Invoking Ireland

by John Moriarty

Contents:
Book 1. Ireland, a Prophecy --
Part I. Orpheus in Ireland --
Bringing Home Our Stolen Soul --
Tailtiu Revisited --
Fintan mac Bochra --
Ollamh Fodhla --
Fir Flathemon --
Enflaith: The Birdreign of the Once and Future King --
Dolmen Love --
A Christian Orpheus --
Our Song of Ascent into Ireland --
Scelec --
Wolf-Time --
Amhairghin's Fourteenth I Am: His Tragodia, His Goatsong --
Changed Utterly --
Shaman --
Part II. Manannan in Ireland --
I. Ireland's Bhagavad Gita as a Pagan Might Be Happy to Sing It --
II. Ireland's Bhagavad Gita as a Christian Might Be Happy to Sing It --
Book 2. Ireland, Ultimately --
Lugh --
Macha --
Manannan and Crom Dubh --
Cu Roi mac Daire --
Danu --
Christ --
Epilogue: Overcoming Our Serglige.

Genres: Philosophy, Ireland, History

240 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2005

About the author

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JOHN MORIARTY was born in North Kerry in 1938 and educated at Listowel and University College Dublin. He taught English literature at the University of Manitoba in Canada for six years, before returning to Ireland in 1971. He is author of Dreamtime (1994), and the trilogy Turtle Was Gone a Long Time: Crossing the Kedron (1996), Horsehead Nebula Neighing (1997) and Anaconda Canoe (1998).

Obituary with information: http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/...

Reviews

[Maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I've read and one of the most confusing if you don't concentrate on what you are reading. A total delight, and makes your brain hurt from trying to digest ideas under the ideas. Just how I like my books!

[Con · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slightly less inpenetrable madness.

[Writerful Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Steeped in Gaelic mythology and archetypal wisdom. Appealed to my Celtic soul..

[Fionnbharr Rodgers · Rating 4 out of 5]

If John Moriarty was from any other country in the world we’d have an entire university department dedicated to studying is work; of course that’s entirely redundant as Moriarty couldn’t have been from any other country but Ireland.

I would recommend this book to any Irish person interested in history and politics, as an opener for questioning where Ireland is today and where it ought to go. Most interesting is Moriarty’s notion of a ‘bird republic’ which is an attempt to create an Irish form of government, particular to our history, mythology, and conception of ourselves.

[Kris · Rating 5 out of 5]

See my full review here: http://www.godeeper.info/blog/on-john...