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Celtic Wisdom: Seasonal Rituals and Festivals, Vivianne Crowley

This book has beautiful photographs, illustrations, poetry and blessings to inspire your Celtic imagination.  The reader will find information on the major Celtic Festivals with suggestions on how to create rituals and celebrate in the tradition of the Celts.

The Summer Solstice: Celebrating the Journey of the Sun from May Day to Harvest

This book help readers celebrate in connection with the natural world throughout the year, not just at Christmas, and reclaim ancient traditions for modern usage.
 

The Winter Solstice: The Sacred Traditions of Christmas

Brimming with stories, activities, folklore, and recipes, this popular holiday gift book traces the history behind many sacred traditions of the season and provides practical suggestions for celebrating the Winter Solstice as a joyous, life-affirming festival.

Irish Fairy Cards: For Inspiration & Guidance

The Irish Fairy Cards are loaded with heart warming fairy messages and wisdom from the ages. Jaya Moran's colorful art and inspiring fairies are great for your inner child, and the messages are wise, serious and yet light hearted. A welcome change of pace in the serious world of divination and magic!

This is one of the best books about the wheel of the year. I would recommend this to some one who is converting from Christianity to some sort of pagan religion. This book explains the pagan influences in the Christian year, mostly Catholic, in a clear informative way. This is also a great book to read if you are just plan interested in pagan customs. Now this doesn't give any rituals this is purely a scholarly work, but well worth the read. Blessed Be!

ANAM CARA: Wisdom from the Celtic World by John O’Donohue

Actually, I could just write “read and listen to anything and everything by John O’Donohue you can get your hands on.” John O’Donohue is an Irish Catholic priest whose work gets categorized under “New Age” at the bookstore—I suppose they don’t know what else to do with him.  He is from western Ireland where the old ways are still alive and his stories, poems and perspectives will bring the Otherworld so close that you might just feel one of the Fairie Folk breath upon your skin.  You read this book every day and still get something new each time.  Whenever I sit down and take the time to listen to John O’Donohue or read his books, I am mesmerized.  I swear, I could teach a whole class on most of his paragraphs.  Also see O’Donohue’s audio selections on this site—his voice is so rich and pure—it brings the words alive.  I could listen to him all day.  KVS

Mirroring the ancient formulaic prayers to the elements found in the Celtic tradition, along with the wondrous invocations and declarations of the bards of the Scottish, Irish and Welsh traditions, Celtic Devotional provides a mystical doorway through which the modern person can re-invest their life with meaning within the twilight times of dusk and dawn.   Celtic spirituality emphasizes the appreciation of nature and all forms of life--a popular and universally appealing philosophy that, along with other related pagan traditions, is having a renaissance. Beautifully illustrated and designed, this book will appeal to readers searching for ways to practice spirituality, offering blessings, prayers and devotions.

For over 2,000 years, oppressors and natural disasters have worked against the Celts, threatening to obliterate the ancient tribe's language, traditions, and spirituality. "Yet in the past 30 years or so, many willing minds and hands have undertaken the task of rekindling the guttering flame of the Celtic spirit," writes author Mara Freeman in Kindling the Celtic Spirit. Freeman is, in fact, one of those maintaining the fire, having spent 35 years studying Celtic traditions and assembling this well-written and organized tribute. Following the format of the Celtic calendar, Freeman shares the stories, recipes, spells, and Gaelic expressions that go with each of the monthly festivals and celebrations. The February chapter celebrates the Festival of Brigit (the goddess who represents the bride or young maiden). October pays tribute to the Festival of Samhain (the celebration that marks the beginning of winter and may have been the Celtic New Year). She recounts the origins of Samhain Eve, or "Mischief Night," which Americans celebrate by trick-or-treating. She teaches magical spells, tells a spine-chilling spooky story, and shows readers how to carve turnip lanterns, using a large rutabaga.

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.

In this stunning gift edition, Celtic experts Caitlin and John Matthews present inspirational primary material, rich in ancient wisdom, lore, and mythology. For readers who are fascinated by Celtic traditions, and spiritual heritage, this unique reference introduces several new translations of powerful Celtic literature, including stories, poems, and visionary writing-many dating from the 7th century.

The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit
by Patricia Monaghan

Ireland: land of rambles, burning peat, dark beer, misdirection, lilting speech, enchanting melodies, green hills, ruddy faces, and goddesses. Goddesses? In Ireland? Like many Irish Americans before her, Pat Monaghan traveled to Ireland for the first time as an adult, seeking her roots. What she found was much more than her physical ancestors. She found spiritual forebears in the legends and landmarks of spirited women: witches, hags, wanton girls, mothers. This book is the story of her journeys, and the story of the journeys the legends have made through time.