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A comprehensive and revealing look at the druids and their fundamental role in Celtic society that dispels many of the misconceptions about these important religious figures and their doctrine

• Written by the world's leading authority on Celtic culture

Druidism was one of the greatest and most exalting adventures of the human spirit, attempting to reconcile the unreconcilable, the individual and the collective, creator and created, good and evil, day and night, past and future, and life and death. Because of the oral nature of Celtic civilization our understanding of its spiritual truths and rituals is necessarily incomplete. Yet evidence exists that can provide the modern reader with a ...

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Overview

A comprehensive and revealing look at the druids and their fundamental role in Celtic society that dispels many of the misconceptions about these important religious figures and their doctrine

• Written by the world's leading authority on Celtic culture

Druidism was one of the greatest and most exalting adventures of the human spirit, attempting to reconcile the unreconcilable, the individual and the collective, creator and created, good and evil, day and night, past and future, and life and death. Because of the oral nature of Celtic civilization our understanding of its spiritual truths and rituals is necessarily incomplete. Yet evidence exists that can provide the modern reader with a better understanding of the doctrine that took druidic apprentices 20 years to learn in the remote forests of the British Isles and Gaul.

Using the descriptions of the druids and their beliefs provided by the historians and chroniclers of classic antiquity--as well as those recorded by the insular Celts themselves when compelled, under Christianity's influence, to utilize writing to preserve their ancestral traditions--Jean Markale painstakingly pieces together all that is known for certain about them. The druids were more than simply the priests of the Celtic people; their influence extended to all aspects of Celtic life. The Druids covers everything concerning the Celtic religious domain, intellectual speculations, cultural or magical practices, various beliefs, and the so-called profane sciences that have come down from the Celtic priesthood.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780892817030
  • Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
  • Publication date: 2/28/1999
  • Edition description: 1st U.S. Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 402,231
  • Product dimensions: 6.08 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 0.68 (d)

Meet the Author

Jean Markale (1928-2008), was a poet, philosopher, historian, and storyteller, who spent a lifetime researching pre-Christian and medieval culture and spirituality. He was a former specialist in Celtic studies at the Sorbonne and author of more than 40 books, including Montségur and the Mystery of the Cathars, The Church of Mary Magdalene, The Druids, The Celts, Merlin, and Women of the Celts.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Part One: The Druids
1 The Druids' Name
2 The Druidic Hierarchy
3 The Druids and Society
Part Two: The Beginning Times
4 Where Did Druidism Come From?
5 Gods and Men
6 The God Above the Gods
7 The Physician and the Sun
8 The Warrior Deity
9 The Father of All
10 The Three-Faced Goddess
11 In the Depths of the Sanctuary
Part Three: Initiations and Rituals
12 The Druidic Sanctuary
13 Mistletoe and Plant Ritual
14 The Four Elements
15 The Sacrifices
16 Festivals and Holidays
17 The Power of the Word
18 Totemism and Shamanism
19 Neodruidism
Part Four: Druidic Thought
20 A False Polytheism
21Druidic Monism
22 Mind and Matter
23 The Otherworld
24 The Quest
Conclusion
Notes
Index

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 24, 2003

    An Interesting Read

    This is the first book I've read on the Druids or the Celts. I found that it was a good starter book for a study of the Celts and the Druids. Markale gave a lot of information on a subject that is still seen as somewhat of an enigma. Though I would have liked to learn more about these 'Priests of Nature' than the book offered, I thought he did a good job of conveying knowlegde that was traditionally passed down by word of mouth. I liked this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 4, 2003

    Great Information backed by evidence

    This book is by far the best comprehensive collection of facts about the ancient orders of druids. Markale is the only author of druidism and the celts who uses actual archeological and philology to dedcipher the true intent and purpose of the druids. If you're looking for a book grounded in facts and not in some New Age "enlightenment" then this is a great place to start. Of course, I did find it unnerveing when he tried (and I think without success) to make a connection between the polytheistic druids and their natural state as a monotheistic order.

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