In the modern world there has arisen a great interest in all things Celtic and Celtic traditions, from their culture. encompassing such things as, music, poetry and artistic designs. There are five Celtic nations that remain today, these are as follows; Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man ( Manx) and Brittany. Each speaking their own language with distinctive dialects. However, the question for us is, who then were our ancient brethren?
To understand any notion of Celtic Spirituality one must have at least an inkling of the peoples known as Celts. Their customs, how they lived. It is known, for example, they were skilled in the making of fine jewelry from archaeological discoveries. Space here is limited to cover such a huge historical topic. (thus far).
However, the concept of a 'Celtic Sprituality' is to be found in a weighty tome of the same name and a valuable source of information that goes some way in answereing the above topics.
In the intro-duction of the book the author states, "The claim that there, is or was, a type of spirituallity that is generally specific ethnic group is innevitably a complex one". (1)
To understand any notion of Celtic Spirituality one must have at least an inkling of the peoples known as Celts. Their customs, how they lived. It is known, for example, they were skilled in the making of fine jewelry from archaeological discoveries. Space here is limited to cover such a huge historical topic. (thus far).
However, the concept of a 'Celtic Sprituality' is to be found in a weighty tome of the same name and a valuable source of information that goes some way in answereing the above topics.
In the intro-duction of the book the author states, "The claim that there, is or was, a type of spirituallity that is generally specific ethnic group is innevitably a complex one". (1)