
Recovering European Ancestral Memory
Books
The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World’s Oldest Symbols, by Genevieve von Petzinger
To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest, by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Five Euphemias: Women in Medieval Scotland, by Elizabeth Sutherland
Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, by John Gregorson Campbell
The Gaelic Otherworld, by John Gregorson Campbell
Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations, by Alexander Carmichael
The Nordic Animist Year, by Hjarnø Rasmussen
The Druids, by Stuart Piggot
Brehon Laws: The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland, by Jo Kerrigan
The Book of the Cailleach, by Gearóid Crualaoich
Paddy’s Lament, by Thomas Gallagher
If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey of Authenticity and Belonging, by Sharon Blackie
Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, by Max Dashú
Before Scotland: The Story of Scotland Before History, by Alistair Moffat
Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power, by Alastair McIntosh
The Good People: New Fairylore Essays, edited by Peter Narváez
The Braes o’ Balqhuidder, by Elizabeth Beauchamp
The Divine Feminine in Ancient Europe: Goddesses, Sacred Women, and the Origins of Western Culture, by Sharon Paice MacLeod
White People, Indians, and Highlanders, by Colin Galloway
Brigit: Sun of Womanhood, edited by Patricia Monahan and Michael McDermott
Celtic Myth and Religion, by Sharon Paice MacLeod
Pagan Celtic Britain, by Anne Ross
The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, by T.M. Devine
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings, by John O’Donahue
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Warriors of the Word, by Michael Newton
Popular Home Remedies and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans, edited by Carl Warwick
Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams, by Alexander McCall Smith
Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, by Miranda J. Green
Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, by James MacKillop
Scottish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave, by Margaret Bennett
The Celtic World, by Barry Cunliffe
The People of the Sea, by David Thomson
Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K. Fry
Window to The West: Culture and Environment in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd, by Meg Bateman and John Purser
Evil Eye in the Western Highlands, by Robert Craig MacLagan
Articles
The Power Of Viking Women, by Francine Russo
Módraniht: Germanic Tradition of Mother Night, by Sarah Lyn
300 Years On, Will Thousands of Women Burned As Witches Finally Get Justice? by Harriet Sherwood
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe, by Max Paschall
Ancient Mass Migrations Transformed Britons’ DNA, by Paul Rincon
Europeans Drawn from Three Ancient “Tribes,” by Paul Rincon
The Picts: Who Really Were Our Mythical Ancestors? by Neil Mackay
Magic Can Create A Decolonial Future by Hannah Dwyer
Are White People Indigenous?, by Pegi Eyers
First Nations on Ancestral Connection, by Pegi Eyers
Reclaiming our Indigenous European Roots, by Lyla June
Saining Not Smudging - Purification and Lustration in Scottish Folk Magic Practices
The Ancient Practice of Marrying the Land, by Sharon Blackie
Thar Be Witches, and Us, by Whitney Curry Wimbish
This is How They Broke Our Grandmothers, by Natasha Chart
The Witch-Hunt in Catalonia: One of the Earliest and Deadliest in Europe, by Alan Ruiz Terol
Top 5 Irish Ancestry Surprises all Irish Should Know, by Job Merkel
Why Irish Americans Should Embrace their Culture of Colonial Resistance, by Shannon O’Sullivan
The ‘Intriguing and Unsettling’ Scottish Island Tradition of Skelking, by Alison Campsie
Doe, a Deer, a Female Reindeer: The Spirit of Winter Solstice, by Danielle Prohom Olson
The History of Highland Settlements of the Cape Fear, by Michael Newton
The Unearthing of Ireland’s Mysterious Naked Sweathouses, by Ronan O’Connell
Family Tree of Languages has Roots in Anatolia, Biologists Say, by Nicholas Wade
Secret Ancestral Codes: 12 Main Symbols in Ukrainian Embroidery, translated by Christine Chraibi
Where Women Rule: The Last Matriarchy in Europe - In Pictures, by Mee-Lai Stone
What the Mysterious Symbols Made by Early Humans Can Teach Us About How We Evolved, by Patrick D’Arcy
Scottish Cultural Appropriation - Revisited, by Cailleach’s Herbarium
Map/Soundscape
Podcasts
Organizations to Support
Films and Music
Celtic Tribes and the Roman Expansion
Women Folk Healers in Poland
Basque Origins
DNA, Language, and History
Learning Sean Nós
Irish-Americans learn and share an 800 year old style of Irish singing
Sean Nós Dance from Connemara
With Emma O’Sullivan
The Sound of the Proto Indo European Language
Numbers, words, and story
Waulking Song
Gaelic Lament
Interview with author and folklorist Margaret Bennett
The Blessing and Descent of the Goddess Bridget
Sweathouses in Leitrim
History and cultural significance of Irish sweathouses
Mari Boine, “Diamantta Spaillit”
Mari Boine is a Norwegian singer of Sámi origin. Her music combines the traditional song of the Sámi, the joik, with electro-acoustic sounds and melodies.
Sámi Stories: Art & Identity of an Arctic People: Mari Boine Interview
A video interview with musician Mari Boine from the exhibition Sámi Stories: Art & Identity of an Arctic People.
Kulning - Ancient Swedish Herding Call
by Jonna Jinton
Huldufólk 102
Beneath the quiet veneer of Iceland lies an invisible nation of Hidden People. This fascinating phenomenon, rarely discussed with outsiders, not only pervades Icelandic culture, but also impacts its infrastructure from government policy to road construction.
Irish Famine and Beyond: Twisted History
A short film about the history of the Irish Famine
Völva
About the Scandinavian seers and prophets.
Keening, A Documentary
A brief history of the Irish keen
Brighid - Brigantia & Imbolg
History, stories, and practices relating to an ancient European goddess