Celtic sacred landscapes
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Text[New York, NY] Thames and Hudson 2000Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: 224 p.; ill., maps; bibliog. refs.; gazetteer; bibliog.; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0500282013
- BL900 .P45 2000
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First published ... in 1996 by Thames & Hudson ... New York" --T.p. verso.
Introduction - The inner and the outer landscape. 1 The Celtic symbolic landscape. 2 Sacred trees. 3 Sacred stones. 4 Springs, wells and places of healing. 5 Holy mountains. 6 Sacred caves and subterranea. 7 Holy islands. 8 Earthworks, enclosures and cities. 9 Trackways and spirit-paths. 10 Places of epiphany. 11 Images and temples. 12 Continuity in the Celtic church. Postscript - Out of the wasteland. Gazetteer of notable Celtic sacred places
'The Celtiic tradition is one of the most ancient cultures in Europe. In this engrossing study, Nigel Pennick shows us the holy sites of Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe through Celtic eyes, reinvesting each feature fo the landscape with its spiritual, symbolic and mythological importance....takes us on an exhilarating spiritual and historical tour of the Celtic holy places of Europe.'
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