Oghams of Morann Mac Main: loudest of groanings, death rattle
Oghams of Mac ind Oic: beginning of an answer, child’s cry
Interestingly Pennick associates Ailm with Elm (Ogham & Coelbren p. 58 – Capall Bann) and there is a certain appeal to this argument. However, many who use Ogham associate it with some form of Fir or Pine tree. Although the species was I believe only introduced into these islands in the late 17th Century I have chosen to work with Silver Fir, mainly due to the lack of Scots Pine in my location in England. Whether working with Fir or Pine, many qualities and characteristics are similar, Silver Fir bearing spiny needles and cones which change colour with age throughout the year. Fir offers a vision of the possibilities before us, showing us pathways that we may tread. Yet it offers no guidance as to those paths, and does not distinguish whether we may find ourselves facing joy and elation or hurt and grief by following certain paths. In that way it holds objectivity, but no more than we hold within ourselves. By allowing us perspectives that we may otherwise fail to see, or deliberately ignore, it gives us information that may be considered of a divinatory nature. (CC)
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