Re: Basic Celtic Reading Lists Searles Fri May 29 14:33:03 1998 Here's the Bibliography for my book on Ogham Divination (many of these books have gems within them, along with some dreck, while *some* of these books are seminal works on the Celts and the Druids.):*p*Bibliography*p*Allen, Richard Hinckley, Star Names, Their Lore and Meanings, Dover Publications, New York, 1963, ISBN 0-486-21079-0.*p*Andrews, Ted, Sacred Sounds, Transformation through Music & Word, Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, MN, 1994.*br*____, Animal- Speak, The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small, Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, MN, 1994.*p*Biederman, Hans, Dictionary of Symbolism, Cultural Icons & the Meanings Behind Them, A Meridian Book, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-452-01118-3.*p*Bord, Janet and Colin, The Enchanted Land, Myths & Legends of Britain's Landscape, Thorsons, San Francisco, 1995, ISBN 1-85538-407-8.*p*Brennan, Martin, The Stones of Time, Calendars, Sundials, and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland, Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont, 1994.*p*Briggs, Katharine, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Pantheon Books, New York, 1976.*p*Burl, Aubrey, A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1995, ISBN 0-300-06331-8.*p*Burnham, Robert, Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Elements Books, Rockport, Ma, 1989.*p*Cahill, Thomas, How the Irish Saved Civilization, Double Day, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-385-41849-3.*p*Cambrensis, Giraldus, The History and Topography of Ireland, translated by John O'Meara, Dolmen Texts, Mountrath, Ireland, 1982, ISBN 0-85105-311-4.*p*Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, Lindesfarne Press, Hudson, New York, 1992.____, New Moon of the Seasons, Prayers from the Highlands and Islands, Lindesfarne Press, Hudson, New York, 1992*p*Carney, James, Medieval Irish Lyrics with The Irish Bardic Poet, The Dolmen Press, Mountrath Portlaoise, Ireland, 1985.*p*Carr-Gomm, Philip and Stephanie, The Druid Animal Oracle, Fireside Books, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-671-50300-6.*br*____, The Elements of the Druid Tradition, Elements Books, Rockport, MA, 1989.____, The Druid Renaissance, Thorsons, San Francisco, 1996, ISBN 1-85538-489-9.*p*Chase, Pamela Louise and Jonathan Pawlik, Trees for Healing, Harmonizing with Nature and Planetary Balance, Newcastle Publishing Co., North Hollywood, Ca, 1991.*p*Chetan, Anand and Diana Brueton, The Sacred Yew, Rediscovering the Ancient Tree of Life Through the Work of Allen Meredith, Arkana Books, New York, 1994.*p*Cross and Slover, Ancient Irish Tales, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1996, I SBM 1-56619-889-5.*p*Cunliffe, Barry, The Celtic World, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1990, ISBN 0-312-09700-x.*p*Dames, Michael, Mythic Ireland, Thames and Hudson Pub., London 1992._____, The Avebury Cycle, Thames and Hudson Pub., London 1996.*p*Daniélou, Alain, The Myths and Gods of India, Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont, 1991, ISBN 0-89281-354-7.*p*Davidson, H. R. Ellis, Gods and Myths of Northern Europe, Penguin Books, New York, 1990.*br*____, Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe, Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 1988, ISBN 0-8156-2441-7.*br*____, Gods and Myths of the Viking Age, Barnes & Noble, New York, 1964, ISBN 0-7607-0035-4.*p*Dolmen, Stone, The Celtic Ogham (Tree) Runes, ( Self Published),1993.*p*Douglas, Ronald M., The Scots Book, Including the Folklore, Clans, Recipes, Place Names, Proverbs and Prose, Bracken Books, London, 1995, ISBN 1-85891-203-2.*p*Dunnit, S.M.W., Irish Lore and Legends, Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York, 1993, ISBN 1-56619-040-1.*p*Durning, William and Mary, A Guide to Irish Roots, Including Celts, Vikings, Normans, Kings, Queens and Commoners, Irish Family Names Society, La Mesa, CA, 1986.*p*Dwelly, Edward, The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary, Gairm Publications, *br*Glasgow, 1994.*p*Ellis, Peter Berresford, Celtic Inheritance, Dorset Press, New York, 1992.*br*____ A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, Oxford University Press, New York, 1992.*br*____ A Dictionary of Irish Mythology, Oxford University Press, New York, 1987.____ The Druids, William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994, ISBN 0-8028-3798-0.*p*Evans-Wentz, W.Y., The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, Citadel Press, New York, 1990.*p*Findlay, Ian, Columba, W.R. Chambers, Edinburgh, 1992, ISBN 0-550-22542-0.*p*Focloir Scoile, English - Irish, Irish - English Dictionary, Criterian Press Tta, Dublin, 1986.*p*Fontana, David, The Secret Language of Symbols, A Visual Key to Symbols and Their Meanings, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1994.*p*Frawley, David, The Astrology of the Seers, A Guide to Vedic (Hindu) Astrology, Passage Press, Salt Lake Cit, 1990, ISBN 1-878423-05-1.*br*____, Wisdom of the Ancient Seers, Mantras of the Rig Veda, Passage Press, Salt Lake Cit, 1990, ISBN 1-878423-16-9*br*____, Ayurveda and the Mind, the Healing of Consciousness, Lotis Books, Twin Lakes, WI, 1997, ISBN 0-914955-36-5..*br*Gantz, Jeffrey, The Mabinogion, Penguin Books, New York, 1976.*br*____Early Irish Sagas and Myths, Penguin Books, New York, 1981.*p*Godwin, Joscelyn, The Harmony of the Spheres, A Sourcebook of the Pythagorean Tradition in Music, Inner Traditions International, Rochester, VT, 1993.*br*____, Music, Mysticism and Magic, A Sourcebook, Arcana, New York, 1987.*p*Graves, Robert, The White Goddess, The Noonday Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1993.*p*Gray, E. A., Cath Maige Tuired, The Second Battle of Maige Tuired, Irish Texts Society, Kildare, Erin, 1982.*p*Gray, Miranda, The Beasts of Albion, Aquarian Books, San Francisco, 1994, ISBN 1-85538-318-7.*p*Green, Miranda J., Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, Thames & Hudson, London, 1992.*br*____, The Celtic World, Routledge, London. 1996, ISBN 0-415-14627-5.*p*Gwynn, Edward, The Metrical Dindshenchas (Vol. 1-5), School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1991.*p*Gregory, Lady , Gods and Fighting Men, Colin Smythe Ltd., Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, 1993, ISBN 0-901072-37-0.*br*____, Visions & Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Colin Smythe Ltd., Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, 1992, ISBN 0-901072-36-2.*p*Gregory, Lady and Yeats, William Butler, A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore, Gramercy Books, New York, 1986, ISBN 0-517-48904-X.*p*Harbison, Peter, Pilgrimage in Ireland, The Monuments and The People, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, 1992, ISBN 0-8156-0312-6.*p*Hawkins, Gerald S., Stonehenge Decoded, An Astronomer Examines One of the Great Puzzles of the Ancient World, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1986, ISBN 0-88029-147-8.*p*Hopman, Ellen Evert, A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Year, Destiny Books, Rochester, Vermont, 1995.*br*____ Tree Medicine, Tree Magic, Phoenix Publishing Co., Custer, Washington, 1992.*p*Hutton, Ronald, The Pagan Religions of the British Isles, Their Nature and Their Legacy, Blackwell, Oxford, 1991.*p*Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone, A Celtic Miscellany, Penguin Books, New York, 1971, ISBN 0-14-044247-2.*p*James. Simon, The World of the Celts, Thames & Hudson, London. 1993, ISBN 0-500-05067-8.*p*Jones, Prudence, and Pennick, Nigel, A History of Pagan Europe, Routledge, London, 1995, ISBN 0-415-09136-5.*p*Keating, Geoffrey, History of Ireland, Translation by John O'Mahony, Irish Genealogical Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 1857.*p*Kelly, Fergus (editor), Audacht Morainn, The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976.____, A Guide to Early Irish Law, The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1991, ISBN 0790-4657.*p*King, John, The Celtic Druids' Year, Seasonal Cycles of the Ancient Celts, Blandford, London, 1994.*p*Kinsella, Thomas, The Tain, Oxford University Press, New York, 1988.*p*Krupp, Dr. E. C., Beyond the Blue Horizon, HarperCollins Publishing. *p*Lincoln, Bruce, Death, War, and Sacrifice, Studies in Ideaolgy and Practice, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991, Isbn 0-226-48200-6.*p*Lewis, Edwin C., Welsh Dictionary, NTC Publishing Group, Chicago, IL, 1993.*p*Logan, Patrick, The Holy Wells of Ireland, Colin Smythe Limited, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, 1992, ISBN 0-86140-046-1.*p*MacCrossan, Tadhg, The Sacred Cauldron, Secrets of the Druids, Llewellyn Publications, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 1992.*p*MacCulloch, J.A., The Religion of the Ancient Celts, Studio Editions, London, 1992.*br*____, Celtic Mythology, Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago, 1996, ISBN 0-89733-433-7.*p*MacCana, Proinsias, Celtic Mythology, Barnes & Noble, New York, 1996, ISBN 0 7607 0190 3.____, The Learned Tales of Medieval Ireland, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 19880.*p*Mallory, J.P. and Gary Stockman, Editors, Ulidia, Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, December Publications, Belfast, 1994.*p*Matthews, Caitlin, The Celtic Book of Days, A Guide to Celtic Spirituality & Wisdom, Destiny Books, Rochester, Vermont, 1995, ISBN 0-89281-565-5.*br*____, The Celtic Book of the Dead, A Guide for your Voyage to the Celtic Otherworld, St. Martins Press, London, 1994, ISBN 0-31-07241-4.*br*____, Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain, An Exploration of the Mabinogion, Arkana, New York, 1987, ISBN 0-14-019033-3.*p*Matthews, John, A Celtic Reader, Selections from Celtic Scholarship and*br*Story, Aquarian, Press, Hammersmith, London, 1992.*br*____ The Celtic Shaman, A Handbook, Element Books, Rockport, MA, 1991.*br*____ Taliesin, Shamanism and the Bardic Mysteries in Britain and Ireland,Aquarian Press, London, 1991, ISBN 1-85538-109-5.*p*Matthews, John and Cailtin, Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom, A Celtic Shaman's Sourcebook, Element Books, Rockport, MA, 1994.*p*McNeill, F. Marian, The Silver Bough, Cannongate Publishing LTD, Edinburg, 1956.*p*Meadows, Kenneth, Rune Power, The Secret Knowledge of the Wise Ones, Element Books, Shaftesbury, Dorset, 1996.*p*Murray, Liz and Colin, The Celtic Tree Oracle, A System of Divination, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1992.*p*North, John, Astronomy and Cosmology, W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-393-31193-7.*p*O'Boyle, Sean, Ogam, The Poets' Secret, Gilbert Dalton, Dublin, 1980.*p*O'Cróinín, Dáibhí, Early Medieval Ireland, 400-1200, Longman Publishing, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-582-01565-0.*p*Onians, R. B., The Origins of European Thought about the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-521-34794-7.*p*Parry-Jones, D., Welsh Legends & Fairy Lore, Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York, 1997, ISBN 0-88029-996-7.*p*Pennick, Nigel, Celtic Sacred Landscapes, Thames & Hudson, London, 1996, ISBN 0-500-01666-6.*br*____Magical Alphabets, The Secrets and Significance of Ancient Scripts - Including Runes, Greek, Ogham, Hebrew and Alchemical Alphabets, Samuel Weiser, Inc., York Beach, Maine, 1992, ISBN 0-87728-747-3.*br*____, Runic Astrology, Capall Publishing, Chieveley, Burks, England, 1990.*br*____, Secret Games of the Gods, Ancient Ritual Systems and Board Games, Samuel Weiser, Inc., York Beach, ME, 1992, ISBN 0-87728-752-x.*p*Pennick, Nigel, and Jackson, Nigel, The Celtic Oracle, The Ancient Art of the Druids, Aquarian Press, London,1991.*p*Phillips, Roger, Trees of North America and Europe, Random House, New York, 1978, ISBN 0-394-73541-2.*p*Piggott, Stuart, The Druids, Thames & Hudson, New York, 1985.*p*Quin, E.G., Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1990.*p*Rees, Alwyn and Brinley, Celtic Heritage, Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales, Thames & Hudson, New York, 1994.*p*Renfrew, Colin, Archaeology & Language, The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-521-38675-6.*p*Renton, R.W. and MacDonald, J.A., Scottish Gaelic - English, English - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, New York, 1994.*p*Rey, H.A., The Stars, A New Way to See Them, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1988, ISBN 0-395-24830-2.*p*Rhys, John, Celtic Britain, Random House, London, 1996, ISBN 1-85958-203-6.*p*Rolleston, T. W., Celtic Myths and Legends, Dover Publications Co., New York, 1990.*p*Romm, James S., The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1992.*p*Ross, Anne, The Folklore of the Scottish Highlands, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1993.*br*____, Druids, Gods & Heroes from Celtic Mythology, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 1994.*p*Ross, Anne and Robins, Don, The Life and Death of a Druid Prince, Rider, London, 1989.*p*Rutherford, Ward, Celtic Mythology, The Nature and Influence of Celtic Myth- from Druidism to Arthurian Legend, Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 1990.*br*____, Celtic Lore, The History of the Druids and Their Timeless Traditions, Aquarian Books, San Francisco, 1993, ISBN 1-85538-134-6.*p*Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis S., The Astrologers Handbook, Aquarian Books, New York, 1987, ISBN 0-06-272004-X.*p*Scherman, Katharine, The Flowering of Ireland, Saints, Scholars, and Kings, Barnes & Noble, New York, 1981, ISBN 0-76070-126-1.*p*Sellner, Edward C., Wisdom of the Celtic Saints, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1996, ISBN 0-87793-492-4.*p*Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise, Gods and Heroes of the Celts, Turtle Island Foundation, Berkeley, CA, 1985, ISBN 0-913666-52-1.*p*Spence, Lewis, Druids, Their Origins and History, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995, ISBN 1-56619-894-1.*br*____, The Mysteries of Britain, The Secret Rites and Traditions of Ancient Britain Restored New Castle Publishing, North Hollywood, CA, 1993, ISBN 0-87877-185-9.*br*____, The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain, Newcastle Publishing, North Hollywood, CA, 1996, ISBN 0-87877-233-2.*p*Squire, Charles, Celtic Myth and Legend, New Castle Publishing, London, 1975.*p*Stewart, R. J., Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses, Blandford, London, 1990.____Robert Kirk: Walker Between Worlds, Element Books Ltd., Shaftesbury, Dorset, 1990.*p*Streit, Jakob, Sun and Cross, From Megalithic Culture to early Christianity in Ireland, Floris Books, Edinburgh, 1993, ISBN 0-86315-157-4.*p*Swan, James A., The Power of Place & Human Environments, Quest Books, Wheaton IL, 1991, ISBN 0-8356-0670-8.*p*Thorsson, Edred, The Book of Ogham, The Celtic Tree Oracle, Llewellyn Publishers, Minneapolis, MN, 1992.___Futhark, A Handbook of Rune Magick, Samuel Weiser, Inc., York Beach, ME, 1984, ISBN 0-87728-548-9.*p*Toulson, Shirley, The Celtic Year, A Month-by- Month Celebration of Celtic Christian Festivals and Sites, Element Books, Rockport, MA, 1993.*p*Walker, Barbara G., The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects, Harper, San Francisco, 1988. ISBN 0-06-250923-3.*p*Way, George, Clans & Tartans, The Histories & Tartans of Over 120 Clans, HarperCollins, Glasgow, 1995, ISBN 0-00-470810-5.*p*Webster, Richard, Omens, Ogham & Practices, Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, MN, 1995.*p*I recommend inter-library loan for those whose local libraries are defficient in such books. Most libraries will lend these books to other libraries.*p*Searles Basic Celtic Reading Lists Searles 73 Fri May 29 14:31:24 1998