Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions (The Occult) [Hardcover]

James Bonwick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0405079427 | ISBN-13: 978-0405079429 | Publication Date: June 1976

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub (June 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0405079427
• ISBN-13: 978-0405079429
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,592,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Classic without "Thought Police" Censoring, April 9, 2009

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This review is from: Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions (Paperback)

Contrary to the other "reviewer", this is a classic reprinted annually with the originals worth as much as a nice flat screen for a reason. The book has always stirred controversy because it doesn't kow tow to the "correct view" of those who want to believe that everything before Christianity was barbarism. At the time it was originally published in 1894, this book was literally revolutionary. Keep in mind, the belief of the time was that the Irish were less than human and this book showed that they had been civilized with laws, music, history, and science long before the forced conversion which included the murdering of almost all of the Druid priests. Check out Wikipedia and other sources for more information on James Bonwick (who was very much a religous Christian btw) and the Druids. And, read it for yourself - it is an easy read if you relax about things like the Scottish being called the Scotch and just go with the flow of the book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions, November 23, 2010

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This review is from: Irish Druids And Old Irish Religions (Forgotten Books) (Paperback)

I was excited to find that this book was available after having found a reference to it elsewhere. But the book itself is a disappointment. I expected an orderly review of the origins, development, and practice of Druidism and its contemporary religions, along with specifics on their beliefs, rituals, paraphernalia, etc. Instead, this book is disorganized and rambling, with little specific information on Druidism and no attempt to develop any specific portrayals of this interesting magico-religious movement.

26 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I think not, March 19, 1999

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This review is from: Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions (The Occult) (Hardcover)

Blarney, utter Blarney. This is historical fiction. I teach Irish history and ancient religion, and this is nonsense.