on both sides Armenians and Slavic people did not believe that human souls can be reborn in a body of animals or plants. It was specifically a rebirth into your ancestral lineage. The way pagan Armenians & Slavic people viewed the physical realm is that they didn’t divide matter & spirit, it was one in the same. They saw organic nature, and life as sacred & divine. They saw the earth as divine. Their spirituality wasn’t separated from the natural world. They have experienced spirituality in their daily lives, doing regular things. They have experienced divinity just by living life, working in the soil, raising their children, going out into nature, etc... They never taught that this earth, this physical reality, the cycle of reincarnation is some sort of prison or a trap. I personally view this way of thinking as toxic. I don’t see life, or cycle of reincarnation as a trap or some punishment. I don’t view the world of matter or the physical body as a prison for our souls/spirit. I stay far away from that sort of thinking. To me Mother Earth is divine, nature is sacred. I see spirit everywhere in organic nature. I felt this way long before I have discovered that this is exactly how my ancestors saw reality and spirituality. The evil on this earth should not be blamed on nature or on the world of matter. The evil of this world comes from the minds of humans. We can make this earth a heaven but we choose to make the earth a hell
Thanks for sharing your perspectives Karina. i have always found Slavic traditions immensely fascinating. Unfortunately I know next to nothing about Armenian cultural beliefs. Do you practice a blend of both?
@@dunmordruidorder Thank you for reading my long comment. As it happens, I know very little about Armenian culture, or pagan history or spirituality. Shamefully, I just now started to learn about it. That is due to the fact that I was born and raised in Russia. I was born in Russia where my mother’s family lived, but when I was about a year, my parents decided to move to Azerbaijan Baku where my father’s family lived. Unfortunately, few years after we moved to Azerbaijan Baku a bloody attack on all Armenian civilians broke out driven by Azerbaijanis. The Azerbaijanis are Muslim and Armenians are Christian, and it was an ethnic cleansing against Christian Armenians. Many were slaughtered, but my family fled that place when it had first begun. We moved back to Russia where my mother is from. This was in the early 80s. I was only 5, and so I don’t remember much. So from 5 years old we’ve lived in Russia, until I was 13, at which point my parents decided to move us to USA Florida where we already had family. Growing up in my home we only spoke Russian language, and when we moved to US I learned English. So unfortunately I never got to learn Armenian language or culture, but I am interested to learn about it. That’s why I only focus on Slavic side of my heritage, and from time to time I learn about Armenian side.
@@karinanalbandyan3009 Thank you for sharing Karina. How brutal we can be to one another in the name of things that are supposed to make life more sacred rather than less. Thankfully you are your family were able to find a safe place to live in a very scary time. Blessings on you all. If you are ever interested in having a discussion with me about Slavic traditions I would very much like to learn more.
You've mentioned a handful of times Meditation and spiritual practices and how they are important in divining the real meaning in situations and stories. Do you have any knowledge of 'formally' taught mindfulness (meditation) practices or movement arts like Qigong by the Irish people?
The nuance of the pagan view of the world is so much more fulfilling and sensible than the black and white illusory view of monotheism.