Celtic Studies discussion

It appears that there are a few of us who have studied in college and/or with a mentor. I am curious about where and with whom did you study.

I am a student at Goddard College in VT. I can design my own curriculum so I am looking for possible mentors in the field. I have a particular interest in the connection between ecology and Celtic spirituality and the connection to sacred sexuality.

Self-taught - I just plod along, reading whatever I can get my hands on.

I'm the same as Melisende. I just read anything I can find on Celtic mythology. I also talk with other people who are interested in myths. Sometimes they can give you some great resources even if they aren't particularly interested in Celtic.

Alex wrote: "I'm the same as Melisende. I just read anything I can find on Celtic mythology. I also talk with other people who are interested in myths. Sometimes they can give you some great resources even if t..."

Me too. I read whatever non-fiction texts I can get my hands on, but one of my favorite fiction authors on the Irish myths is Morgan Llewelyn. I think she brings these stories to life and she does her research.

Kelley - have you read any of Kenneth C Flint's books - another excellent fiction writer of the Irish mythological cycle - Sidhe, Finn, Cuchulainn.

No, but thank you for mentioning him. I will look up his books.

An excellent Goodreads author is Jason Kirkey The Salmon in the Spring The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality. Jason is a student of Frank MacEowen and Tom Cowan. Jason does an excellent job of defining the practice of the emergent Druids.

I am also a fan of Elizabeth Cunnigham (another student of Tom Cowan). She writes of Maeve in [book:The Passion of Mary Magdalen A Novel|360628.

As with the others, I'm self-taught. Back in the day when I was looking at Universtiies, it was all career-oriented and I ended up studying Software Engineering! If only I'd known then, what my future interests would be!

I'm studying Celtic Christianity as part of my doctoral program in ministry at Bakke Graduate University in Seattle, WA.

I'm interested both in the development of a particularly Celtic flavored Chrisitanity in the Celtic cultures in 5th-7th century, and its resurgence today.

I'm an Irish studies minor at the University of Montana. I'd like to know more about Pat's research in post 9.

I wrote my Master's thesis on the Synod of Whitby (original, I know...) in the J.M. Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Ditto Sam...

My "mentor" was (is) Dr. Charles McDaniel at Baylor (who was forced to read well outside his area of expertise to give me assistance with this - bless his soul). However, in researching my topic I also spent time on Holy Island (Lindisfarne) with Father Ray Simpson and Canon Kate Tristram, and had the distinct privilege of attending a meeting of the Community of Aidan and Hilda in Santa Fe, NM.

I took several classes in the Celtic Studies department at the University of California at Berkeley during my final three years there. Loved it, and now I use much of what I learned as a base for my fantasy writing :)
-Jenna

I started off as self-taught, though it was hard in the early 80's distinguishing the chaff from the wheat! Later I studied anthropology (in general) for a few years. Even later,I moved to the UK and had all those wonderful archaeological sites at my fingertips...and I began working in the heritage sector as well, including doing work with archaeologists. My specialty is all eras of pre-Roman Britain, especially the neolithic and bronze ages...'pre-celtic' but linked, as it is now believed the celtic languages were in the British Isles and Ireland by 2000 BC and genetically the people of the Celtic fringe appear to be mostly descendants of the peoples of the Atlantic seaboard rather than the more central European celts.