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Post by littleraven on Oct 18, 2009 23:00:31 GMT -1
1. 21 Lesson of Merlyn by Douglas Monroe
2. The Lost Books of Merlyn by Douglas Monroe
3. By Oak, Ash and Thorn: modern Celtic Shamanism by DJ Conway
4.The Modern-day Druidess: A Practical Guide to Nature Spirituality by Cassandra Eason
5. Practical Celtic Magic by D J Conway
6. Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain by Caitlin Matthews
7. Taliesin: The Last Celtic Shaman by John Matthews
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Post by littleraven on Oct 18, 2009 23:00:48 GMT -1
The 10 worst books on matters 'Celtic', spiritual etc. Don't buy them, or buy them for novelty value.
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Post by Tegernacus on Oct 19, 2009 12:16:43 GMT -1
all of them.
(not very helpful to be sure. Easier to do ten recommended books)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2009 5:26:36 GMT -1
Oow! Oow! Oow! I know:
1. 21 Lesson of Merlyn by Douglas Monroe
2. The Lost Books of Merlyn by Douglas Monroe
2. By Oak, Ash and Thorn: modern Celtic Shamanism by DJ Conway
There some of my 'favourites' just to get people started. With the first two I'd be afraid to suggest someone even buy them for novelty sake on the off chance that they could be somehow infected through contact.
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Post by potia on Oct 20, 2009 7:45:23 GMT -1
The Modern-day Druidess: A Practical Guide to Nature Spirituality by Cassandra Eason
I brought a copy of this a few years ago when it came out to check it out with a view to adding it to a druidry recommended reading list if it was any good. It wasn't! It was so bad that I couldn't finish it - the worst book I'd ever tried reading on the subject.
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Post by littleraven on Oct 20, 2009 7:49:42 GMT -1
Another D J Conway - Practical Celtic Magic
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Post by littleraven on Oct 20, 2009 7:51:43 GMT -1
Oooh, how about some Matthewses - Taliesin and Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain?
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Post by Lee on Oct 20, 2009 8:44:35 GMT -1
anything by DJ Conway.
Matthews - Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain
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Post by dreamguardian on Oct 20, 2009 12:39:23 GMT -1
Most definately keep clear off! |
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Post by potia on Oct 20, 2009 12:50:23 GMT -1
Most definately keep clear off! <snigger>I'm going to admit here that it was a DJ Conway book that inspired me to start walking down the pagan path properly. It was Falcon Feather and Valkyrie sword and I still have it. I got a lot out of that book and without it I probably wouldn't be here now. That's not to say I'm going to recommend it just that it does not make the books to avoid list for me. So there!  |
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Post by Adam on Oct 20, 2009 17:03:41 GMT -1
With the first two I'd be afraid to suggest someone even buy them for novelty sake on the off chance that they could be somehow infected through contact. ROTFLMAO of the John Matthews books I have read, the one I am the most ashamed to have bought (though perhaps the one that truly revealed the extent of the con to me) was The Sidhe: Wisdom From the Celtic Otherworld I'm almost loathe to add The Way of the Wizard: 20 Lessons for Living a Magical Life by Deepak Chopra (the wizard concerned is Merlin) if only because the juxtaposition of Merlin and Deepak is so gloriously bizarre. Almost loathe. But not quite ;D These days I will avoid like the plague anything with magic in the title. Ancient, wisdom, spirit, shamanism come pretty close too... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2009 4:10:58 GMT -1
hacking on fluffy books is so bonding! I feel closer to everyone already  |
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Post by Heron on Nov 10, 2009 19:32:18 GMT -1
Given the prevalence of books by the Matthews's here, I noticed in a prospectus from the Folio Society that they are publishing a book on the Celts and another on Arthur by the said authors. The Folio Society is an expensive book club doing fine editions, sometimes specially commissioned or more usually reprints of established classics. So forget Element Books. They will now be read by the consumers of mainstream culture who will assume they are getting expert interpretations. If OBOD has 'arrived' on a syllabus, the Matthews's are now, as the poet Dannie Abse once said in another context, "way out in the centre".
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Post by dreamguardian on Nov 10, 2009 19:38:35 GMT -1
Ooh err!!
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Post by megli on Nov 10, 2009 21:04:24 GMT -1
I have the folio celtic book. Much as I loathe that scrofulous pair, it is beautiful. There are wonderful colour illustrations, and the actual tales are version by other people (I think).
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Post by mooncrone on Jan 18, 2016 17:24:44 GMT -1
Little to add, I'm afraid, except all the above, ditto.
Glad to say I didn't part with my hard earned cash to read them, I have a rather misguided friend who has a habit of buying random books and lending them to me when she's done with them.
Down side is I don't get to choose, and not often she finds true gems.
I live in hope that will change!
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