Many people find themselves attracted to the traditions of the Celts. These traditions go back 2,900 years. Pilgrimages to sacred sites are becoming more and more popular. More and more people are becoming interested in living a lifestyle that is in harmony with nature and with our environment.
I am publishing my studies here on this website. The main purpose of publishing my writings online is to provide people with the information about Celtic culture. I enjoy sharing the ancient knowledge of a people who are ecologically aware and in tune with nature. My most sincere hope is to inspire a connection with one's ancestors, with whom we are rooted to and come from nature.
In the old Celtic times, young people would spend the entire night in the woods "A-Maying," and then dance around the phallic Maypole the next morning. Older married couples were allowed to remove their wedding rings (and the restrictions they imply) for this one night. May morning is a magickal time for wild water (dew, flowing streams, and springs) which is collected and used to bathe in for beauty, or to drink for health.
Celtic Christians stressed local spiritual unity rather than universal uniformity. They valued personal sanctity more than doctrinal orthodoxy. They believed in the nearness of the spiritual world. The Celtic Church emphasized anamchara, the "soul friend" - a spiritual mentor and fellow traveller on the true path.
These principles, practices, and ideas inspire and inform many ideologies today, and the nature of interpersonal matters described above-such as equality and mutual respect among women and men, a commitment to peace and justice, enduring loyalty to family and friends, and spiritual openness-are fine principles to apply in this day and age as well, especially when forming the foundation of a loving, lasting relationship.
I am publishing my studies here on this website. The main purpose of publishing my writings online is to provide people with the information about Celtic culture. I enjoy sharing the ancient knowledge of a people who are ecologically aware and in tune with nature. My most sincere hope is to inspire a connection with one's ancestors, with whom we are rooted to and come from nature.
In the old Celtic times, young people would spend the entire night in the woods "A-Maying," and then dance around the phallic Maypole the next morning. Older married couples were allowed to remove their wedding rings (and the restrictions they imply) for this one night. May morning is a magickal time for wild water (dew, flowing streams, and springs) which is collected and used to bathe in for beauty, or to drink for health.
Celtic Christians stressed local spiritual unity rather than universal uniformity. They valued personal sanctity more than doctrinal orthodoxy. They believed in the nearness of the spiritual world. The Celtic Church emphasized anamchara, the "soul friend" - a spiritual mentor and fellow traveller on the true path.
These principles, practices, and ideas inspire and inform many ideologies today, and the nature of interpersonal matters described above-such as equality and mutual respect among women and men, a commitment to peace and justice, enduring loyalty to family and friends, and spiritual openness-are fine principles to apply in this day and age as well, especially when forming the foundation of a loving, lasting relationship.
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