There are 9 steps to Earth-Croi, an Indigenous Path.

Each step is described by an Irish word.

Why Irish? Because this old language (related to Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, Breton and Manx) came to us down through the oral traditions of our ancestors to its earliest written forms. It holds meanings and perspectives of an age before Western philosophies like Dualism took hold of our thinking, and social constructs like gender politics fenced us in. The phonetic pronunciation suggestions follow the Ulster dialect.

Here are the 9 words, how to pronounce them and what they mean.

                                                Pronounce                         Meaning

1. Neart                               rhymes with 'heart'          Energy/Power

2. Failte                                       fall-cha                            Welcome

3. Duchas                              Do-hass                           Sacred Presence/places. 

4. Sinsir                                  Sheen-share                         Ancestors. 

5. Dan                                        Dawn                                 Your gift/ skill /poetry 

6. Aisling                                    Ash-ling                                   Dreaming  

7. Turas D'Anam                       Taurus danam                    Journey of the soul

8. Sidhe                                             She                                   The world of the ancestors/Otherworld.

9. Mahair Domhain                     Maw-hey Doe-in                      Mother Earth