The Badb's Call Jon O'Sullivan Irish Pagan School

is the B the goddess of death well dagas fure hi hon welcome John also of an orangish Pagan school here and nean not hard to say the the B is one of the listed goddesses that form up theara um it is the B MAA and the Morgan really also go goes by the name anid and the B is a very kind of or feral aspect of this goddess in that she appears as a hooded or scaled grow and the places where we see her in the lore is places of death but it's Death Around battlefields or those who are doomed to fall on battlefields leading to a certain element of prophetic or Omen kind of work whereas if you see the B they they might indicate whom it is is going to fall in the upcoming battle um so of all of the the the the various forms of Nar the B is the one who is very much animal you know she only ever appears in the story as this hooded grow and there's a mention in um the Oster cycle actually there's two mentions of the b in the olster cycle which are worth kind of considering and looking at and one is where the the son of King uncover mnasa Kack is being summoned to back to olster to take over as the seat of the king but he's not exactly worthy and so on his journey back there is this incident where he goes to the do Dera the hostle the the chock do Dera and as he goes through essentially he's he's kind of coming a Cropper of all of these various Otherworld kind of taboos really or GES and he breaks every single one of his guest showing that he is not worthy to become a king but in this hostel there's a couple of different rooms that he observes as he's going through and one is referred to as the room of the red mouth bibes and so it said that there's multiple Vibes in that room but it is this kind of red mouth because they are kind of screaming and rock asly cing with their beaks full of Gore the other time that we see the B though is interestingly enough when it comes to kolan kolan um is late to a battle the Warriors of olar have up and left he wakes up late and so he runs off after them to try and find them and he comes upon a state of absolute Carnage and the the Warriors of oler have been all but annihilated and it is an entire battlefield of corpses as far as he's concerned and as he's going across it he keeps being accosted by the spirits or ghosts and they are kind of they're dragging them down like you know with their words their emotions they're kind of belittling him in many ways and he's beginning to get very depressed and very dragged down by it until he sees a scaled Crow a hooded crow amongst the bodies sitting on top one of the bodies and it's the B and the B calls to him from across the battlefield and pretty much slates him she kind of gives him um and belittles him because of his fear like you know because of his hesitancy because you know he's not stepping up to his challenges and that kind of incenses him to a certain degree and then his his anger kind of kicks in and and he kind of Wades deep in amongst the bodies and there he actually finds Conover and he brings Conover back from where he had been struck down and hurt in the battlefield and he brings back the king of olster alive um and so the b in this aspect like yes we have this those who see the b or hear the B's call may be Marked for Death and there are other aspects of the Morgan around the washer and the forward and whether it's like the B functions in that capacity where again going back to the that D dere is hostile this cormack is on his way journeying and he comes across an old woman and she's washing kind of suits of armor in a Ford and the the Ford after her is is covered in Gore and blood and and then he realizes that the suit of armor she's watching is his own superarmor the one he's literally wearing right now H as a forecast of his Doom but when we deal with the B um as as people today who are following a spiritual path it's not a case that we need to be afraid of all call across it's not a case that like you know coming across or hearing the call of the B is some Omen of death that you were doomed it could also be a call for you to overcome to kind of face down and to stir down the challenges that you're you know you need to face or you're uncomfortable about facing the things you don't think you can do but you know those following a a kind of spiritual path on occasion like you know we know we're more capable of stuff than we believe we are when we kind of live to a a diminished sense of self um and certain aspects of society in our world does create a further sense of diminished or smallness in us and when we kind of grow when we kind of extend oursel and try and tap to our potential we get afraid of it um it's it's quite common I've I've had the experience in my time kind of educating and guiding people who come across a moment when they they they see the scope of what they're capable of and then they run away for it from it they're they're not ready to accept that and you know it's not for me to tell them that they have to or they should but those who are willing to do eventually come back around and come back to the teaching uh when they're ready to take those next steps and so the bve as an antagonist in a way as as a calling screaming voice could be kind of calling for the death or the Doom of that which holds us back that which kind of undermines our ability to go beyond where we think we're capable of doing to to go and do more to strive for more so I've come across many people who refer to like you know working with the B as being in boot camp with the b in the same way that a um a trainer would push an athlete in the same way a drill sergeant might push a soldier in the same way that like you know a teacher might you know like push a student so let you know go beyond what they think they're capable of the B can from my experience and the experience of people have had the honor of talking to about it be calling for them to overcome calling for them to go beyond and to kind of do more for themsel and to maybe step forward at a bit of faith and belief if they can't believe in thems themselves in that moment maybe they can believe in their connection their spirituality and the efforts they've put in to grow to that moment so um yeah don't be afraid of skull crows they're beautiful kind of creatures as well um but again also not all crows are signs or orens from the Morgan you know it is a case of understanding the process and committing to a regular relationship and connection to dity so that when you do see one that you know is above it is very much a different experience so thank you very much for being here look after yourself and if you're interested in more go to Irish pan. schoolfree we got a years worth of free teaching if you're to do one a week or so there um or if you want to know more we actually have classes on the B specifically and on the Morgan in both the Irish Pagan school and the Morgan Academy so look after yourself take care August long goodbye

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Length: 7min 46sec (466 seconds)

Published: Wed May 15 2024