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| Author | : Paul Lonigan |
| Publisher | : Praeger |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 1996-06-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
This comprehensive study of the Druids offers a fresh look at the enigmatic and often controversial question of the role of these priests in Celtic society. The religion of Druidism is examined as an inheritance of Indo-European tradition, with intriguing analogies made between Irish and Roman cultic practices. The author identifies the functions of the ancient priests, providing an inventory of their duties and services. Druids are also defined in terms of their connections with other branches of Eurasian mysticism. This study will be of particular interest to scholars of Irish culture, Celtic culture, and comparative religion.
| Author | : Philip Freeman |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Essentials |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 2021-06-22 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1250780217 |
In Celtic Spirituality, acclaimed translator and scholar Philip Freeman allows the voices of the Celts to speak once more. Though the Celtic civilization has long disappeared, lingering traces of their spirituality haunt Ireland and the surrounding land. Tantalizing snippets of faded manuscript pages, ancient stone carvings, and spells from the mystery-shrouded Druids have sparked the imagination of generations of modern seekers. Translated from their original languages—Gaulish, Latin, Irish, and Welsh—the passages and stories in Celtic Spirituality are true artifacts of the Celts' vibrant and varied religion from both the pre-Christian and early Christian period. From a ritual of magical inspiration to stories of the ancient gods and adventures of long-forgotten heroes, Freeman has unearthed a stunning collection of Celtic work. The translation is accessible to the modern reader, but maintains the beauty and vibrancy of the original. Celtic Spirituality includes material that has never been translated before, offering a new glimpse into the wisdom and wild magic of the Celts.
| Author | : John Healy |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 666 |
| Release | : 1890 |
| Genre | : Ireland |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Dudley Wright |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 1924 |
| Genre | : Druids and Druidism |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : A.C. Fisher Aldag |
| Publisher | : Llewellyn Worldwide |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2020-12-08 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 0738763225 |
Discover the Folk Magick of the British Isles A Showcase of Spells, Lore, and the Origins of Magickal Practices Join author A.C. Fisher Aldag as she explores the folk magick of the British Isles. With fascinating descriptions of traditional lore, stories, and simple spells, Common Magick is a perfect resource for understanding these well-loved magickal practices. This book reveals why folk magick works and shares deep knowledge of magickal timing, sigils, crafts, tools, and more. You will discover what it's like to work with nature spirits, fairies, deities, and energy beings as well as herbs, crystals, divination, and even folkplays and magickal dances. Whether you are just curious or you want to enhance your own practice, Common Magick provides a window into folk magick traditions from Cornwall, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the North of France. The authentic practices discussed within these pages will give you a new appreciation for the roots of superstitions and the enduring nature of magick.
| Author | : Ronald Hutton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Celts |
| ISBN | : |
Serves as a study of what people have thought about the ancient Druids and why. This work looks at the many ways in which Druids have been imagined in Britain since 1500, and what this tells us about modern and early modern society. It also offers insights into the development of British national identities, literary culture and protest movements.
| Author | : Valerie M. Warrior |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2006-10-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1316264920 |
Examining sites that are familiar to many modern tourists, Valerie Warrior avoids imposing a modern perspective on the topic by using the testimony of the ancient Romans to describe traditional Roman religion. The ancient testimony recreates the social and historical contexts in which Roman religion was practised. It shows, for example, how, when confronted with a foreign cult, official traditional religion accepted the new cult with suitable modifications. Basic difficulties, however, arose with regard to the monotheism of the Jews and Christianity. Carefully integrated with the text are visual representations of divination, prayer, and sacrifice as depicted on monuments, coins, and inscriptions from public buildings and homes throughout the Roman world. Also included are epitaphs and humble votive offerings that illustrate the piety of individuals, and that reveal the prevalence of magic and the occult in the spiritual lives of the ancient Romans.
| Author | : Lynn Brunet |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9783039118540 |
The artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and the writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) both convey in their work a sense of foreboding and confinement in bleak, ritualistic spaces. This book identifies many similarities between the spaces and activities they evoke and the initiatory practices of fraternal orders and secret societies that were an integral part of the social landscape of the Ireland experienced by both men during childhood. Many of these Irish societies modelled their ritual structures and symbolism on the Masonic Order. Freemasons use the term 'spurious Freemasonry' to designate those rituals not sanctioned by the Grand Lodge. The Masonic author Albert Mackey argues that the spurious forms were those derived from the various cult practices of the classical world and describes these initiatory practices as 'a course of severe and arduous trials'. This reading of Bacon's and Beckett's work draws on theories of trauma to suggest that there may be a disturbing link between Bacon's stark imagery, Beckett's obscure performances and the unofficial use of Masonic rites.
| Author | : Peter Lamborn Wilson |
| Publisher | : City Lights Books |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 2021-10-20 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0872868915 |
The Rig Veda, written in India about 1500BC, praises a holy plant called Soma, which is sacrificed and consumed, granting the drinker an experience of enlightenment and ecstasy. The late Gordon Wasson identified Soma as a "magic mushroom," Amanita muscaria, and he and his followers discovered that such Indo-Europeans as the ancient Greeks, Iranians and Norse had also used a Soma-type plant. In Ploughing the Clouds Peter Lamborn Wilson investigates the probability of a Soma cult in ancient Ireland, tracing clues in Irish (and other Celtic) lore. By comparing Celtic folktales, romances, epics and topographic lore with the Rig Veda, he uncovers the Irish branch of the great Indo-European tradition of psychedelic (or "entheogenic") shamanism, and even reconstructs some of its secret rituals. He uses this comparative material to illuminate the deep meaning of the Soma-function in all cultures: the entheogenic origin of "poetic frenzy," the link between intoxication and inspiration.
| Author | : Breandán Ó Madagáin |
| Publisher | : Clo Iar-Chonnachta |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Compact discs |
| ISBN | : 9781902420974 |
"The author has taken almost forty keens, work songs, etc. and reunited them with the old musics originally associated with them, singing on CD a selection of verses from each one in illustration of the tradition. The essay discusses the usage of each piece and its function in the lives of the people."--BOOK JACKET.
