Pagan Portals - the Dagda: Meeting the Good God of Ireland by Morgan Daimler

Author:Morgan Daimler [Daimler, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BODY; MIND & SPIRIT, witchcraft, Religion, Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Wicca
ISBN: 9781785356407
Google: 2C1KswEACAAJ
Publisher: Moon Books
Published: 2018-11-15T23:29:08.928449+00:00

The Dagda in My Life

One aspect of my own personal practice has been utilizing the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann in ritual. For me, having these items is both a symbolic and metaphysical connection to the actual items in the Otherworld. When I first set out to create this set of ritual tools I found it fairly easy to obtain a sword and stone; and only slightly more challenging to find a spear. The cauldron, however, proved to be quite difficult indeed.

I found many different cauldrons, of course, in all sorts of sizes and shapes and materials. But none of them ever felt quite right. None of them resonated with the energy of the Dagda, with that warm, welcoming feeling of hospitality and abundance that I was looking for blended with the subtle aura of the numinous. As time went by I found myself having to use others that were less acceptable just to have something to use, but I was never totally happy about it.

Over time, I think, I started to assume that I was just not going to find that perfect cauldron, that good enough was going to have to do. And then when I least expected it, I found it, although I didn’t realize it at the time. Tucked away in a catalogue of deity statues there was a bronze reproduction of the Gundestrap Cauldron and because it can be very difficult to find tools in bronze, I decided to get it. I liked that it was a museum replica and even though my primary focus is Irish and the cauldron’s imagery isn’t, I was still drawn to it on an aesthetic level.

When it arrived and I first held it in my hands I knew that, for me, this would be the Dagda’s cauldron. It had a weight and a presence to it that I’d never felt before, and there was something about the way this cauldron told a story within its panels that spoke to me of the Dagda. It is obviously not the Dagda’s actual cauldron nor do I think that it likely resembles what would have been used by the Iron Age Irish, however, for me it is a strong symbolic representation and a powerful reminder of the Dagda’s power.

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