The People in the Shadows

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Scáth na Feannóige
War Goddess Site

End All Horse Slaughter NOW!

I go by Sìle* Kym Lambert, or Saigh**, these days. I spent several years "wandering" as a Pagan and witch, from about the age of nine until my 20s when in the mid-80s I found a coven, an offshoot of Alexandrian with a Celtic focus, where I felt at home with the people. Despite complications in the group, I  was initiated to first degree. It was at this time that an Morrígan became predominant in my life and I soon felt pushed to follow a more culturally focused way. This led to the whole "Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism" thing.  A few years later, in the early '90s I had a Norse God show up and married a Heathen and ended up with this whole Gaelic Heathen thing.  I have a degree in women's studies with a focus on Celtic culture and the warrior path.

After some experimenting with group dynamics before returning to the isolation of the Great North Woods, I now am focused on the concept of the Outlaw Warrior/Fianna and write about it a good bit, mostly at Scáth na Feannóige.   Back in the dark ages before everyone had the internet, I wrote for some hard copy Pagan publications including THiNK!, Harvest, Tides and SageWoman.. In 2013, I returned to hard copy with an article in Keltria Journal #43 and in 2014 I became a committee member and writer for Air n-Aithesc. My essay "Musings on the Irish War Goddesses" was originally published in Bibliotheca Alexandrina's By Blood, Bone and Blade: A Tribute to the Morrígan. 

 I have returned to personal fitness training, although not real ambitious on this in the current economy.  Being certified again will help with some of the writing I'm doing, however.

We moved back to the North Country to homestead and to have horses and hounds.  

* Yes, the name is actually Julia, but I have taken to using the Gaelic form, which I might eventually change legally. IT is pronounced "shee-lah"

** "wolf-bitch, pronounced "s'ee"