The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
Announcing a new edition of the classic study of traditional Celtic spirituality -- a book that unites ancient Paganism, medieval myths, and traditional fairy beliefs into a powerful celebration of Celtic wisdom. W.Y. Evans-Wentz was best known as the translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, but in the world of Celtic spirituality, he made his mark through The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. This magnificent book collects stories, interviews, and legends from all six of the regions where Celtic ways have persisted into the modern world: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man. It examines how fairy spirituality survived, even in the face of hostility from modern science and religion. It celebrates how beliefs that only a century ago were dismissed as quaint and superstitious were in fact powerful principles of ancient cultures that remained an essential feature of the Celtic world for generation after generation. This edition of The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries includes an insightful new introduction by metaphysical author Carl McColman, emphasizing how this classic work remains important and vital to practitioners of Celtic and magical spirituality, nearly a century after it was written.
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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
Announcing a new edition of the classic study of traditional Celtic spirituality -- a book that unites ancient Paganism, medieval myths, and traditional fairy beliefs into a powerful celebration of Celtic wisdom. W.Y. Evans-Wentz was best known as the translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, but in the world of Celtic spirituality, he made his mark through The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. This magnificent book collects stories, interviews, and legends from all six of the regions where Celtic ways have persisted into the modern world: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man. It examines how fairy spirituality survived, even in the face of hostility from modern science and religion. It celebrates how beliefs that only a century ago were dismissed as quaint and superstitious were in fact powerful principles of ancient cultures that remained an essential feature of the Celtic world for generation after generation. This edition of The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries includes an insightful new introduction by metaphysical author Carl McColman, emphasizing how this classic work remains important and vital to practitioners of Celtic and magical spirituality, nearly a century after it was written.
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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

by W. Y. Evans-Wentz
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

by W. Y. Evans-Wentz

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Announcing a new edition of the classic study of traditional Celtic spirituality -- a book that unites ancient Paganism, medieval myths, and traditional fairy beliefs into a powerful celebration of Celtic wisdom. W.Y. Evans-Wentz was best known as the translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, but in the world of Celtic spirituality, he made his mark through The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. This magnificent book collects stories, interviews, and legends from all six of the regions where Celtic ways have persisted into the modern world: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man. It examines how fairy spirituality survived, even in the face of hostility from modern science and religion. It celebrates how beliefs that only a century ago were dismissed as quaint and superstitious were in fact powerful principles of ancient cultures that remained an essential feature of the Celtic world for generation after generation. This edition of The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries includes an insightful new introduction by metaphysical author Carl McColman, emphasizing how this classic work remains important and vital to practitioners of Celtic and magical spirituality, nearly a century after it was written.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781979406352
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 11/03/2017
Pages: 212
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.45(d)

Table of Contents

Preface15
Introduction19
Section 1The Living Fairy-Faith
Chapter 1Environment35
Chapter 2The Taking of Evidence51
Chapter 3An Anthropological Examination of the Evidence237
Section 2The Recorded Fairy Faith
Chapter 4The People of the Goddess Dana or the Sidhe289
Chapter 5Brythonic Divinities and the Brythonic Fairy-Faith313
Chapter 6The Celtic Otherworld335
Chapter 7The Celtic Doctrine of Re-Birth359
Section 3The Cult of Gods Spirits, Fairies, and the Dead
Chapter 8The Testimony of Archaeology399
Chapter 9The Testimony of Paganism427
Chapter 10The Testimony of Christianity441
Section 4Modern Science and the Fairy-Faith: and Conclusions
Chapter 11Science and Fairies457
Chapter 12The Celtic Doctrine of Re-Birth and Otherworld Scientifically Examined491
Index515
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