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Celtic Shamanism

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message 1: by Norma (new)

Norma (normischell) | 2 comments Are there any scholarly books on Celtic Shamanism? I am really interested in this subject and would like to read some historical background on it.


message 2: by Ancestral (new)

Ancestral Gaidheal (gaidheal) | 7 comments The only scholarly work I can think of that might fit the bill is Emma Wilby's " The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland " wherein she discusses the possibility of shaman-like practices within the confessions of Isobel Gowdie.

Other than that, I understood that in academic circles, shaman were only equated with the regions of Siberia.


message 3: by Norma (new)

Norma (normischell) | 2 comments Thanks! It was already on my to-read list, just need to make it a priority :-)


message 4: by Jill (new)

Jill Frew | 2 comments Tom Cowan is a practicing Celtic shaman who does workshops around the US. He has written a number of books.


message 5: by Craig (new)

Craig | 1 comments There is Robert Graves The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth but those in the ivory tower reject it as being without any archeological proof.


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