"Because the Celtic Spirit's simplicity and gentleness cut across boundaries, there's something here for almost everyone."



"Because the Celtic Spirit's simplicity and gentleness cut across boundaries, there's something here for almost everyone."


Book Description
Discover the Living Wisdom of the Ancient Celts The ancient Celts and their spiritual mediators, the Druids believed in the communion of all living things and sought harmony between nature and the human soul. Now, with this inspiring book of day-by-day mediations, renowned Celtic scholar CaitlÍn Matthews shows you how to reawaken the power of this age-old spiritual inheritance. Using poetry, myths, reflections, rituals, and visualizations, Matthews leads you on a yearlong pilgrimage that will help connect the cycles of your soul to the circle of the seasons. From the winter months of Samhain the summer months of Beltant, from mediations on the gifts and blessings of life to the insights and promises of the soul, she enables you to complete your own sacred circuit of the turning year. Brimming with the legends and lore of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and Britain, The Celtic Spirit is a brilliant introduction to the sacred wisdom of the Celtic path--and a potent resource for daily spiritual renewal.


About the Author
Caitlin Matthews is a respected teacher of Celtic traditions, shamanism, British myths, and practical spirituality. The author of thirty-six books, she lives in Oxford, U.K.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The ancient Celts and their spiritual mediators, the Druids, believed in the communion of all living things and sought harmony between nature and the human soul. Now, with this inspiring book of day-by-day meditations, renowned Celtic scholar Caitlin Matthews shows you how to reawaken the power of this age-old spiritual inheritance. Using poetry, myths, reflections, rituals, and visualizations, Matthews leads you on a yearlong pilgrimage that will help connect the cycles of your soul to the circle of the seasons. From the winter months of Samhain to the summer months of Beltane, from meditations on the gifts and blessings of life to the insights and promises of the soul, she enables you to complete your own sacred circuit of the turning year. Brimming with the legends and lore of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and Britain, The Celtic Spirit is a brilliant introduction to the sacred wisdom of the Celtic path - and a potent resource for daily spiritual renewal.

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