The Little Book of Celtic Blessings (Element's Little Book)

By Caitlín Matthews

Book Overview

This book brings together blessings, praises and prayer drawn from the full spectrum of the Celtic world. The Celtic peoples share a common tradition of blessing with their Indo-European cousins, the Hindus. Each action, thought or intention is made holy by blessing. Blessing is a consecration, an inclusion of the mundane within the sacred that offers grace and protection, allowing whatever is blessed to realize fully its innate potential, drawn from ancient, medieval and turn of the century sources, reflecting the ongoing Celtic concern with hallowing daily life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852305649
• ISBN13: 9781852305642
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Element Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 3.3" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

A book for all occassions.

I have found this to be an invaluable present to give to friends and family who have reached a milestone in their lives (like reaching 80) or who have been extremely ill or about to die. I'm always at a loss of something suitable to give at these times - and really there's so much comfort in these sayings. Wrap it in gold paper and give to someone special. It's difficult to get hold of, but worth it. I've yet to read the little book of celtic proverbs - may be similar and easier to get hold of.

At last, a prayer book for the rest of us...

This little book mixes Pagan and Catholic thought as freely as it is found in its native Ireland, and presents it in a beautiful little format just like the little books the Anglicans used to put out... only this is not for Saxons but for Celts, wherever they are. There is a blessing here for everything, from birth, through marriages and other happy times, to life's inevitable strife, to those given for those who have passed. This can also safely be displayed on your coffee table where your strait-laced Baptist grandmother can see it; there is nothing here that will offend her, but we know what it means.