The Druids: Celtic Priests of Nature Paperback - 1999
by Jean Markale
A comprehensive and revealing look at the druids and their fundamental role in Celtic society that dispels man of the misconceptions about these important religious figures and their doctrine. Jean Markale, a leading authority on Celtic culture, is the author of more than 40 books on pre-Christian societies.
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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.
Poet, philosopher, historian, and storyteller, Jean Markale has spent a lifetime researching Celtic civilizations. He is the author of more than 40 books on pre-Christian societies, including The Celts, Merlin, Women of the Celts, and King of the Celts. He lives in the Brittany region of France.
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- Title The Druids: Celtic Priests of Nature
- Author Jean Markale
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 6th Print
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont
- Date February 1, 1999
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780892817030 / 0892817038
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Celtic
- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress subjects Druids and Druidism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98047665
- Dewey Decimal Code 299.16
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