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34AJournalofContemporaryShamanismVOLUME7ISSUE1SPRING2014togetherknownritualelementsfromCelticsettings.ForexampleweknowtheCeltsperformedceremonyinasun-wisedirectionandoftenwalkedaroundasacredsiteorobjectthreetimes.Of-feringstothespiritsoftheLowerWorldwerecommonjewelrycoinsandmetalobjectsreplicasofcauldronsswordsandtoolsusedinonesprofessionaretraditionallygivenintobodiesofwater.Thoseinneedofhealingoffercarvedwoodenimagesofthemselvesorofthebodypartinneedofhealingandofferedthoseintopoolsorrivers.Onceagaingivingsomethingofvalueintensifiestheprayerandtheexperience.AstheobjectvanishesbeneaththesurfaceofthewaterwecanseetheripplingspiralsofenergyextendingoutwardssignifyingtheeffectouractionhasinthisworldandtheOth-erworld.Salmonhazelnutsandapplesweretraditionallyassociatedwiththequestfordivineknowledgeandtheseareusedasofferingsandritualmealswithveryevocativeandtangibleresults.Someoftheteachingtextsassociatedwiththefilidhaveprovenveryusefulinmodernsettings.AnuntitledmedievaltextcalledbyscholarsTheCaldronofPoesyreferstobeliefsassociatedwiththepoet-seers.Inthistextthreecaul-dronsorvesselsaresaidtoexistineverypersonCoireGoiriathTheCauldronofWarmingCoireErmaTheCauldronofMotionandCoireSoisTheCauldronofGreatKnowledge.Eachcauldronhasspecificattributesandthepositionofthevesselssymbolizesthespiritualprog-ressoftheperson.Newtranslationshavebeenrecitedtoworkinggroupswhoinsomecasesarethefirstpeopletohearorusethesewordsinoverathousandyears.Shamanicjourneyingprovidesinformationabouthowtoworkwiththecauldronsandisespeciallypotentwhenlisteningtothesacredwordsofthetext.ChantingintothecauldronsisaverypowerfultoolforgroundingcenteringandconnectingwithSpirit.ItishopedthatwiththecombinationofhistoricalstudyshamanicpracticeandrespectfulreconnectionwitheldertraditionsthevibrantworldoftheCelticshamanandseercancometolifeoncemore.WalkingthepathoftheStrongSeersisavisionthatcanbecomearealityformodernpractitionersifwededicateourselvestotheauthenticpracticesofthewisdom-keepersoftheCeltic-worlds.References1PaiceMacLeodSharon.CelticMythandReligionAStudyofTraditionalBelief.JeffersonNCandLondonMacFarlandPublishers2012.PiggottStuart.TheDruids.NewYorkThamesandHudson1975.KellyFergus.AGuidetoEarlyIrishLaw.DublinDublinInstituteforAdvancedStudies1998.Caerwyn-WilliamsJ.E.andFordPatrickK.TheIrishLiteraryTradition.CardiffUniversityofWalesPress1992.2BestR.I.andBerginOsborn.LebornahUidre-BookoftheDunCow.DublinDublinInstituteforAdvancedStudies1992207-245.TranslationfromOldIrishbySharonPaiceMacLeod.3DillonMylesed.SergligeConCulainnDublinDublinInstituteforAdvancedStudies1975.TranslationfromOldIrishbySharonPaiceMacLeod.4DaviesSionedtr.TheMabinogionOxfordOxfordUniversityPress2007214-226.5KeatingGeoffrey.TheHistoryofIreland.LondonIrishTextsSociety24-25.TranslationfromMiddleIrishbySharonPaiceMacLeod.6QuinE.G.ed.DictionaryoftheIrishLanguage.DublinRoyalIrishAcademy1983.7MartinMartin.ADescriptionoftheWesternIslandsofScotland.EdinburghBirlinn1999172.8Martin173.9PennantThomas.ATourinScotlandandVoyagetotheHebrides.EdinburghBirlinn1999.10WisemanAndrewE.M.CaterwaulingandDemonRaisingTheAncientRiteofTaghairmScottishStudiesVolume352007-2010174-208.11Wiseman174-208.12PaiceMacLeodSharon.AConfluenceofWisdomTheSymbolismofWellsWhirlpoolsWaterfallsandRiversinEarlyCelticSources.ProceedingsoftheHarvardCelticColloquiumVol.XXVII2007.13ODwyerSimon.PrehistoricMusicofIreland.StroudTempus2004.14ODwyer.15Quincraeb.16PaiceMacLeod201273-74.17PaiceMacLeod201271.18GwynnE.J.AnOldIrishTractonthePrivilegesandResponsibilitiesofPoets.riuXIII19401-60.Theauthorrequeststhatthistranslationbeusedrespectfullybypractitionersintheirprivateorsmallgrouppracticesandnotbereproducedinprintoron-linewithoutpermission.ABOUTTHEAUTHORSharonPaiceMacLeodisaCanadianwriterteacherandsingerofScottishIrishandWelshancestryadirectdescendantofFairyClanMacLeod.ShetrainedinCelticStudiesthroughHarvardUniversityandpresentedattheUniversityofEdinburghUniversityCollegeCorkandFordFoundationLectureSeries.Ms.MacLeodservedasFacultyinCelticShamanismattheOmegaInstituteandistheauthorofCelticMythandReligionandTheDivineFeminineinAncientEuropeMcFarland.Sheisamesa-bearerintheAndeantraditionandPipeCarrierinLakotatradition.Emailcelticwisdomymail.com.