The Sidhe: Wisdom from the Celtic Otherworld [Paperback]

John Matthews (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2004

This newest book by John traces his connection with a “Faery” or Sidhe being. It is full of wisdom and interesting detail about this “cousin” race to humanity. It includes six exercises and an illustration of a “Great Glyph” which acts as a tool of attunement with these graceful beings.

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About the Author

John Matthews has written and compiled over sixty books on the Arthurian Legends, Wisdom and Grail Studies, as well as numerous short stories and a volume of poetry. He has devoted much of the past thirty years to the study of Arthurian Traditions and myth in general. His best known and most widely read works are The Grail, Quest for Eternal Life, The Arthurian Tarot (devised with his wife Caitlin) and The Winter Solstice, which won the Benjamin Franklin Award for 1999. He was recently guest editor of the journal Arthuriana and his book Celtic Warrior Chiefs was a New York Public Library recommended title for young people. John has been involved in a number of media projects, as both an advisor and contributor, including the big budget movie King Arthur, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Antoine Fuqua, due for release in 2004, on which he acted as an historical advisor. Much in demand as a speaker both in Europe and the United States, he has taught at (among others) the Temenos Academy in London, St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and at the New York Open Centre, and at the University of Seattle in Washington. He has also worked in collaboration with the Joseph Campbell Foundation, with whom he continues to retain contact. He is currently working on several new projects, including a study of Merlin. His eagerly awaited edition of Thomas Malory’s masterpiece Le Mort D’Arthur appeared in 2002, and this year saw the publication of his history of wizards and a major divinatory pack, “The Green Man Tree Oracle.”

Product Details

• Paperback: 115 pages
• Publisher: The Lorian Association (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936878053
• ISBN-13: 978-0936878058
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #317,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Earth-Based Religions > Celtic

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54 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Inriguing Book, February 10, 2006

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Dawn Killen-Courtney (St. Louis Park,, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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I felt the call on this book, and my instincts have proved right for me. Very real stuff here, my inner sense kept saying yes, yes as I read feverishly yesterday. I do feel what he brought through in this book to be authentic. It puts me in mind of Tanis Helliwell's book _Summer with the Leprechauns_, and also some parts about the ancestors touched on some things in Frank MacEowan's _The Mist-Filled Path_. Not that I am suggesting these individuals are plagarizing one another, no, but I am suggesting these threads of information are emerging and twining around their and our, consciousnesses because we may be more ready to receive it. In fact, in Tanis's story the leprechaun made her promise to wait ten years from when he gave her his teachings, because humanity would be more ready then to hear it. Her book then came out in '97. Now, in John Matthew's book we have "The Fair Shining Ones" or one, telling and suggesting ways of healing our fragmented selves. I am very interested in the fae path, and was most intrigued by the voice of the Sidhe that emerged, sounding very different indeed from how they are portrayed in our myths and legends. What is most special in this particular work, is the Great Glyph -- so we are not just passively being told this, we are invited and encouraged to work with the Sidhe folk ourselves, so then we will have (or not) all the proof we need, and possibly great insight and a path to peace besides. Everything the man of the Sidhe told John resonated with great wisdom and truth to me. Highly recommended.
Dawn Killen-Courtney, author of _The Trollton Chronicles_ series.

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a worthwhile channeled text!, December 15, 2005

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Emily Carding "Sidhe-Ra" (Cornwall, UK) - See all my reviews

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If you're interested in Faerie, especially if you've always felt a personal connection with the Sidhe, this book is absolutely a must. The only truly sincere and genuine-feeling 'channeled' text I have ever come across, it's not doom-ridden or grandiose, but touching, fascinating, and inspiring, with more than just a ring of truth about it. Not only that, but the featured 'Great Glyph of the Sidhe' will open your eyes and soul to a new world and enable you to explore it yourself, and gain answers to your own questions. I don't say this lightly- this book will change your life.

109 of 126 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Setting the Record Straight, April 4, 2006

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J. Matthews - See all my reviews
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I am the Author of this book - or at least its receiver - and I wanted to put the record straight on the review which suggests I may have made it up! My other book, 'The Secret Lives of Elves and Faeries' is actually a fictionalised account of the Reverend Robert Kirk's adventures in Faery, based upon his own writings but actually penned by me. However, I quotead a bit from The Sidhe, which was recived from the Sidhe themselves, in this book. Hope this explains the matter and clears up any confusions arrising. John Matthews