The Druid source book : from earliest times to the present day /

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Other Authors: Matthews, John, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Blandford Press ; Distributed in the United States by Sterling Press, 1996.
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245 0 4 |a The Druid source book :  |b from earliest times to the present day /  |c edited and compiled by John Matthews ; foreword by Philip Carr-Gomm. 
260 |a London :  |b Blandford Press ;  |a New York :  |b Distributed in the United States by Sterling Press,  |c 1996. 
300 |a 384 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Part one: Dawn: Beginnings of Druidry in Britain and Ireland -- Classical accounts: from Caesar to Clement of Alexandria -- Druids in early Ireland: extracts from the earliest manuscripts -- Druids: their functions and powers by P.W. Joyce -- Druids in the light of recent theories by J.A. MacCulloch -- Origin of Druidism by Julius Pokorny -- Druids by T. Rice Holmes -- Theories concerning the origins of Druidism by Lewis Spence -- Part two: Revival: Druidry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Early antiquarian accounts by various hands -- Critical history of the Druids by John Toland -- Celtic researches by Edward Davies -- Moral doctrines of the Druids by Godfrey Higgins -- Essay on the Neo-Druidic heresy by Algernon Herbert -- Druidry in folklore by W.A. Winwood Read -- Druidism by Iolo Morgannwg and J. Williams ab Ithel -- Bardism by Aneurin Vardd -- Fairies and Druids of Ireland by Charles de Kay -- Druidical chants preserved in the choruses of popular songs in England, Scotland, Ireland and France by Charles Mackay -- Druidical magic by James Bonwick -- Par tthree: Recovery: Druidry in the twentieth century -- Initiatory ceremonies and priesthood by Dudley Wright -- Druidic church by Sir John Daniel -- Druids in tradition by T.D. Kendrick -- Druidic theology and ritual by Lewis Spence -- Tree-trilothon of the year Duir -- month of the Oak: 11 June -- 8 July by Ross Nichols -- Four Celtic fire festivals by Colin Murray 
650 0 |a Druids and Druidism. 
650 0 |a Celts  |x Religion. 
651 0 |a Europe  |x Religion. 
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