The Celtic Pagan Order of Constantine

20/10/2023

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Joe Freeman, Cassandra Hawksby, Blair Joseph, Andrea Holland, Tamara Joy Teresa Witt, Toni Jankovic

03/06/2023

Speak to us about your belief in the afterlife. Where does our consciousness go when we pass. I'll start in the comments.

19/12/2022

29/09/2022

On behalf of our Order. We send "Coolio" off to the Otherworlds of Tir na nÓg and Mag Mell with many blessings. Shine as the Brightest Stars illuminate the sky.

Fair Winds..

08/09/2022

Farewell and Blessings Beyond as Queen Elizabeth II moves on to the Otherworld! The Celtic Pagan Order of Constantine says a sorrowful goodbye and rejoices her life's achievements!

01/09/2022

Diancecht was the god of healing and medicine in Celtic culture during the Bronze age in Ireland.

Diancecht was the son of Dagda, "The Good God of the Irish-Celtic Pagans", and was the physician to the Tuatha Dé Danann, the ruling clan of Gods. His son, Miach, was also a healer but preferred to use incantations and herbs when healing which was at odds with his father's surgical methods.

Stories of Diancecht:

Diancecht made a prosthetic arm of silver for his brother Nuada, the leader of the Gods, which moved as well as a real arm. Nuada had been de-throned because the leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann was required to be physically intact to rule.

Nuada regained the throne because of the prothetic arm. Miach later transformed the Nuada's prosthetic arm into a real arm which resulted in him being killed by his jealous father.

A well called Slane, the "Well of Health", was created when Diancecht blessed it. He used the waters to heal the Tuatha Dé Danann who were hurt in battle. However the well could not cure those who had been beheaded. Dincecht also replaced the eye of Midhir, which was lost during a quarrel, with the eye of a cat.

Diancecht was the champion of those who had had some form of wound inflicted on them because he believed the aggressor should pay or take responsibility for any harm caused to the injured party.

Diancecht's jealousy was also responsible for the destruction of 365 herbs which had grown from the tears of Miach's sister, Airmed, when mourning at her brother's grave. Airmed had attempted to catalogue the herbs but she, and so mankind, were prevented from knowing the healing qualities of these herbs because Diancecht destroyed them. Some accounts suggest these herbs were responsible for the healing powers of the "Well of Health".
One of the most famous myths about Diancecht is that he saved Ireland.

Diancecht delivered the baby of Morrigan, the Goddess of War, but killed the child because he thought it to be evil. He opened the child's chest and found three serpents which could destroy any living thing, including mankind. The three serpents were destroyed by Diancecht who threw the ashes into a river. Every living thing died in the river which boiled as a result. The river Barrow, meaning "Boiling River", is said to be named after this myth.
The death of Diancecht was mostly likely caused by a poisoned weapon during the battle of Moytura. The belief in the healing powers of Diancecht survived until the 8BC in the form of a porridge called "Diancecht's porridge" which was used for colds and flus. Diancecht's belief that injured parties should receive some form of payment is now taken for granted in modern culture.

01/09/2022

The Dullahan is also known as the mythological Headless Horseman and the embodiment of the Celtic God Crom Dubh.

His is the story of a headless rider who roams the lands of Ireland looking for victims whose lives he intends to take.

This is NOT to be mistaken for the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the account of the Northern New York Dutch Farmlands of Tarrytown. The story of the afamed legend of the Hessian Soldier who came to the American Colonies with the British to fight in The Revolutionary War purely out of blood lust was a different story altogether. That story was written by Washington Irving of Headless Horseman who lost his head to the colonials after selling his soul to the devil. He rose from the grave by the tree of the dead to enact vengeance on the small town. That story was about the schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.

The Dullahan of Celtic Mythology:
The Dullahan is one of the most well known tales of Irish mythology and the story became so popular over time.

In turn the Headless Horseman has become a key character used in the mythology of many other cultures, as well as in many modern horror stories.

The Dullahan is most well known for his headless appearance and there are many stories that suggest how he lost his head. One of which being that he was a soldier in his previous life and had his head taken from him in battle.

His roaming has been depicted as him searching for his lost head for all of eternity.

However, some stories suggest that he already has his head and that he rides with a darker purpose, believed to be so bitter about his own death that he searches for other souls to take with him to the afterlife.

The Dullahan’s Appearance:

He is commonly portrayed as either riding on the back of a black horse, also headless, or riding a black carriage that is pulled by 6 black horses.

It is said that these horses ride so quickly and ferociously that fire emanates from both their nostrils and their hooves as they strike the ground.

The carriage that some believe he rides is made of coffins, tombstones and bones, indicating his evil intent to take innocent lives.

He wears a long, black cloak that flows behind him as he rides through the lands and he is known to hold his severed head high into the sky in search for the souls that he wishes to take.

His severed head has a terrible appearance, covered in rotting flesh that gives off the strong odour of rotting cheese and with the complexion of stale dough.

The mouth is split into a terrifying grin as he finds joy in taking the lives of others.

His eyes are lit up with an evil fire and are darting back and forth, constantly looking for victims.

Stay Out of The Dullahan’s Path!!!

No locked gate stays closed when he approaches, bursting open to let the Dullahan through.

As he makes his way through towns and villages after dark the people hide behind their curtains because if anyone were to look at him, they would be immediately blinded.

This he causes by whipping their eyes out with a whip made from a human spine, or by throwing a basin of blood into their eyes.

He has the ability to speak only once on a journey and that is to say the name of the person whose life he wishes to take.

Once the Dullahan states this name, that person’s soul is called to death and there is no defying this call.

The Dullahan does this when he stops and it is then that he will call the name of his victim and that person will die.

Golden Protection After Sunset:

The Dullahan is believed to appear after sunset on certain festivals and feast days, which is when people know to be wary of looking outside after the sun has gone down.

The only thing that can frighten him is precious metal, which when thrown on the ground before him can cause him and his horses to suddenly stop in their path and turn to flee.

During the period when the story of the Dullahan was most popular in Ireland, families were likely to posses gold. As such they were told to use their gold to frighten him if he called upon their house.

Sacrifices to the Celtic God of Fertility – Crom Dubh:

This depiction of the Headless Horseman is believed to have developed as the embodiment of the ancient Celtic God of fertility Crom Dubh.

King Tighermas, the King of Ireland long ago in an era when human sacrifice to the Gods was believed to be a popular ritual, worshiped Crom Dubh.

Crom Dubh demanded human lives every year to be sacrificed in his name and the method of sacrifice that he asked for was decapitation.

In the 6th century, when Christianity came to Ireland, and The Celtic Pagan Order of Constantine's Society went underground, these sacrificial rituals were condemned and as Christianity grew in popularity they stopped altogether.

This was when the story of the Dullahan first became prevalent, as the Irish people believed that Crom Dubh took this physical form in order to continue getting the sacrificial souls that he called for.

The myth of the Dullahan has evolved from the human form of Crom Dubh into many different depictions of the Headless Horseman in various cultures.

In modern times the Dullahan has been popularized as an evil character in many computer games and fantasy stories.

Thus, the legend of the Dullahan, one of the most represented Irish legends, will continue to live on for many years.

15/08/2022

A few people were banned for inciting comments about race & claiming that we're not a "real religion." If you cannot engage in civil conversion you will be summarily banned.

13/08/2022

Christopher Sanchez who came to the mock Council of Newgrange thanks for your participation

12/08/2022

An Historic Edict Proclaimation made this 17th Era of 2022 of the Order:

Edict of Athrú Ainm an Ordaithe

On this Friday, 12th of August 2022 of the Common Era, The Celtic Pagan and Druidic Order of Constantine will be renamed and henceforth known from this day as:

The Celtic Pagan Order of Constantine.

As defined, The Order is still a Celtic Pagan and a Druid Order. As has always been tradition, we accept all denominations of Pagan and Neo-Pagan Peoples into The Order. We also support Universalists and Unitarians. This name change was made to reconnect to our originating roots. Consequently, this modification makes it easier to logistically streamline our presence for social and multimedia platforms.