Harmony in Heaven & Earth: Introduction to Etruscan Gods and Divination

Sat Mar 28 3-5pm $23; $3 discount for cash.

The Etruscans (Rasenna) were a non-Indo-European people who occupied Northern Italy a millennia prior to the rise of the Roman Empire. While sometimes compared to the Greek Gods of their neighbors, the Etruscan Gods–collectively called the Aiser or the “College of Gods”–are unique. The Aiser sought for a balance in the universe, and were characterized by harmonious lateral relationships, rather than hierarchy. This is an introduction to those Gods, and their relationship to the Etruscan Discipline, the divinatory practices used to determine the will of the gods and the meaning of the sixteen stations of the Sky. This class will serve as an introduction to one of the Mysterious Peoples of Europe.

By Murtagh anDoile.

Murtagh anDoile is a Druid and Elder of the Tuatha de Danann (NECTW) , an Irish Mystery Tradition. He is the founder of TDD: The Ninth Wave, and Nemed na Morrigna. Tagh has been involved in the Pagan/Occult movement since 1968. He is an independent scholar and researcher, with a degree in Anthropology. He’s worked as an archaeologist for Brown University. He’s been published in several Pagan magazines and newsletters and was interviewed in “Keepers of the Flame: Interviews with Elders of Traditional Witchcraft in America.” Though talks given in the early 80s at Pagan festivals around the country, he inadvertently became one of the progenitors of the Celtic Reconstructionist Movement. He has been working with an Irish form of magic and witchcraft, and the spirits and gods of Ireland since 1977.