PRACTICAL CELTIC MAGIC - A Working Guide to the Magical Heritage of the Celtic Races

Wellingborough, England: The Aquarian Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 256 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Part One: Historical Oral and Mythological Sources: Origins Dress and Appearance; Historical Observations and Comments; Irish Mythological Sources; The Welsh Tradition; The Celtic Influence in Scotland; The Continental Link; The Eddic Literature; Hill Figures - The Celtic Connection; The Celts and the Megaliths; Celtic Christianity and the Culdees. Part Two: Religious Magical and Traditional Beliefs: General God Concepts; The Gods of the Tuatha de Danaans; The Houses of Don and Lyr; The Arthurian Saga; The Magical Significance of the Grail; Druidic and Bardic Beliefs; Calendars Trees and Magical Alphabets; Taliesin the Bard; Fairies Animals and Mythical Beasts; The Role of Music and Dance in Celtic Magic. Part Three: Celtic Magic for Today's World: Gods and Archetypes; Working with the Middle Kingdoms; Tree Magic; Arthurian Magic; Earth Rites Folk Magic and the Green Ray; Initiation; Druidic Lore; Ritual Prayers and Invocations; Magical Quatrains; and The Occult Power of Music; followed by an index..