Tag Archives: Celtic religion
The Shaping of the Celtic World by Patrick Lavin
Author: Patrick Lavin Publisher: iUniverse Copyright: 2011 Synopsis: The Shaping of the Celtic World traces the rise and decline of the great Celtic peoples. Ranging from prehistoric to modern times, it undertakes an examination of Celtic civilization, revealing a proud and independent society with its unique history, mythology, pantheon of gods, literature, and artistry. The romance …
The Celts: A Chronological History by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
Author: Dáithí Ó hÓgáin Publisher: The Collins Press Copyright: 2002, reprinted 2006 ISBN: 9780851159232 Pages: 248 Synopsis: The Celts were one of the most important population groups to spread across the ancient European continent. From 800BC to 1050AD their story is one of expanding power and influence followed by contraction and near extinction. Drawing on …
Celts and the Classical World by David Rankin
Author: David Rankin Publisher: Routledge (an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group) Publishing History: First published in 1987 by Croom Helm Ltd, first published in paperback in 1996 by Routledge, the edition I am using for this review was published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. ISBN: 0-203-75022-5 (Adobe eReader Format) Synopsis: To observe …
The Celtic World Edited by Miranda J. Green
Synopsis: The ancient Celts, in their heyday, inhabited much of Europe north of the Alps. This new and exhaustive study examines this fascinating people from the first evidence of Celts in the archaeological and historical record to the early post Roman period. The Celtic World is one of the most comprehensive studies of the Celts …
Druids: Preachers of Immortalityby Anne Ross
Synopsis: Druidism was the religion of the Celts and the Druids themselves were all-powerful, taking precedence over the Celtic kings. Over and above the evidence of classical texts and of archeology, the richest source of information about the Druids is the vernacular material from Ireland and Wales. It is the author’s unparalleled familiarity with the …
Everyday Life of the Pagan Celts by Anne Ross
Anne Ross is a well-respected writer on the Celts most of her books are on the Celtic Reconstructionist lists and that tells you a lot because as a rule they are very picky. This book is a part of a series called Everyday Life Of…The other two books in the series are The Everyday Life …
Celtic Religion and Celtic Reconstructionism Resources.
I was going to write an essay on Celtic Religion and then another one on Celtic Reconstructionism but then realized that I had so many resources from people who actually knew and researched more than I ever could. Instead I decided that the best way to do this was to list these resources and as …
The Celts by John Haywood
John Haywood in his introduction of the book tells us that in recent academic writing about the Celts the focus has been on whether or not the Celts really existed and on whether the modern Celts are real Celts. His opinion on the matter (with some reservations which he will discuss in the book) is …
Pagan Celtic Britain by Anne Ross
Everyone who studies Celtic beliefs knows that many aspects of pre-Roman and pre-Christian beliefs remain shrouded in mystery. Ann Ross in this comprehensive book is trying to convince us, the readers, that neither the Roman invasion of Britain nor the coming of Christianity eliminated pagan religious practice. Dr. Anne Ross speaks Gaelic and Welsh and …
Engaged Druidism
**This is filed under Unverified Personal Gnosis** A very simple and yet very complex definition of Druidism is that it is a response, but a response to what, and how does that response differ from the ancient Druids to the modern ones? Humans before culture responded to the natural world around them. They responded to …
