Macneamh | Reflections

On these pages, I look forward to sharing reflections with you from the field of Psychology, Philosophy, Poetry, Art, and Mythology and the Ancient Gaelic world, ideas closest to my own heart, with the intention and the hope of inspiring and sparking your own creativity, curiosity and personal development work. 

Poetry Eileen Sullivan Poetry Eileen Sullivan

Grianstad - The Summer Solstice

At this time of year, the Sun has its greatest moment of light, the longest day of the year, and lasts for a few days where the hours of daylight remain almost the same— as though the Sun has stopped in the sky at that place of most light…

Read More
Video, Poetry Eileen Sullivan Video, Poetry Eileen Sullivan

Lá Buí Bealtaine [Video]

Bealtaine marks the beginning of summer in the ancient Celtic calendar. It is a Cross Quarter Day, halfway between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice.  In ancient times, bonfires were lit to mark a time of change and transition, celebrating the season's turning…

Read More
Poetry, Video Eileen Sullivan Poetry, Video Eileen Sullivan

Raftery - The Poet’s Praise of Mary Hynes [Video]

Antoine O Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery) was an 18th-century blind Irish poet and fiddle player who came from the ancient bardic tradition. He lived and walked the roads of Mayo and, later, predominantly, South Galway, playing music and reciting poetry in the time before the famine…

Read More
Eileen Sullivan Eileen Sullivan

The Inner Marriage of the Divine Feminine and Masculine

We all have both Masculine and Feminine energy, irrespective of gender.  How we embrace our Feminine and Masculine aspects within us is key to our individuation journey to become our authentic selves, towards a sense of wholeness…

Read More
Eileen Sullivan Eileen Sullivan

A Healthy Relationship with Anger

In the self-abandonment wound, we avoid conflict at all costs, so anger is then squashed down in the body and suppressed.  The anger, however, comes out unexpectedly and can be directed in outbursts towards others and self-shaming, self-criticism, turned inwardly…

Read More
Poetry, Video Eileen Sullivan Poetry, Video Eileen Sullivan

Spring in the West [Video]

As we emerge from the dark incubation of the wintering season, the world outside the window begins to come back to life. The buds are slowly coming onto the trees, the earth softens, and new life forms. Our souls are growing, too…

Read More