Carl McColman — Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:05 +0000

Remembering Isaac Bonewits, 1949-2010

Here is an inclusive, interfaith list of recommended books on Celtic spirituality:

Three Titles to Help You Get Started
	Carl McColman – The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Celtic Wisdom
	Carl McColman & Kathryn Hinds – Magic of the Celtic Gods and Goddesses
	Carl McColman – 366 Celt: A Year and a Day of Celtic Wisdom and Lore
The Basics of Celtic Spirituality
	Padraigin Clancy, ed. – Celtic Threads: Exploring the Wisdom of Our Heritage
	William John Fitzgerald – Seven Secrets of the Celtic Spirit: A Journey to the Soul of Ireland
	Michael Howard – Angels & Goddesses: Celtic Christianity & Paganism in Ancient Britain
	Caitlin Matthews – Celtic Devotional: Daily Prayers and Blessings
	Alastair McIntosh – Soil and Soul: Dispatches of a Celtic Ecowarrior
	Patricia Monaghan – Irish Spirit: Pagan, Celtic, Christian, Global
	Patricia Monaghan – The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog
	Kathryn Price NicDhana et al. – The CR FAQ: An Introduction to Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism
	Sean O’Duinn, OSB – Where Three Streams Meet: Celtic Spirituality
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The Celtic World: Language, Culture, People, and History
	Jean Louis Brunaux – The Celtic Gauls: Gods, Rites and Sanctuaries
	Barry Cunliffe – The Ancient Celts
	Miranda J. Green, ed. – The Celtic World
	Simon James – The World of the Celts
	John T. Koch & John Carey, eds. – The Celtic Heroic Age: Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe and Early Ireland and Wales
	Carmel McCaffrey and Leo Eaton – In Search of Ancient Ireland
	Michael Newton – A Handbook of the Scottish Gaelic World
	Robert O’Driscoll, ed. – The Celtic Consciousness
	Barry Raftery – Pagan Celtic Ireland: The Enigma of the Irish Iron Age
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Celtic Mythology
	Tom Peete Cross & Clark Harris Slover – Ancient Irish Tales
	Frank Delaney – Legends of the Celts
	Peter Berresford Ellis – The Chronicles of the Celts: New Tellings of their Myths & Legends
	Patrick K. Ford – The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales
	Lady Gregory – Cuchulain of Muirthemne
	Lady Gregory – Gods and Fighting Men
	Thomas Kinsella, tr. – The Tain
	John and Caitlin Matthews – The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Myth and Legend
	R. J. Stewart – Celtic Gods Celtic Goddesses
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The Path of the Druid
	Philip Carr-Gomm – The Druid Way
	Philip Carr-Gomm – The Rebirth of Druidry: Ancient Earth Wisdom for Today
	Peter Berresford Ellis – A Brief History of the Druids
	Miranda J. Green – The World of the Druids
	Christian-J. Guyonvarc’h – The Making of a Druid: Hidden Teachings from The Colloquy of Two Sages
	Leslie Ellen Jones – Druid Shaman Priest: Metaphors of Celtic Paganism
	John Matthews, ed. – The Druid Source Book
	Emma Restall Orr – Spirits of the Sacred Grove: The World of a Druid Priestess
	Stuart Piggot – The Druids
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The Path of the Bard
	Nora Chadwick – Poetry and Prophecy
	Rupert Ferguson – The Lay of the Last Minstrel: Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrel Tradition
	R. F. Foster – The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland
	John Matthews – The Bardic Source Book
	John Matthews – Taliesin: Shamanism and the Bardic Mysteries in Britain and Ireland
	John J. Ollivier – Fun With Irish Myths
	Alwyn and Brinley Rees – Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales
	Arthur Rowan – The Lore of the Bard: A Guide to the Celtic and Druid Mysteries
	Robin Skelton and Margaret Blackwood – Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Pre-Christian and Pagan Elements in British Songs, Rhymes and Ballads
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The Path of the Seer
	Philip and Stephanie Carr-Gomm – The Druid Animal Oracle
	Hilda Ellis Davidson, ed. – The Seer in Celtic and Other Traditions
	Caitlin Matthews – The Celtic Book of the Dead
	John Matthews – The Celtic Seers’ Source Book
	James Augustus Henry Murray – The Romance and Prophecies of Thomas of Erceldoune
	Paul Rhys-Mountfort – Ogam: The Celtic Oracle of the Trees
	R. J. Stewart – The Living World of Faery
	Elizabeth Sutherland – The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer
	Elizabeth Sutherland – Ravens and Black Rain: The Story of Highland Second Sight
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Celtic Paganism and “Shamanism”
	Tom Cowan – Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit
	Jan Fries – Cauldron of the Gods: A Manual of Celtic Magick
	John Grigsby – Warriors of the Wasteland: A Quest for the Pagan Sacrifical Cult behind the Grail Legend
	Alexei Kondratiev – The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual
	Erynn Rowan Laurie – Circle of Stones: Journeys & Meditations for Modern Celts
	Frank MacEowen – The Mist-Filled Path: Celtic Wisdom for Exiles, Wanderers, and Seekers
	Caitlin Matthews – Mabon and the Guardians of Celtic Britain
	Brendan Myers – Dangerous Religion: Environmental Spirituality and its Activist Dimension
	Jane Raeburn – Celtic Wicca: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
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Miscellaneous Scholarly Resources
	Mary Condren – The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland
	H. R. Ellis Davidson – Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
	Miranda J. Green – Animals in Celtic Life and Myth
	Miranda J. Green – Celtic Myths: The Legendary Past
	Miranda J. Green – The Gods of the Celts
	Miranda J. Green – Symbol & Image in Celtic Religious Art
	Ronald Hutton – The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy
	Daithi O’hogain – The Sacred Isle: Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland
	Anne Ross – Pagan Celtic Britain
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Folklore and the Fairy Faith
	Janet and Colin Bord – Earth Rites: Fertility Practices in Pre-Industrial Britain
	W.Y. Evans-Wentz – The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries – Introduction by Carl McColman
	Lizanne Henderson and Edward J. Cowan – Scottish Fairy Belief: A History
	Patrick Logan – The Old Gods: The Facts About Irish Fairies
	Daithi O’hogain – The Hero in Irish Folk History
	Anne Ross – Folklore of the Scottish Highlands
	Anne Ross – Folklore of Wales
	Barbara Ker Wilson – Scottish Folk-Tales and Legends
	William Butler Yeats – Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland
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Celtic Christianity
	Ian Bradley – The Celtic Way
	Walter L. Brenneman, Jr. and Mary G. Brenneman – Crossing the Circle at the Holy Wells of Ireland
	Oliver Davies, tr. and ed. – Celtic Spirituality
	Mary Low – Celtic Christianity and Nature: Early Irish and Hebridean Traditions
	James P. Mackey – An Introduction to Celtic Christianity
	John Minahane – The Christian Druids: On the filid or philosopher-poets of Ireland
	Thomas O’Loughlin – Celtic Theology: Humanity, World and God in Early Irish Writings
	John J. O’Riordain, CSSR – The Music of What Happens: Celtic Spirituality, A View from the Inside
	Edward Sellner – The Celtic Soul Friend: A Trusted Guide for Today

The Sacred Year
	Kevin Danaher – The Year in Ireland
	Brian Day – The Celtic Calendar
	Brian Day – Chronicle of Celtic Folk Customs
	Mara Freeman – Kindling the Celtic Spirit: Ancient Traditions to Illumine Your Life Throughout the Seasons
	Ronald Hutton – The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
	Ellen Evert Hopman – A Druid’s Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year
	F. Marian McNeill – The Silver Bough – Volume One: Scottish Folklore and Folk-Belief – Volume Two: A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals, Candlemas to Harvest Home – Volume Three: A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals, Hallowe’en to Yule – Volume Four: The Local Festivals of Scotland
	Seamas O’Cathain – The Festival of Brigit: Celtic Goddess & Holy Woman
	Shirley Toulson – The Celtic Year: A Celebration of Celtic Christian Saints, Sites and Festivals
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Reference Works
	Alexander Carmichael – Carmina Gadelica: Hymns & Incantations Collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland in the 19th Century
	Bob Curran – Complete Guide to Celtic Mythology
	Miranda J. Green – Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
	John Haywood – Atlas of the Celtic World
	Phyllis G. Jestice – Encyclopedia of Irish Spirituality
	James MacKillop – A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
	Bernhard Maier – Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture
	Daithi O’Hogain – Myth, Legend & Romance: An Encyclopaedia of the Irish Folk Tradition
	Daragh Smyth – A Guide to Irish Mythology

Are you interested in mysticism? If so, check out this bibliography.

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