Celtic Wisdom: Seasonal Festivals and Rituals

By Vivianne Crowley

The Celts didn't just preserve their wisdom through words. They also danced and feasted. They costumed themselves and decorated their villages. They loved and sang and prayed their way through the wild and mysterious pageantry of heroes and heroines, gods and goddesses, conquests and tragedies that reminded them of who they were. Discover the full rich treasury of Celtic festivals and rituals, as you learn the Celtic way to welcome the seasons, honor the dead, celebrate the birth of the Child of Promise, pay homage to the Bride, clean the house, make pilgrimages to holy places, rekindle your passion, and all the other universal experiences that make us human. And then, like the Celtics themselves, create your own celebrations. You'll find complete instructions including recipes, ideas for decoration, what to wear, and ritual resources. If you like, start by changing your familiar Halloween traditions to introduce traditional Celtic Samhain versions of trick-or-treating and making jack-o'-lanterns. Or hold a Winter Solstice party, an Imholc celebration of the divine feminine, a May Queen and Green Man festival, or, for just the two of you, a Beltane rite of the renewal of passion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806970561
• ISBN13: 9780806970561
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

VIVIANNE CROWLEY: THE BEST WICCAN AUTHOR.

With my experience in the Wiccan religion, Vivianne Crowley is the most respected author in the midst of the various authors writing about Wicca. She is detailed, and explicite, which is a relief when you look at all the amateurs writing about the subject. Anything Vivianne Crowley has written is highly recommended. She is informative, and precise.

A step up for Vivianne Crowley

While I had hoped for this, I definatly hadn't expected it; this book was very nice. It was well written and quite inspiring.Since Crowley is a well known through-and-through Wiccan, the Celtic pagan community seems to have been weary of this book, due to the great lack of good literature on Celtic subjects, by Wiccans... however Crowley surprises me. While you can still see her Wiccan roots shine through, this book doesn't seem to come with a million hands full of lies and missconceptions. While I wouldn't use it as a hand-book to ritual, it is an easy to read inspiration for rituals.