The Celtic Wheel of the Year: Christian & Pagan Prayers & Practices for Each Turning

by Meg Llewellyn

For the end of every movement is its from which it was first moved,and to which it always longs to return, so there it may rest and be at peace.—EriugenaThe Celts saw time as a great wheel that was continually turning. The sun and the moon served as their calendar, dividing time’s circle and marking the changing seasons as they circled around. Each day, each season, each moon was sacred in its own way. The Celts celebrated each turning of wheel of time with feasting and fire, ritual and prayer. Through these celebrations, the Celts experienced their harmony with a larger, deeper world. Fertility, birth, growth, and death were repeating patterns that waxed and waned—and prayer and ritual allowed the Celts to weave these patterns into their consciousness, finding hope and comfort in their repetition. This book gives modern readers their own prayers and seasonal rituals to celebrate the turning year. The prayers included are both ancient and modern, both Pagan and Christian, for Celtic spirituality serves as a flexible bridge that can connect faith traditions, as well as past and present.May the turning wheel of the year help you to find a sense of rest and peace, even amid the chaos and catastrophe of our modern world.

216 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 14, 2020

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this grouping of prayers. As a Celtic Christian, I find beauty and wonder in pagan practices... and with prayerful study, they can ALL be incorporated into the worship and praise of God, His son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Pagans may use some to worship other dieties that I do not worship, but I see nothing but beauty in celebrating that which God created including nature and the changing of the seasons.

[Lisa Haertel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice Overview of the Christian Year and Its Celtic Origins

Easy to read, this book details the Celtic origins to the Christian liturgical year. An interesting look to past practices in the Beitish Isles, with lovely prayers for each season.

[Joselyn Moreno · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one a lot, the way you have different prayers so you can actually include more people from other religions too it's awesome, and very cool really, I like to think of myself as Anglican Wicca and this book is perfect to celebrate with both traditions without me feeling I have to leave one of them behind.

And the prayers are absolutely beautiful and full of meaning, recommended for anyone who likes spirituality in any levels.