An introduction to the beliefs and simple rituals of of worship created and used by the Shrine of the Irish Oak, a Modern Polytheistic Celto-Roman Temple. Presented here for the first time in hard back.

This book traces the history of ritual landscapes in the British Isles, and the transition from religious practice to recreation, by focusing on a highly understudied exemplar: the coin-tree. These are trees imbued with magical properties into which coins have been ritually embedded. This is a contemporary custom which can be traced back in the literature to the 1700s, when it was practiced for folk-medical and dedicatory purposes. Today, the custom is widespread, with over 200 coin-trees distributed across the British Isles, but is more akin to the casual deposition of coins in a wishing-well: coins are deposited in the tree in exchange for wishes, good luck, or future fortune. Ceri Houlbrook contributes to the debate on the historic relationships between religion, ritual, and popular magic in British contexts from 1700 to the present.

What started as just out of high school friends meeting in a one room apartment (#9) at the Aloha motel in Waldron Arkansas, to worship a mix of Celto Roman Gods blossomed into its own legal Temple and tradition, The Shrine of the Irish oak: Universal Life Church #62735. Presented here are the simple rites and beliefs held by the Temple.

In this special hardback edition of the Shrine of the Irish Oak's book of ritual is presented the simple and practical Celto-Roman rituals in an expanded form with additional details about how to adapt them to one's needs, Blank rituals that can be filled in with personal Deities are provided for those wishing to practice our system, Added to this is creative DIY ideas to to enhance and enchant your sacred space, as well as the information needed to found your own tradition and start your very own legal temple. Join us as we bring the worship of the Deities into the modern world, giving new life to the old traditions. Join us in founding new temples to Honor and Worship the Deities.

In this study, which is first of all a folk-lore study, we pursue principally an anthropo-psychological method of interpreting the Celtic belief in fairies, though we do not hesitate now and then to call in the aid of philology; and we make good use of the evidence offered by mythologies, religions, metaphysics, and physical sciences.

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Who were the Druids? What do we know about them? Do they still exist today? The Druids first came into focus in Western Europe - Gaul, Britain, and Ireland - in the second century BC. They are a popular subject; they have been known and discussed for over 2,000 years and few figures flit so elusively through history. They are enigmatic and puzzling, partly because of the lack of knowledge about them has resulted in a wide spectrum of interpretations. Barry Cunliffe takes the reader through the evidence relating to the Druids, trying to decide what can be said and what can't be said about them. He examines why the nature of the druid caste changed quite dramatically over time, and how successive generations have interpreted the phenomenon in very different ways. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Fragments of ancient belief mingle with folklore and Christian dogma until the original tenets are lost in the myths and psychologies of the intervening years. Hilda Ellis Davidson illustrates how pagan beliefs have been represented and misinterpreted by the Christian tradition, and throws light on the nature of pre-Christian beliefs and how they have been preserved. The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe stresses both the possibilities and the difficulties of investigating the lost religious beliefs of Northern Europe.

A study of the mysterious stone carvings of naked females exposing their genitals on medieval churches all over the British Isles.