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tan & red embossed 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. corner crease on front flap inside, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). decorative title pg. vi+248p. b&w decorative chapter headings. bibliography. religion. folklore. mythology. theology. philosophy. poetry. ancient literature. history of christianity. celtic christianity. ~ Early Celtic Christianity was a different kind of Christianity ~ earth~centered, poetic, humorous, mystical, egalitarian ~ and the texts it produced ~ many gathered for the first time in this volume ~ are perfectly attuned to our age. Many of the passages have never before appeared in English. The authors in this collection are among the great figures of late antiquity: Patrick, Brigid, Brendan, Columba, and Hilda. As children of the Druids, they had a religious vision that expressed itself in an intense love of nature. The selections from their work range widely ~ from St. Patrick's simple autobiography to delicate songs worthy of the Greek lyric poets, from "journey" documents such as "The Voyage of Brendan the Navigator" to the mystical visions of "The Celtic Psalter." Especially notable are the women contributors ~ a unique phenomenon in so ancient a literature ~ but even more notable are the cleareyed fierceness and strength of their contributions. In every church and monastery of Celtic Britain and Ireland, a fire was kept burning as a sign of God's presence. Today in the late twentieth century the Celtic fire is burning anew. In the face of ecological disaster, men and women are seeking a spirituality that embraces the natural order. In Celtic Christianity we have an entire church that saw the divine spirit within every living creature, and loved each creature for its own sake. Thus is Celtic Fire a window to a spirituality for our time.