Celtic Oracles: A New System for Spiritual Growth and Divination [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

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The Celtic way of life is an indigenous European belief system that honors both female and male images of the divine and holds the Earth to be sacred. This new divination system for personal development and spiritual growth based on Celtic symbols, folk wisdom, and spiritual principles will show you how to incorporate the Celtic way of knowing into your daily life. The 64 oracles are the primal forces identified by the Celts as goddesses, gods, faeries, and animal and tree spirits. Each oracle contains historical background, poetry, or verse from original Celtic sources; an interpretation for the contemporary reader; and beautiful, original black-and-white artwork, created especially for this book.
Celtic Oracles works in a similar way to the I Ching: Just throw two coins three times to discover which of the oracles is influencing your life. The oracles are interrelated, reflecting the Celtic worldview that all aspects of our lives are woven together. Inspiring a deep connection with a powerful, ancient way of knowing and living in the world, this transformative system will help you understand the often hidden forces at work in your life and guide you in making practical decisions.

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The Celtic way of life is an indigenous European belief system that honors both female and male images of the divine and holds the Earth to be sacred. This new divination system for personal development and spiritual growth based on Celtic symbols, folk wisdom, and spiritual principles will show you how to incorporate the Celtic way of knowing into your daily life. The 64 oracles are the primal forces identified by the Celts as goddesses, gods, faeries, and animal and tree spirits. Each oracle contains historical background, poetry, or verse from original Celtic sources; an interpretation for the contemporary reader; and beautiful, original black-and-white artwork, created especially for this book.
Celtic Oracles works in a similar way to the I Ching: Just throw two coins three times to discover which of the oracles is influencing your life. The oracles are interrelated, reflecting the Celtic worldview that all aspects of our lives are woven together. Inspiring a deep connection with a powerful, ancient way of knowing and living in the world, this transformative system will help you understand the often hidden forces at work in your life and guide you in making practical decisions.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Harmony; 1st edition (February 17, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609600826
• ISBN-13: 978-0609600825
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,041,205 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun, easy, and insightful oracle, August 14, 2001

By	Kelly L. (www.FantasyLiterature.com) (Columbia, MO United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I really liked this. *Celtic Oracles* works a lot like the I Ching; you throw coins, and based on how many heads and tails you get, the book directs you to a specific message. Unlike the I Ching, though, the messages are all based on Celtic archetypes and symbols, like "Hag the Initiator", "The Wondrous Child", "Sacred Wells", and so on. Each message is illustrated with a pretty black-and-white drawing, and contains a lot of background about the symbol or archetype. Then it tells you what the symbol means in terms of the reading. *Celtic Oracles* has a feminist slant, just for your information. It also acknowledges both Christianity and Paganism. Coming from either point of view, anyone interested in applying Celtic archetypes to her/his life will enjoy this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original and very imaginative, September 27, 1998

By	strega2 "strega2" (USA) - See all my reviews

Rosemarie Anderson adds a valuable contribution to the subject of occult divination in this adaptation of the ancient Chinese I-Ching. Using two coins and 64 possible combinations, Anderson skillfully explains the divinatory possibilities of the ancient Celtic archetypes. The major contribution of her book is that it makes the classic I-Ching much more accessible to Western readers, and is a beautifully illustrated and well-written book. I bought 3 copies to give friends. Valuable and very interesting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars faerie oracle, August 9, 2009

By	silver elves "silver elves" (honolulu, hi.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Celtic Oracles: A New System for Spiritual Growth and Divination (Paperback)

we really love this oracle...
dear faerie kind,
... which is "celtic" but with a very strong dose of faerie culture in it. As an oracle it is perhaps a bit harder for some people to interpret than the I Ching (although we've known those who couldn't make heads nor tails of the I Ching while the oracle seemed quite clear to us, but then we have a certain facility for interpretation), yet there is magic here and it is well worth checking out. We only wish the author would take the drawings that refer to each oracles and make them into a card set as well.
kyela,
the silver elves
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