🎓 Course Tutor: High Priestess Athene Moon (Head of Domus Divinatio)

🎯 Level: Beginners to Intermediate 

🔑 Prerequisites: None 

🏆 Mastery Stream & Credits: Divination - 1.5 Credits

📜 Course Description

In this sacred course, we enter the grove of the Ogham — the ancient arboreal script of the Celtic lands, whispered through wind and etched in stone. More than an alphabet, the Ogham is a living bridge between the visible and the unseen, where each tree carries myth, medicine, and mystery.

You do not need to be a scholar of the druids or a seasoned diviner — only a soul willing to listen, to root, and to open. Together, we will explore the Ogham not only as a linguistic relic, but as a spiritual tool for connection, divination, and personal revelation.

Through stories, symbols, intuitive practices, and communion with the spirits of the trees, you will learn to hear what the forest has always been saying: that every branch is a message, and every root, a path.

✨ By the end of the course, students will:

• Understand the historical, linguistic, and mythic roots of the Ogham alphabet, including its origin in early Irish culture and bardic tradition.

• Recognise and interpret all 20 core Ogham glyphs (and the 5 Forfeda), along with their associated trees, meanings, and seasonal or symbolic qualities.

• Work with the Ogham both practically and intuitively, blending academic insight with animist and divinatory approaches.

• Develop a personal relationship with specific trees through guided meditations, offerings, journaling, and nature-based practices.

• Construct and consecrate an Ogham set, learning traditional and modern methods of divination including single-stave pulls, casting, and intuitive layouts.

• Create original rituals, charms, and readings using Ogham glyphs in healing, spellwork, or spiritual storytelling.

• Explore the use of Ogham alongside other divinatory tools, such as tarot, dreams, and omens, weaving messages across symbolic systems.

• Cultivate a deepened animist awareness, honouring the trees not just as symbols but as sentient, sacred beings.

📖 Course Modules:

Lesson 1 - The Whispering Grove: Introduction to the Ogham

Lesson 2 - Roots of Meaning

Lesson 3 - The First Aicme

Lesson 4 - The Second Aicme

Lesson 5 - The Third Aicme

Lesson 6 - The Forth Aicme

Lesson 7 - Breath of the Wild - The Forfeda

Lesson 8 - The Wand & the Wind - Tools of Divination

Lesson 9 - The Tree Speaks - Interpreting the Message

Lesson 10 - Animist Listening - The Spirit of Each Tree

Lesson 11 - The Grove Within - Personal Ogham Practice

Lesson 12 - Initiation of the Bark-Bound Oracle

📥 Course Access Requirements

To access this course, students will need a device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) that meets the Canvas system requirements.
👉 View system and browser requirements

You can also access your course on the go with the Canvas mobile app. From any device, students can:

• View lessons and grades

• Submit assignments

• Track progress with the built-in calendar and to-do list

• Send and receive messages

📚  Additional Resources 

• A journal or grimoire dedicated to Ogham reflections

• A physical Ogham set (wood, stone, or self-made)

• Access to nearby trees, or dried leaves/twigs

• Natural inks or tools for sigil creation

• Optional: oil for tree anointing, white cloth for altar

📝 Coursework & Submissions

This course includes a variety of thoughtfully crafted assignments to help you integrate and apply what you’ve learned.
Assignments are submitted through the Canvas platform and are evaluated based on:

• Clarity of expression

• Creativity and originality

• Understanding of the material

• Sincere effort and engagement
  
  

✍️ Coursework Load: Intense

You can expect to spend around 4 + hours completing assignments, in addition to reading and reflection time.

🎓 Mastery Stream & Credit Information

🏠  House: Domus Divinatio (Divination)

🏆 Credits Earned: 1.5 

This credit counts toward progression through the Mastery Streams as part of our structured training and advancement system. To learn more about how credits contribute to initiation and elevation within the tradition, please visit our Initiation & Advancement page.

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