The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditation For The Turning Year
(Matthews, Caitlin)
The wheel of the year turns the wheel of time: in this book is a meditation for each day of the year from the ancient wisdoms of the Celts, which gives us a glimpse of, and then a way between, the Door to Otherworld and this, if you are ready for the journey. In any case, it will being you a deeper wisdom and understanding of your life than you have ever had before.
The Celtic (or Keltic) year starts with Samhain (SOW-en) (it rhymes with rowan and means "summer's end" in the old tongue). As the day starts with sundown, so the year starts with Summersend, passes through winter and out the other end to Beltainne, or summer's beginning again (there were only two seasons in the old Celtic way of thinking), through the height of Midsummer, the decline of the sun until the harvest at Mabon, and again, come full circle, to Samhain.
This book has a theme for each month, with each day within the month having a meditation for that specific day. The layout begins with title or theme written bold above -- then an italicized saying or quotation for keeping in your heart that comes from the Celtic wisdom traditions and their practice from ancient times through to the present day, without let or leaving, without a day missed or gone, save leap year's day of February 29 (in this book). Following the theme and quotation above, there is an extended meditation or explanation and development of the theme of the day as elucidated by the quotation. Beneath these, at the bottom of the page is a brief topic for personal meditation concerning one's life and/or situation. Interesting topics covered in the 365 daily meditations include the relationships to oneself, others, history, place, the family, clan or tribe, the Otherworld and divine nature (in both senses) as manifested in all things on many, if not all, levels.
This book has an excellent bibliography, and is a wonderful starting place for the study of things Celtic and/or magical -- the author herself has written several such books, some with a longtime partner.
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