The Celtc Holidays Recommended Reading List

This is a good list to get you started on the Druids. As you see, there are no flowery nonsense books in this list. These books are reputable, and some of the best books on the Celtic/Druid subject. We hope you enjoy these books.

"History:

  1. The Ancient Celts
    1. Author: Barry Cunliff
    2. Publisher: Oxford University Press
    3. Year: Sep 1 1997
    4. ISBN-10: 0198150105
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0198150107
    6. Language: English
    7. Hardcover: 360 pages
    8. Dimensions: 24.8 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
  1. The World of the Celts
    1. Author: Simon James
    2. Publisher: Thames and Hudson
    3. Year:Aug 5 1999
    4. ISBN-10: 0500050678
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0500050675
    6. Language: English
    7. Hardcover: 192 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 19.9 x 2.1 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 876 g
  1. A Short History of Ireland
    1. Author: Sean McMahon
    2. Publisher: Dufour Editions
    3. Year: September 1997)
    4. ISBN-10: 0802313191
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0802313195
    6. Language: English
    7. Paperback: 224 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 1.9 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 191 g
  1. The Druids
    1. Author: Peter Beresford Ellis
    2. Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing; Reprint edition
    3. Year: June 1995
    4. ISBN-10: 0802841589
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0802841582
    6. Language: English
    7. Paperback: 304 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 477 g
  1. The Sacred World of the Celts
    1. Author: Nigel Pennick
    2. Publisher: INNER TRADITION
    3. Year:Sep 1 2000
    4. ISBN-10: 0892817011
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0892817016
    6. Language: English
    7. Paperback: 144 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 20.8 x 1 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 431 g
  1. The Age of Stonehenge
    1. Author: Colin Burgess
    2. Publisher: Castle Books
    3. Year: January 2003
    4. Language: English
    5. ISBN-10: 0785815937
    6. ISBN-13: 978-0785815938
    7. Hardcover: 402 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.8 x 3.7 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 803 g
  1. Celtic Daily Life
    1. Author: Victor Walkley
    2. Publisher: Robinson Publishing
    3. Year: Feb 26 1998
    4. ISBN-10: 1854879936
    5. ISBN-13: 978-1854879936
    6. Language: English
    7. Hardcover: 128 pages
    8. Product Dimensions:Unknowen cm
    9. Shipping Weight:Unknowen g
  1. Women of the Celts
    1. Author: Jean Markale
    2. Publisher: INNER TRADITION
    3. Year: New edition edition Jan 1 2001
    4. ISBN-10: 0892811501
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0892811502
    6. Language: English
    7. Paperback: 320 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 459 g
  1. Mythology and Literature Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
    1. Author: James MacKillop,
    2. Publisher: Oxford University Press
    3. Year: June 1998
    4. ISBN-10: 0198691572
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0198691570
    6. Language: English
    7. Hardcover: 432 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 3.6 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 862 g
  1. Myths And Legends Of The Celts (Hardcover)
    1. Author: James Mackillop
    2. Publisher: Penguin UK
    3. Year: May 31 2005
    4. ISBN-10: 0140515526
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0140515527
    6. Language: English
    7. Hardcover: 416 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 4.4 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 781 g
  1. Scottish Wonder Tales from Myth and Legend
    1. Author:Donald Alexander MacKenzie
    2. Publisher: Dover Publications; Dover ed edition
    3. Year: Feb 11 1997
    4. ISBN-10: 0486296776
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0486296777
    6. Language: English
    7. Paperback: 240 pages
    8. Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.5 x 1.3 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 227 g
  1. Irish Myths and Legends (formerly Gods and Fighting Men)
    1. Author: Lady Augusta Gregory
    2. Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Courage Book; New edition edition
    3. Year: Jan 14 198
    4. ISBN-10: 0762402814
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0762402816
    6. Hardcover: 448 pages
    7. Language: English
    8. Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 4.1 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 658 g
  1. Celtic Myths and Legends
    1. Author: T.W. Rolleston
    2. Publisher: Dover Publications
    3. Year: Nov 1 1 990
    4. ISBN-10: 0486265072
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0486265070
    6. Paperback: 512 pages
    7. Language: English
    8. Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 522 g
  1. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations from the Gaelic
    1. Author: Alexander Carmichael
    2. Publisher: Hushion House
    3. Year: August 1992
    4. ISBN-10: 0940262509
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0940262508
    6. Paperback: 512 pages
    7. Language: English
    8. Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.6 x 4.3 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
  1. Penguin Book Of Scottish Folktales
    1. Author: Neil Philip Ed
    2. Publisher: Penguin UK
    3. Year: Jan 11 1996
    4. ISBN-10: 014013977X
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0140139778
    6. Paperback: 528 pages
    7. Language: English
    8. Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.1 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 309 g
  1. Comparative Mythology Parallel Myths
    1. J.F. Beirlein
    2. Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1 edition
    3. Year: Oct 11 1994
    4. ISBN-10: 0345381467
    5. ISBN-13: 978-0345381460
    6. Paperback: 368 pages
    7. Language: English
    8. Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 2.3 cm
    9. Shipping Weight: 295 g

 

Myth:

  1. A Biography of Belief
    1. Author: David Leeming
    2. Publisher:  Oxford University Press
    3. Year: 2002
    4. ISBN 0-19-516105-X
  1. Beyond the Mist
    1. Author: Peter O'Connor
    2. Victor Gollancz, London
    3. Year: 2000
    4. ISBN 0-57506-841-8
  1. Power of Myth
    1. Author:  Joseph Campbell
    2. Publisher: First Anchor Books
    3. Year: 1991
    4.  ISBN 0-385-41886-8
  1. Cultural Studies/Spirituality Power of Raven Wisdom of Serpent
    1. Author: Noragh Jones,
    2. Publisher: Lindisfarne Press
    3. Year: 1994
    4. ISBN: 0-940262-66-5
  1. Celtic Seers Source Book
    1. Author: Ed. John Matthews
    2. Publisher: Blandford
    3. Year: 1999
    4. ISBN: 0-7137-2780-2
  1. Guide to Early Irish Law
    1. Author: Fergus Kelly
    2. Publisher: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dundalgan Press Ltd
    3. Year: 1998 reprint
    4. ISBN: 0790-4657; 0-901282-95-2

 

General Reading:

  1. Mists of Avalon
    1. Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
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  1. Forest House
    1. Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
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  1. Lady of Avalon
    1. Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
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  1. Priestess of Avalon
    1. Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
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  1. Women Who Run with the Wolves
    1. Author: Clarissa Pinkola-Estes
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  1. Drawing Down the Moon
    1. Author: Margot Adler
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  1. Spiral Dance
    1. Author: Starhawk
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  1. Tarot in 10 Minutes
    1. Author: R. T. Kaser
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  1. Europe’s Inner Demons
    1. Author: Norman Cohen
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  1. Once and Future King
    1. Author: TH White
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  1. Tales of Arthur
    1. Author: Thomas Mallory
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  1. The Mabinogion
    1. Author: Lady Gregory
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  1. Irish Myths and Legends
    1. Author: Lady Gregory
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  1. Celtic Spirit
    1. Author: Caitlin Matthews (necessary)
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  1. The Penguin Book of Scottish Folktales
    1. Edited by: Neil Philip
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  1. Celtic Civilization
    1. Author: Jean Markdale PhD
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  1. The Celts
    1. Author: Nora Chadwick PhD
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  1. Triumph of the Moon
    1. Author: Ronald Hutton PhD
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  1. The Tain
    1. Author: Thomas Kinsella
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  1. The Life and Death of a Druid Prince
    1. Author: Anne Ross PhD
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  1. Celtic Tree Mysteries
    1. Author: Blamires dd
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  1. Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom
    1. Author: Caitlin and John Matthews
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  1. Carmina Gadelica
    1. Author: Alexander Carmichael (reprint)
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Most of the books listed can be found in the usual bookstores (Coles, Chapters, Amazon etc). For those books that are a little harder to find you can look for them at Books for Scholars; an online bookstore specializing in Celtic Studies."

From The Grove of Danu's Recomended Reading page.

 

Books for Dedicants:

  1. Hands of Light
    1. Author: Barbara Brennan (necessary)
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  1. Light Emerging
    1. Author: Barbara Brennan (optional)
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  1. Creative Visualization
    1. Author: Shakti Gawain
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  1. Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
    1. Author: Scott Cunningham (reference text only)
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  1. Animal Speak
    1. Author: Ted Andrews
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  1. Witch Craze
    1. Author: Anne Barstow, PhD
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  1. Wisdom Triads
    1. Author: John F. Wright (Online)
  1. The Best Guide to Meditation
    1. Author: Victor N. Davich
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Books for Bardic Studies:

(First Year)

  1. The Druids
    1. Author: Peter Berseford Ellis
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  1. Wisdom Triads
    1. Author: John F. Wright (online)
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  1. The Gods of the Celts
    1. Author: Miranda Green, PhD
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  1. The Goddesses of the Celts
    1. Author: Miranda Green, PhD
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(Second Year)

  1. Parallel Myths
    1. Author: J F Bierlein, PhD
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  1. Symbolism of the Celts
    1. Author:  Miranda Green, PhD
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  1. The Ancient Celts
    1. Author: Barry Cunliffe, PhD
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Various e-version texts and references

Books for Bardic Studies continued:

(Third Year)

  1. Women of the Celts
    1. Author: Jean Markale, PhD
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  1. Power of Raven, Wisdom of Serpent
    1. Author:  Noragh Jones
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  1. Beyond the Mist
    1. Author: Peter O’Connor, PhD
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  1. Scottish Myths and Folktales
    1. Author: Neil Philip
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(Fourth Year)

  1. compose and conduct a public ritual
  1. complete ritual leadership workshop, level I and II
  1. complete story teller's workshop
  1. complete deity exploration and comparison group project
  1. complete Tarot divination workshop level I and II
  1. choose a healing path, and begin to master it
  1. thesis
  1. complete elemental portal workshop

 

Books for Fili Studies:

 (First Year)

  1. Guide to Early Irish Law
    1. Author: Fergus Kelly
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  1. The Excellence of the Ancient Word
    1. Author: Sean O'Tuathal (online)
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  1. The Celtic Tree Ogham
    1. Author: Steve Blamires (reference text only)
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  1. Spellcraft
    1. Author: Robin Skelton
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 (Second Year)

  1. Guide to Early Irish Law
    1. Author: Fergus Kelly
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  1. Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
    1. Author: James MacKillop
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  1. Irish Myths and Legends
    1. Author: Lady Gregory
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  1. Auricept n'an Ecces: The Scholar's Primer

 

Books for Ollamh Studies

  1. The Tain Bo Cualaigne: (online)
  1. The Voyage of Bran: (online)
  1. Leabhar na Gabala Erenn-(online)
  1. The History of the Scots, the Picts and the Britons- D. Dale (online)
  1. Ireland's History in Maps- Walsh (online)
  1. The Carmina Gadelica, vol. 1- Alexander Carmichael (online)
  1. Trecheng Beith Fene (online)

Most of the books listed can be found in the usual bookstores (Coles, Chapters, Amazon etc). For those books that are a little harder to find you can look for them at Books for Scholars; an online bookstore specializing in Celtic Studies.