Creating Prehistory. Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain
Автор: Adam Stout
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Creating Prehistory deals even-handedly and sympathetically with the creation of several different sorts of prehistory during the volatile period between the two World Wars. Investigates the origins of professional archaeology in Britain during the inter-war period Brings to life many fascinating and controversial personalities and their creeds, including the archaeologists O. G. S. Crawford, Mortimer Wheeler and Gordon Childe; Grafton Elliot Smith and W. H. R. Rivers (of ‘Regeneration’ fame); Alfred Watkins and The Old Straight Track; and the thunderous George Watson Macgregor Reid, who brought the Druids back to Stonehenge Examines the production of archaeological knowledge as a social process, and the relationship between personalities, institutions, ideology, and power Addresses the ongoing debates of the significance of sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury, and Maiden Castle
Celtic Moon Signs: How the Mystical Power of the Druid Zodiac Can Transform Your Life
Автор: Helena Paterson
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This book is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to Celtic astrology, an ancient form of divination based on the cycles of the moon. Helena Paterson, world-renowned expert on the subject, shows how the Celtic astrological calendar can give additional insight to traditional Western readings and how the two systems can be made to work in harmony.Contents:• Discover the 13 lunar signs of the Celtic astrological calendar.• The 13 sacred trees associated with each month and their characteristics.• A comparison of the Celtic Moon zodiac and symbols with the Sun zodiac and symbols.• Integrated character analysis of the Sun and Moon signs for each month.• History of the Celts.• Why star-lore was so important to the Celts.
Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca and Druidry
Автор: Philip Carr-Gomm
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Druidry and Wicca, also known as «the Craft», are the two great streams of the Western Pagan tradition. Both traditions originated in the British Isles, and both are now experiencing a renaissance all over the world, as more and more people seek a spirituality rooted in a love of nature.In the ancient past Druidry and Wicca probably weren't separate. Today, the ways of Druidry and Wicca are starting to merge again, as contemporary readers combine ideas and techniques from both traditions to build their spiritual practice.In this down to earth yet inspiring book, Philip Carr-Gomm offers a name for this Path that draws on the common beliefs and practices of both Druidry and Wicca: Druidcraft. Then, in a series of six lessons, he empowers the reader to follow this practice by showing how anyone can work with its ways:The Way of Blessing• The Way of the Hearth• The ways of Love• The Ways of Healing• The way of the Earth and Her seasons• The Ways of Magic and SpellcraftDruidcraft draws on the traditions of scholarship, storytelling, magical craft and seasonal celebration of both Druids and Wiccans, to offer inspiration, teachings, rituals, and magical techniques that can help you access your innate powers of creativity and healing, intuition and seership.