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20 handmade celtic OGHAM STAVES for divination with pouch and booklet, handmade in the UK

20 handmade celtic OGHAM STAVES for divination with pouch and booklet, handmade in the UK

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These are beautiful handmade ogham staves. Each ogham stave is made from the wood of the tree that it represents - so birch for birch, rowan on rowan etc. Most people don't bother with this, and make oghams all from one wood, so my sets are much more special!

It took me about a year to put these sets together (collecting all the wood is not easy!), and I'm lucky since my parents have a vine, and my in-laws have a plantation that provided most of the rest of the wood.

The starves were sanded (by hand) and then pyrographed (burnt) with the appropriate ogham symbol, making them much harder wearing than oghams that are just painted.

The ogham is a celtic alphabet/divination system, based on 20 native British trees. It is used in much the same way as runes, though less commonly used than runes.

The booklet has been put together by us and gives a basic guide to using the ogham and keywords for the meaning of each stave to help get you started.

 All wood I use for my crafts is gathered or collected from other's prunings, I don't harvest any wood. Wood largely comes from my parents-in-law's property in kent, where they manage 43 acres of woodland organically.

Added on Nov 05, 2009