Episode 21 - Sovereignty and the Land: The Morrigan's True Power

Theme: Breaking Beyond Battle - Discovering the Morrigan's True Role as Sovereignty Goddess and Land Protector

In this episode, Lora O'Brien challenges the limiting "war goddess only" stereotype and reveals the Morrigan's deeper power as a sovereignty goddess and protector of the land.

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Drawing directly from Irish manuscripts and medieval kingship traditions, she explores how the Morrigan's relationship with the Dagda at the river Unius represents something far more profound than a mythological love story, it's the blueprint for right relationship between ruler, people, and land.

Lora examines how sovereignty goddesses in Irish tradition tested and blessed rulers, ensuring they governed with integrity and in harmony with the land itself. She explains how this ancient wisdom applies to modern practitioners, whether living in Ireland or across the diaspora, offering practical ways to embody sovereignty and develop right relationship with the land wherever you are.

The episode includes personal insights from Lora's decades of work at sacred sites like Rathcroghan and Oweynagat, demonstrating how listening to the land can transform your understanding of the Morrigan's true nature.

She provides a concrete sovereignty practice listeners can try immediately, emphasising that this tradition is not just historical but vibrantly alive today.

Lora promotes her new book "The Morrigan, Ireland's Goddess," specifically highlighting how the research and experience that went into writing the sovereignty chapters completely transformed her own understanding and practice.

Key Topics:

• The Morrigan as sovereignty goddess vs. war goddess stereotype

• Medieval Irish kingship and land blessing traditions

• The Dagda-Morrigan union as sovereignty myth

• Practical sovereignty for diaspora practitioners

• Right relationship with land and place

• Sacred sites and landscape connections

• Daily practices for embodying sovereignty

Resources Mentioned:

• "The Morrigan, Ireland's Goddess" by Lora O'Brien

• Cath Maige Tuired (The Second Battle of Mag Tuired)

• Rathcroghan and Oweynagat sacred sites

• Sovereignty chapters for transformative practice

Practical Exercise:
A 5-step sovereignty practice involving outdoor listening, asking about right relationship, making land offerings, invoking the Morrigan, and journaling insights.

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