Celtic Spirituality

I am interested in hearing about those who embrace or practice any elements of Celtic Spirituality. It is a broad term I know, and I would love to hear all views and opinions...I am myself very much pleased with the aspects I have of it in my life, it feels like home to me

Originally Posted by nightowl

I am interested in hearing about those who embrace or practice any elements of Celtic Spirituality. It is a broad term I know, and I would love to hear all views and opinions...I am myself very much pleased with the aspects I have of it in my life, it feels like home to me

I've always had an interest in pre-Christian Celtic religion, and some concepts do color my worldview. I do tend to lean towards the quasi-animistic outlook, and do occasionally make offerings to certain divinities, like Lugh Lámhfhdada and An Dagda. But I don't go as far to call myself a Celtic pagan.

Originally Posted by Animus27

I've always had an interest in pre-Christian Celtic religion, and some concepts do color my worldview. I do tend to lean towards the quasi-animistic outlook, and do occasionally make offerings to certain divinities, like Lugh Lámhfhdada and An Dagda. But I don't go as far to call myself a Celtic pagan.

Hey Animus27,

I understand what you are saying, I don't consider myself a Celtic pagan per se but I do have elements that are part of my path. A reverence for creation and my tie to the land and creatures. I am very much influenced by my ancestors and honor them in candle rituals. Heritage leads me more than I realize sometimes and I love that...

Originally Posted by nightowl

Hey Animus27,

I understand what you are saying, I don't consider myself a Celtic pagan per se but I do have elements that are part of my path. A reverence for creation and my tie to the land and creatures. I am very much influenced by my ancestors and honor them in candle rituals. Heritage leads me more than I realize sometimes and I love that...

I totally get where you're coming from. One of the biggest definers with me is having a connection to my Ancestors. The more I learn about them, the more spiritually content I feel through knowing who I am and where I've come from. And I think that that can certainly be called an important virtue, held by many Celtic cultures.

[norseman]

Originally Posted by Animus27

. One of the biggest definers with me is having a connection to my Ancestors. The more I learn about them, the more spiritually content I feel through knowing who I am and where I've come from. And I think that that can certainly be called an important virtue, held by many Celtic cultures.

Absolutely ! I live in an old homeland of the Brigantes Confederation and still celebrate festivals at a henge used by the Brigantes for their celebrations. Meditation in the centre circle allows you to feel the power of the ancestors.

Did you see this link elsewhere ?
http://www.eso-garden.com/specials/h...ltic_world.pdf

Aye. I did norseman! It looks like a nice read. I have it on my list of books to read through. I am face deep in 3 books right now. But I am nearly finished with one

Originally Posted by nightowl

I am interested in hearing about those who embrace or practice any elements of Celtic Spirituality. It is a broad term I know, and I would love to hear all views and opinions...I am myself very much pleased with the aspects I have of it in my life, it feels like home to me

I don't practice Celtic Spirituality but I'm pretty interested in learning about it. I'm Wiccan and a few of my deities are Celtic.

Blessings,

Arian Hawk

[WhiteWarrior]

Well... I just read a book about the Celts; I was among them in a life. There was a good number of gods and goddesses; I liked the Horned Man but there were many others to choose from. The sacrifices to them were interesting though; one made ornate beautiful thing - then ritually destroyed them before throwing them in the sea.

I don't pray to anything in the celt world or do anything related to them, but I suspect that Mother Earth and others I respect are represented in the celt spiritual world, just like I find Mother Earth among the Native Indians.