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Focail Gaeilge | Irish Words

The native language of any country is a vessel to translate the soul of that same country and its people. If a country were to lose their native language, it would lose an entirely unique way of thinking and feeling about the world. Indigenous native languages give us foundations, roots, and sources of ancient wisdom that reach back thousands upon thousands of years. Indigenous languages are what connect us back to the origin of that country itself. In this series, I introduce a word in Gaeilge (Irish) and explore that word through a Depth Psychology lens. This is to support our curiosity, explore our inner world— our own psyche, and deepen our understanding of our place in the world. When we embrace our native language, we are also embracing a sense of our ground, having confidence in our sense of place, our speech, our imagination, our psyche, and our soul. One’s native language is the unique song that the country sings, the song of the soul...

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