Post by wren on Dec 2, 2006 20:58:50 GMT -5
nGétal (Broom), pronounced NYEH-tl)
Botanical name: Genista spp. Status: shrub tree. Sound: ng.
Elaborations on the Ogham Name Broom: A physician’s strength is broom.
Word Ogham of Morainn mac Moín: Broom is the physician’s strength
Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Broom equals beginning of heroic deeds
Word Ogham of Óengus: Broom equals robe of physicians.
Cleansing
A witch’s broom surrounded by herbs of healing within a circle of yellow broom flowers.
nGétal, or broom, is a tree-letter of well-being and healing. It counsels you to tend to the health of your mind, body and spirit, and reminds you of the need to foster your vitality through rites of cleansing and renewal. This does not always imply ill-health on your part, though reversed the chances are higher.
Some commentator’s have had trouble establishing exactly what tree nGétal is. The full Ogham elaboration line actually reads ‘broom or reed’. Word roots link nGétal with getal, possibly meaning ‘wounding’, which is of course the other side of the healing equation.
Broom is a squat bush that grows thickly and virulently. In summer, it is notable for its yellow blossoms, a solar emblem that helped establish its connection in the Celtic mind to light, vitality and therefore healing. The Word Oghams all stress broom’s medicinal role, and it certainly has considerable properties in this respect. The association of broom with healing and herblore is strengthened by the clearing and cleansing uses of besom brooms in folk magic.
Broom was often used, as its name suggests, in the construction of traditional witches’ style ‘besom’ brooms. Such brooms are actually magical tools, used in cleaning out the negative energy and accumulated detritus of our psychic as well as physical lives. As such, they become symbols of cleansing, and nGétal stresses the importance of clearing away negativity, whether it resides in your psychological complexes, or in the physical centers of the body or dwelling place. Whatever the sick element to be purged – emotional, romantic, financial or health-related – a symbolic clearing is a major step towards ridding yourself of the unwanted energy.
Another principal of traditional medicine (also called alternative or complementary medicine) is that we should be raking advantage of health and vitality-giving elements as part of our general well-being. Organic food, herbs, minerals, vitamins, salted baths, flower essences and exercise are not only remedies to illness but crucial parts of a healthy life. Try to maintain all these in balance so that you are not forced to resort to the stop-gap measures of ‘conventional’ Western medicine.
As far as physical illness is concerned, we should note that the emphasis of this ogham is on healing and on the physician’s art: it focuses on how we feed our health, not on disease. Prominently placed in a reading on matters of destiny, nGétal could even suggest a vocation for you in the healing arts, of one kind or another.
Reversed, nGétal raises the specter of sickness and disease. This does not necessarily warn of a serious ailment, though it does imply that your health and vitality is not what it could be, on a physical, emotional or spiritual level. Look to Nature, who in her goodness provides many sources of healing and restoration, and practice some kind of clearing ritual as a first step to treatment. In the case of a serious illness, a variety of medical opinions should be sought.
Keywords: Medicine, herblore, healing, panacea. Cleansing, sweeping out negativity, keeping one’s house in order, a purgative, complementary medicine, strengthening health and vitality, the healer’s art.
Reversed: Sickness, disease, ailments, need for cleansing and healing.
Botanical name: Genista spp. Status: shrub tree. Sound: ng.
Elaborations on the Ogham Name Broom: A physician’s strength is broom.
Word Ogham of Morainn mac Moín: Broom is the physician’s strength
Word Ogham of Cú Chulainn: Broom equals beginning of heroic deeds
Word Ogham of Óengus: Broom equals robe of physicians.
Cleansing
A witch’s broom surrounded by herbs of healing within a circle of yellow broom flowers.
nGétal, or broom, is a tree-letter of well-being and healing. It counsels you to tend to the health of your mind, body and spirit, and reminds you of the need to foster your vitality through rites of cleansing and renewal. This does not always imply ill-health on your part, though reversed the chances are higher.
Some commentator’s have had trouble establishing exactly what tree nGétal is. The full Ogham elaboration line actually reads ‘broom or reed’. Word roots link nGétal with getal, possibly meaning ‘wounding’, which is of course the other side of the healing equation.
Broom is a squat bush that grows thickly and virulently. In summer, it is notable for its yellow blossoms, a solar emblem that helped establish its connection in the Celtic mind to light, vitality and therefore healing. The Word Oghams all stress broom’s medicinal role, and it certainly has considerable properties in this respect. The association of broom with healing and herblore is strengthened by the clearing and cleansing uses of besom brooms in folk magic.
Broom was often used, as its name suggests, in the construction of traditional witches’ style ‘besom’ brooms. Such brooms are actually magical tools, used in cleaning out the negative energy and accumulated detritus of our psychic as well as physical lives. As such, they become symbols of cleansing, and nGétal stresses the importance of clearing away negativity, whether it resides in your psychological complexes, or in the physical centers of the body or dwelling place. Whatever the sick element to be purged – emotional, romantic, financial or health-related – a symbolic clearing is a major step towards ridding yourself of the unwanted energy.
Another principal of traditional medicine (also called alternative or complementary medicine) is that we should be raking advantage of health and vitality-giving elements as part of our general well-being. Organic food, herbs, minerals, vitamins, salted baths, flower essences and exercise are not only remedies to illness but crucial parts of a healthy life. Try to maintain all these in balance so that you are not forced to resort to the stop-gap measures of ‘conventional’ Western medicine.
As far as physical illness is concerned, we should note that the emphasis of this ogham is on healing and on the physician’s art: it focuses on how we feed our health, not on disease. Prominently placed in a reading on matters of destiny, nGétal could even suggest a vocation for you in the healing arts, of one kind or another.
Reversed, nGétal raises the specter of sickness and disease. This does not necessarily warn of a serious ailment, though it does imply that your health and vitality is not what it could be, on a physical, emotional or spiritual level. Look to Nature, who in her goodness provides many sources of healing and restoration, and practice some kind of clearing ritual as a first step to treatment. In the case of a serious illness, a variety of medical opinions should be sought.
Keywords: Medicine, herblore, healing, panacea. Cleansing, sweeping out negativity, keeping one’s house in order, a purgative, complementary medicine, strengthening health and vitality, the healer’s art.
Reversed: Sickness, disease, ailments, need for cleansing and healing.