Druid Journal

Guidance by Word, Card, and Star

Etymology

  • Rain, Wind

    It’s been a cold, rainy spring here in southwestern Pennsylvania, and though there are lilies blooming in the garden and birds clamoring in the yard, I’m nevertheless wrapped under two blankets, the windows are shut tight and the rain and wind are beating at the glass. 3 AM – I am awake to the downpour, Continue reading

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  • Temperance, Terror, Torch, Torture

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Temperance Ultimately, temperance comes from Latin tempus, “time”. No one knows where Latin picked up tempus – Continue reading

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  • Sphere, Spirit, Stone

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Sphere Sphere comes from the beautiful Greek word sphaira, which meant “globe” or “ball”. By the time Continue reading

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  • Sacrifice, Sacrilegious, Savior

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Sacrifice Sacrifice comes from Latin sacrificium, meaning “sacred action” (from sacra, “sacred”, and ficium, “to do”). It Continue reading

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  • Poetry, Prose, Praise, Prayer

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Poetry, Prose Poetry began life as the Proto Indo European root kwoiwo, meaning “making”. It entered Greek Continue reading

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  • Om, Pagan, Paradise

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Om From Wikipedia: OM is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Dharmic [i.e. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Continue reading

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  • Words of the Day: Norn, Oak, Objective, Subjective

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Norn A Norn is a kind of female spirit found in Norse theology, who can cause great Continue reading

  • Words of the Day: Muslim, Music, Mystic

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Muslim Muslim, and the related words salaam, Islam, and Salem, ultimately comes from Arabic salam, “peace”. In Continue reading

  • Words of the Day: Medium, Mother, Muhammad

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Medium Medium began life as me, a preposition meaning “between” in Proto-Indo European. A suffix dhyo was Continue reading

  • Words of the Day: Luck, May, Me, My, Mine

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Luck There are precious few words of completely unknown origin. This fact is a tribute to the Continue reading

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