Celtic Book of Seasonal Meditations: Celebrate the Traditions of the Ancient Celts - Hardcover

Marian Green; Hamilton, Claire

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590030559 ISBN 13: 9781590030554

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003

Synopsis

The Celts lived in close harmony with nature, celebrating the seasons through their uplifting festivals, inspirational tales and beautiful verse. This attractive gift book allows us to share their poetic understanding and to appreciate the natural world through eyes and ears untainted by 21st- century hustle and bustle. It will include - Descriptions of the ancient Celtic year, its natural rhythms, major feasts and festivals, and seasonal celebrations - Tales and verse of warriors, lovers, goddesses and gods - Insights into war and love, ritual and magic and the Otherworld - Nature poems, riddling exchanges and empowering elegies - An authoritative commentary on the Celts, their wisdom and beliefs The Celtic Book of Seasonal Meditations allows us all to enter another magical world and to partake of its wisdom.

About this title

About the Author:

Claire Hamilton is a well-known Celtic authority and professional harpist, who has a number of commercial albums of Celtic music. She was a founder member of The Company of Strangers, a theatre group who specialises in presentations of Celtic myths. In the last few years she has written several books on Celtic, Arthurian and Greek mythology. She tutors Celtic Harp and Myth courses at Hawkwood College in Stroud. She is also a member of OBOD, the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1590030559
• ISBN 13: 9781590030554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 263