Category Archives: Book Reviews
Where the Hawthorn Grows – An American Druid’s Reflections
Author: Morgan Daimler Publisher: Moon Books Copyright: 2012 ISBN: 9781780999692 Synopsis: Where the Hawthorn Grows is a reflection on being an Irish reconstructionist Druid in America. It looks at who the Druids were and different aspects of Celtic folk belief from a reconstructionist viewpoint as well as discussing daily practice and practical modern applications. Table …
The Origins of the Irish
Author: J.P. Mallory Publisher: Thames & Hudson Copyright: 2013 ISBN: 978-0-500-05175-7 Synopsis: About eighty million people today can trace their descent back to the occupants of Ireland. But where did the occupants of the island themselves come from and what do we even mean by “Irish” in the first place? This is the first major …
Dealing With Deities
Author: Raven Kaldera Published: 2012 Publisher: Asphodel Press ISBN: 9781938197024 Synopsis: Polytheism―the worship of multiple Gods and Goddesses―is still a fledgling movement in Western civilization after centuries of oppression and near-obliteration. Many consider it mere superstition, but a new wave of polytheists are analyzing their faiths in the same way that mainstream religions have done. Dealing …
The Celts
Author: Wolfgang Meid Publisher: Innsbruck Copyright: 2010 ISBN:9783851242287 Synopsis: “The Celts” – who were they? Did they really exist, or are they as some archaeologists seem to believe, a mere scientific construct, a fictitious entity? The basis of this misapprehension is the fact that it is not possible to diagnose Celticity by archaeological means alone. …
Chronicles Of The Celts
Author: Iain Zaczek Published: 1996 Publisher: Collins and Brown Limited, Great Britain. Pages: 159 Synopsis: Chronicles of the Celts presents the epic stories of a fascinating people. Here are legends of invincible hero-warriors, faerie enchantresses and magical forests that evoke the fire, pride and passion associated with the Celts. Review: I had originally wanted this …
Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians
Author: Peter S. Wells. He is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. Publisher: Bristo/Classical Press Series: Duckworth Debates in Archaeology Published: 2010, (first published in 2001) ISBN: 9780715630365 Pages: 160 including Index and Bibliography Synopsis: Who were the Iron Age peoples of Europe? Celts, Germans, Scythians: these are among the names that …
How the Celts Came to Britain
Author: Michael A Morse Publisher: Tempus Publishing Published: 2005 ISBN: 9780752433394 Synopsis: The narrative of the Celts in Britain has accommodated a number of substantial changes in the last two hundred years. At the beginning of that period the idea that Celts populated pre-Roman Britain was only a strange notion; we know better at present …
The Celts: Origins, Myths, Inventions
Author: John Collis Publisher: The History Press Published: 2011 (first published in 2003 by Tempus Publishing) ISBN: 9780752429137 Synopsis: We use the word “Celtic” fast and loose – it evokes something mythical and romantic about our past – but what exactly does it mean? Furthermore, why do people believe that there were Celts in Britain …
