 The Celtic Spirit : Daily Meditations for the Turning
Year
by Caitlin Matthews
Discover the Living Wisdom of the
Ancient Celts
The ancient Celts and their
spiritual mediators, the Druids believed in the communion of all living things and sought
harmony between nature and the human soul. Now, with this inspiring book of day-by-day
mediations, renowned Celtic scholar Caitln Matthews shows you how to reawaken the power of
this age-old spiritual inheritance. Using poetry, myths, reflections, rituals, and
visualizations, Matthews leads you on a yearlong pilgrimage that will help connect the
cycles of your soul to the circle of the seasons. From the winter months of Samhain the
summer months of Beltant, from mediations on the gifts and blessings of life to the
insights and promises of the soul, she enables you to complete your own sacred circuit of
the turning year.
Brimming with the legends and lore
of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and Britain, The Celtic Spirit is a brilliant
introduction to the sacred wisdom of the Celtic path--and a potent resource for daily
spiritual renewal.
REVIEWS
"A lovely book- full of
wonderful Celtic wisdom. A daily journey all must travel. I also HIGHLY RECOMMEND this
book to those people that have been searching for the out-of-print " Celtic
Devotional", also by Caitlin Matthews."
"Caitlin Matthews has done an
excellent job of creating a Celtic-inspired book of daily devotions, each page including a
verse, a short "sermon", and a suggested activity or subject for personal
meditiation. She has also done a good job of keeping the different Celtic tribes seperate
by including countries of origin with each verse or myth. However, several of the verses
seem to be excerpts from her own poetry. Having studied formalism extensively, it's
apparent she is a fine writer, but I would have liked to have seen more historical verse
used. I only gave it four stars because so far there seems to be a little too much
"peace and love and be kind to animals" propaganda in it. These are, after all,
the hunter/herder/warriors whose strength and intelligence frightened the bejesus out of
Caesar's troops. However, if you've started turning to the "Celtic Spirit"
because you seem to have lost your way, or you feel some sort of daily discipline will
give your life more structure, you could probably benefit from purchasing this book and
reading a passage every morning. And for those of you historical purists, the historical
and mythological passages appear to be accurate, and they provide a good introduction to
each. In spite of my misgivings about the "New Age" nature of the work, I have
continued to use it daily and am still finding it quite enjoyable."
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