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    Ancestral Oracle of the Celts by Caitlín Matthews       The Art of Celtic Seership, Divining from Nature and  the Otherworld by Caitlín Matthews       Book of Celtic Verse: A Treasury of Poetry, Dreams and Visions by John Matthews,       Celtic Shaman’s Pack by John Matthews, art by Chesca Potter    
                         
   
Ancestral Oracle of the Celts by Caitlín Matthews
     
The Art of Celtic Seership, Divining from Nature and the Otherworld by Caitlín Matthews
     
Book of Celtic Verse: A Treasury of Poetry, Dreams and Visions by John Matthews,
     
Celtic Shaman’s Pack by John Matthews, art by Chesca Potter
   
                         
   
This oracle was created in 1990 as the basis for our Walkers Between Worlds courses, and is now available as an ancestral oracle where you can ask the ancient ones and forerunners to guide your questions and bring advice. The 40 cards can also be used for ancestral healing rituals and meditation. Each of the 8 divinities and the 32 Celtic ancestors form a council of help and wisdom that can bring resourceful insights to your issues and questions. Sit in meditation and learn from your deep ancestors.
     
This book explores the seership traditions of the Celtic peoples, from the professional divinatory techniques of the ancient fíli or vision-poets, to the everyday omens sought by gifted seers from the world of nature. The art of seeing the invisible through faery lore, prophetic vision and the omens of the natural world derives from a unified understanding of the inspirational cosmos and the locations and spirits of the otherworld. Throughout there are suggestions for deepening personal vision.

 
     
Fifteen centuries of magical poetry is represented in this much-loved anthology, including work by authors old and new, including Catherine Fisher, Caitlín Matthews, and R.J.Stewart,  with translations by John & Caitlín from ancient sources.
     
For all who love shamanism and the Celtic worlds, this 40 card set depicts the three realms of the otherworld and its inhabitants: animals, divinities, places, objects. The cards can be used for meditation, as journeying gateways or destinations, as well as for divination. In this new edition, the original art of Chesca Potter is restored to new life again.
   
                         
   
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    The Celtic Book of the Dead by Caitlin Matthews       Celtic Devotional by Caitlín Matthews       Celtic Love by Caitlín Matthews       Celtic Shaman: A Practical Guide by John Matthews    
                         
   
The Celtic Book of the Dead by Caitlin Matthews
     
Celtic Devotional by Caitlín Matthews
     
Celtic Love by Caitlín Matthews
     
Celtic Shaman: A Practical Guide by John Matthews
   
                         
   
This 42-card oracle is based on the ancient Irish story of the Voyage of Maelduin, translated by Caitlín Matthews. It is completely rewritten. The island locationsof Maelduin’s voyage form the route toward the Blessed Isles that lie west of Ireland; each island reveals the wonders and challenges as he sails nearer to the heart of the Celtic Otherworld. This oracle gives the soul opportunities to purify, clarify, and refocus. Filled with wonders, terrors, and transformational experiences, each island represents a staging post on the reader’s own voyage to self-discovery. As the islands reveal gifts &  resources for the human condition, solutions and strategies for unknotting life’s tangles may be found. Use to cards to  divine the path ahead as a guide to the soul's direction, as a way of meditation for personal and environmental healing, and as a Book of the Dead for the dying. This oracle offers a grown-up method of divination and meditation, based on an ancient northwestern European tradition.  Printed in Jan 23.
     
This devotional is for all people of spirit who want to find and follow their spiritual pathway. Drawing on the inspiration of the seasonal unfolding of the year and on the ancestral environmental vision of the Celtic period, this devotional creates a framework for the daily rekindling and refreshment of the soul. The newly-composed prayers, blessings and ceremonies for people of all traditions or none, of his much-loved devotional returns to uplift and accompany the daily round through the seasons of the year. This illustrated book with a ribbon has been out of print for over 15 years. It returns with completely new illustrations by Wil Kinghan. The pages fall open easily for daily use
     
These ten Celtic Love Stories include original stories by Caitlín of the Three Gwenhwyfars, the love story of Liadin and Curithir, and a reconstruction of the British myth of Caswallawn and Fflur who was stolen away by Julius Caesar, as well a retellings of Deirdre, Thomas the Rhymer, The Loathly Lady and Gawain and many others.

Lovers noble and ignoble, successful and tragic are revealed in this fine hardback book. Only published in USA and never available in UK.
     
This is a practical workbook for all those interested in the continuing practice of this most ancient discipline. Learn to work with the spirits, to relate to the festivals of the Celtic sacred year, to journey to the Celtic gods and goddesses. Read about the mysteries of the ancient Celtic world and see how these can be applied to our own 21st century lifestyle.
   
                         
   
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    Celtic Totem Animals by John Matthews       Deep Well in the Wild Wood: Songs From the Place Beyond written and sung by Caitlín Matthews accompanied & arranged by instrumentations by R.J.Stewart       The Sidhe by John Matthews       The Spirit of Nature Oracle by John Matthews, art Will Worthington    
                         
   
Celtic Totem Animals by John Matthews
     
Deep Well in the Wild Wood: Songs From the Place Beyond written and sung by Caitlín Matthews accompanied & arranged by instrumentations by R.J.Stewart
     
The Sidhe by John Matthews
     
The Spirit of Nature Oracle by John Matthews, art Will Worthington
   
                         
   
Animal helpers in their spirit form act as guides and allies to the shaman’s journeys to the Otherworld. Celtic Totem Animals comes with a link to a recording of shamanic drumming by Caitlín Matthews, a set of animal cards and 160pp. book revealing  the Celtic tradition of animal lore relating to these beings, ranging from the great story of Culhwch & Olwen from the WelshMabinogioncycle, to stories relating to such famous creatures as the One-Eyed Salmon of Assaroe to the wise and all-knowing Hawk of Achill, and the powerful Eagle of Leac. In each case these stories show the animals to be cleverer, more cunning, or braver then their human counterparts. This book with a cut-out card set includes methods of working with and learning from these magical beings in accordance with Shamanic tradition. Of interest to all who love and care about things Celtic, animal tales, magical story-telling and shamanism.
     
Tracks include: Caitlín’s own songs Grailless Lands, Troytown Carol, Mabon’s Journey, Sacred Companions, Wildwood Chant, Song of the Spindle as well as traditional folk songs like King Orpheo and Sheath & Knife, and sacred carols of the land: Corpus Christi Carol, The Leaves of Life. With R.J. Stewart on psaltery and many other instruments.
     
This book is a series of conversations with the people of the Sidhe (pronounced SHEE) and the Faery Realms which John began some years ago. What the Faeries have to say to us is of great relevance to our present times. This book provides a powerful way of contacting the realm of faery for yourself and comes with several key exercises.

This extraordinary book has been praised by many, including Celtic teachers Frank MacEowen and Tom Cowan.
     

The Spirit of Nature Oracle, by John Matthews, with 25 cards by Will Worthington (of The Druid Animal Oracle) draws upon the wisdom of the trees and ogham lore.  Each of the cards represents one of the ogham trees and is painted in such a way as to look alive and watching the diviner.  There are certainly real tree spirits looking out of the cards! The accompanying book draws upon the lore of the trees and the wisdom of the Green Man. 

   
                         
   
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