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Summary: A Treasure Trove of Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
Review: This beautifully conceived & executed book is bursting with an abundance of Celtic lore, legends, traditions, history, resources and practical applications for enriching our lives through the ways & wisdom of our ancestors. It carries the reader from month to month through the year and brings the meaning & significance of each month and season fully alive. We have already begun using some of the seasonal rituals, crafts, recipes & meditations in our own home and know that this book will be a companion to us for years to come.
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Summary: A Treasure Trove of Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
Review: This beautifully conceived & executed book is bursting with an abundance of Celtic lore, legends, traditions, history, resources and practical applications for enriching our lives through the ways & wisdom of our ancestors. It carries the reader from month to month through the year and brings the meaning & significance of each month and season fully alive. We have already begun using some of the seasonal rituals, crafts, recipes & meditations in our own home and know that this book will be a companion to us for years to come.
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Summary: Beautiful work of Art...
Review: This book is well worth the price. It is full of ancient lore and tales and gives you lots of ideas for celebrating the Celtic holidays no matter what your beliefs or religion. Beautifully written this is, I think,the best piece written on Celtic lore and mythology that I have read. I LOVE the story of the Selkie,it is so haunting. You can tell the author loves her work & it shines through.Thank-you Mara.
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Summary: An All Season Book - Irish Decent or Not - BUY IT!
Review: This is a book to be passed down along with its traditions and recipes. Mara Freeman makes each page one to savor, with illustrations, poetry, ancient sayings in Gaelic of the British Isles and fairy speak, that alone should make it a must for your otherworldly library. My only wish is that with the second edition there would be some pages left blank in-between to add one's own family recipe or craft into the book. BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: A King's Ransom of Celtic Tradition
Review: This wonderfully researched, thought-out and laid-out book is seasoned with an abundance of Celtic lore. The authors knowledge and apparent love of all thing Celtic is felt on every page. The book is divided into twelve chapters, one covering each month. And each chapter has peppered throughout an array of Celtic history, poetry, ritual, recipes, blessings, songs, goddess and god stories, myth, bestiaries, crafts and much more.This compact book has a very reader-friendly layout and includes wonderful line-art through. The resource section is nine pages long and covers everything from Irish genealogy to Celtic music. Kindling The Celtic Spirit would make a wonderful gift for anybody who cherishes Irish/Celtic tradition or as a book to keep beside ones bed, to read before sleeps so that one may drift off and enter a magical time and place where faeries played in sacred groves, bards sang of courageous deeds, and the Tuatha De Danann lived and prospered.
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Summary: Beautiful, but New Age Fluff
Review: Those not familiar with the sources of the various Celtic traditions
may receive the impression that this book presents authentic ideas and
customs in context. It does not. Instead, it presents Ms. Freeman's
New Agey, Jungian-filtered interpretation of the sources. Though
Ms. Freeman reads widely, she uses her sources selectively to support
her notion of who the Celts were and are, rather than letting the
evidence lead her to justifiable conclusions. This is unfortunate. The
book is beautiful but it only re-inforces modern misconceptions about
Celtic culture. It does not give the reader a true picture of the
diverse cultures of the various Celtic peoples. (...)
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Summary: Beautiful, but New Age Fluff
Review: Those not familiar with the sources of the various Celtic traditionsmay receive the impression that this book presents authentic ideas andcustoms in context. It does not. Instead, it presents Ms. Freeman'sNew Agey, Jungian-filtered interpretation of the sources. ThoughMs. Freeman reads widely, she uses her sources selectively to supporther notion of who the Celts were and are, rather than letting theevidence lead her to justifiable conclusions. This is unfortunate. Thebook is beautiful but it only re-inforces modern misconceptions aboutCeltic culture. It does not give the reader a true picture of thediverse cultures of the various Celtic peoples. (...)
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Summary: The Best of Celtic Mysticism
Review: When I purchased this book I wasn't sure about the amount of information that contained. I bought it because I wanted to learn more about Celtic mysticism and get a good insight. As soon as I got it I began reading it and I was drawn into it. It has a great deal of useful information. For those interested in learning more about Celtic traditions this is a great book to get.
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