Reset with fresh illustrations together with an extensive index and glossary.

The Celts were a creative, mystical people, still revered today for their imaginative myth-making, brilliant designs, and profound sense of wonder and magic. This entry in the popular Inspirations series offers enticing summaries of key Celtic symbols, an introduction to the Celtic worldview, and enlightening short extracts from the great Celtic texts. Featuring 75 color photos and practical exercises that show readers how to apply ancient insights to their own lives, this elegant volume captures the spirit of the druids and storytellers in a series of poetic texts. The spiritual lessons cover such subjects as plant healing, spell casting, and traveling safely in the Otherworld, while a special section reveals the secrets of King Arthur's knights and the Holy Grail.

Product Description: The Religion of the Ancient Celts

Covers six unique types of Celtic prayer, helping seekers and believers connect to God on a deeper level by teaching them how to pray out of the circumstances and uncertainties of their lives.

Richly adorned with Celtic-style art and artifacts and landscape photographs, an intriguing look at ancient Celtic wisdom follows the course of life from birth to death and the afterlife, as it presents poetry, inspirational wisdom, and timeless tales of heroes, magic, and fantastical creatures.

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Offers a detailed analysis of Celtic mythology, and discusses Celtic myths on the levels of adventure story, tales of gods and goddesses, and manifestations of the stars and planets

Three psychotherapists find themselves on a pilgrimage following the relationship between horses and humans after a trip to Scotland in which they learned how Celtic people befriended horses to cultivate their hearts and souls. 25,000 first printing.

What makes a place magical? Visiting ancient sites can be unsettling to the modern ego, awakening something primitive - a vestige of ancient, primal life, awaiting ignition through contact. And then it is a call, perhaps something like a love affair. This book focusses on the magical aspect of Pagan Ireland.

There is some evidence that certain women had priestly functions, perhaps a near relation of the góthi, and occasionally acting for him. Such a woman was called gydja and might even own a temple. The god Frey had a young priestess in his temple, regarded as his consort... -from "Scandinavia: Worship and Its Accessories" Highly readable and densely informative, this general survey of Celtic and Scandinavian mythology and its beliefs and practices, first published in 1948, remains an excellent resource. The author, a well-regarded expert on the subject, explores: . nature worship . deities and lesser supernatural beings . mythical heroes . magic and divination . creation stories . magic and morality . and more. Readers in comparative mythology and fans of Arthurian, Celtic, and epic fantasy fiction will find this book a delight. British scholar JOHN ARNOTT MACCULLOCH (1868-1950) wrote numerous books on ancient mythology, including Religion of the Ancient Celts, The Childhood of Fiction: A Study of Folk Tales and Primitive Thought, Mythology of All Races, Religion: Its Origin & Forms, and Medieval Faith and Fable.