Tree Huggers: A Methodology for Crann Ogham Work
thewronghands and I have written an article on our work with the Crann Ogham (Tree Ogham): http://paganachd.com/articles/treehuggers.html
It was through our mutual interest in the Celtic sacred trees that Raven and I first connected, here on LJ. Since then she has visited here and we have done some ritual together in the woods. Through the process we have become good friends.
As some of you know, I have often gotten bogged down in my writing about the Crann Ogham system I've been developing. I've been working on a book about it for over 13 years now, at times obsessively, but at other times becoming overwhelmed with life, the scope of the project, or the need to do more research, and shelving it for a year or so. One of the great things about working with Raven is she is very energetic and has a work ethic to match my own. We encourage and motivate each other. Though she is much newer to CR, she has worked very hard to get up to speed and is now able to hold her own among people who others might find intimidating. It's been impressive to watch and I'm glad to have someone of her intelligence and skills doing her part of the heavy lifting. While often others have joined the community only to complain about what we are or aren't doing for *them*, Raven dived right in and brought herself up to speed and is now a valuable contributor.
When I'm in agreement with someone, I love working in collaboration; and Raven is fun to collaborate with. She wrote the initial draft of the article, then I added stuff, and we bounced it back and forth until it was done. I'm amazed at how fast it went. Of course, there's many years of research and experimentation that led up to the quick writing process. So the actual time we took putting words on paper is deceptive. We might also expand it for hardcopy publication at a later date.
We'd love your feedback.
ObWebNote: This is the first article to go live on the new site where we will be hosting the FAQ. The links on the page are not yet active, but will go live sometime in the next two weeks. Bear with us as we put the site together. We have some interesting content in the works...
It was through our mutual interest in the Celtic sacred trees that Raven and I first connected, here on LJ. Since then she has visited here and we have done some ritual together in the woods. Through the process we have become good friends.
As some of you know, I have often gotten bogged down in my writing about the Crann Ogham system I've been developing. I've been working on a book about it for over 13 years now, at times obsessively, but at other times becoming overwhelmed with life, the scope of the project, or the need to do more research, and shelving it for a year or so. One of the great things about working with Raven is she is very energetic and has a work ethic to match my own. We encourage and motivate each other. Though she is much newer to CR, she has worked very hard to get up to speed and is now able to hold her own among people who others might find intimidating. It's been impressive to watch and I'm glad to have someone of her intelligence and skills doing her part of the heavy lifting. While often others have joined the community only to complain about what we are or aren't doing for *them*, Raven dived right in and brought herself up to speed and is now a valuable contributor.
When I'm in agreement with someone, I love working in collaboration; and Raven is fun to collaborate with. She wrote the initial draft of the article, then I added stuff, and we bounced it back and forth until it was done. I'm amazed at how fast it went. Of course, there's many years of research and experimentation that led up to the quick writing process. So the actual time we took putting words on paper is deceptive. We might also expand it for hardcopy publication at a later date.
We'd love your feedback.
ObWebNote: This is the first article to go live on the new site where we will be hosting the FAQ. The links on the page are not yet active, but will go live sometime in the next two weeks. Bear with us as we put the site together. We have some interesting content in the works...