Any other condition could be called subjection, oppression or slavery. And we know that when we are seriously unwell we must take stock of our lives and reclaim our autonomy. The word is sacred and imbued with real magic power and is not to be profaned.
Truth is the foundation of speech and all words are founded on truth.
Weaving the truth into mythical stories is considered a high art by the Irish. The spirit of inner freedom is still alive in Celtic people. The oppression of Celtic culture by various changes in the established order of their society has not squelched the individual Celt, who was brought up in an environment where personal responsibility for the definition of reality is an innate freedom. Let me throw a little historical perspective on the subject. They were elusive.