The ogham consists of vertical and italic lines which
sit on one horizontal line.
Every letter is assigned to a tree, but we have to discriminate
between the so-called religious ogham and the normal ogham
which is the newer one. The succession of the first and original one bases
on the spiritual attitudes and energy patterns of the trees while the last
one depends on the rank order of the trees after the Cad Goddeu (The battle
of trees, Celtic mythology)
THE RELIGIOUS OGHAM
This is the original alphabet which was created for magickal and religious purposes. It has always been used by the ancient priests and druids.
It looks like this:
And here it is with the assignment to the trees:
THE NORMAL OGHAM
With the Battle Of Trees a new ogham was made, but it is not as important and mighty as the original one, although it would be better for using trees in a war of a different kind.
It looks like this:
And here it is with the assignment to the trees:
The Ogham letters are traditionally cut into wood, over
an edge that replaces the line on which the letters usually sit. It looks
like this:
