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The
Well-Read Witch
By Carl McColman Celtic
spirituality. Here's a concept
that has inspired the mystical
yearning of a wide variety of
people. Christians find in the
timeless wisdom of the Celts
a doorway toward a more balanced,
ecologically sustainable form
of religion, while Pagans see
the Celts as a chief source
of inspiration for the ways
of the Goddess and Witchcraft.
Even people with no particular
religious persuasion at all
might find in the Celtic shaman,
the
Irish fairy faith, or the traditions
of King Arthur and the Holy
Grail, powerful tools for personal
growth and inner development.
What
all this basically means is
there's no one single form of
'Celtic spirituality.'
It's far more accurate to
see the Celts as having given
the world a variety of approaches
to mysticism and spiritual development.
Here's a look at several
books that explore the rich
landscape of Celtic wisdom,
from a number of different perspectives.
Celtic
Wicca: Ancient Wisdom for the
21st Century by Jane
Raeburn (Citadel Press)
introduces the reader to a powerful
vision of how contemporary witchcraft
can be centered on the Gods
and Goddesses of ancient Celtic
lore, particularly the deities
worshipped after the Romans
conquered Gaul and Britain.
Focussing on Irish, Welsh, Gaulish
and Romano Celtic deities, this
Craft tradition combines the
familiar tools and trappings
of Wicca with a profound reverence
for specifically Celtic tradition.
One wonderful quality of this
book is the devotion that Raeburn
shows to (gasp!) scholarship.
She encourages the aspiring
witch to do research on the
Gods and Goddesses
they wish to honor and invoke
in ritual. She leads the reader
through the process of creating
and enacting ritual, providing
a sample ritual dedicated to
Sulis, the Goddess of the hot
water springs located in modern
Bath, England. Raeburn also
considers how the grand tradition
of Celtic artistry can influence
the creative dimension of modern
pagan practice.
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