Music Of The Pines
Ailm is the Irish name of the sixteenth letter of the Ogham alphabet. Its phonetic value is [a]. The original meaning of the name cannot be established with certainty. "Caine ailmi ardom-peitet", which translates to "Beautiful are the pines which make music for me", is a line from the poem "King Henry and the Hermit". Apparently, this single reference is the reason why ailm is sometimes associated with pines. [Wikipedia] * * * On these short days of Alban Arthan, I would like to invite you to join me to visit my Sacred Grove. It is a walk I filmed back in November, right after Samhain. It was the first day of snow, the day when the earth went white, and the forest was making its otherworldly music. I used to go to the forest with my parents when I was a kid. Now they are gone, and I can only hear their voices there in the jingling silence of the grove.
Ailm is the Irish name of the sixteenth letter of the Ogham alphabet. Its phonetic value is [a]. The original meaning of the name cannot be established with certainty. "Caine ailmi ardom-peitet", which translates to "Beautiful are the pines which make music for me", is a line from the poem "King Henry and the Hermit". Apparently, this single reference is the reason why ailm is sometimes associated with pines. [Wikipedia] * * * On these short days of Alban Arthan, I would like to invite you to join me to visit my Sacred Grove. It is a walk I filmed back in November, right after Samhain. It was the first day of snow, the day when the earth went white, and the forest was making its otherworldly music. I used to go to the forest with my parents when I was a kid. Now they are gone, and I can only hear their voices there in the jingling silence of the grove.