Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit

Description

In this exploration, Tom Cowan employs literary history to discover the shamanic roots of the Celtic spirit. It explores the shamanic roots of druidism, witchcraft and Celtic Christianity. Cowan draws together the shamans and the bards of old Europe and tells their spellbinding stories of shapeshifting and vision work. He cites the celtic myths and poems that evoke a strong connection to the ways of the shaman, and the spiritual importance that the words, story-telling and drumming can have in contemporary society.

Tom Cowan is the author of How to Tap Into Your Own Genius and the coauthor of Power of the Witch and Love Magic.

"An engrossing, intelligent, and shamanically well-informed work that is an important gift to all those Westerners seeking a knowledge of Celtic shamanism."-- Michael Harner, Ph.D., author of "The Way of the Shaman"An important and fascinating work on Celtic shamanism. Highly recommended."-- Serge Kahili King, author of "Urban Shaman"A fascinating and entertaining study ... [illuminating] glimpses of an original Celtic shamanism that appears in British and Irish folklore and liteary remains. "Fire in the Head" also offers an account of Celtic supernaturalism in general, and unveils the mysterious background of certain folk heroes, such as Robin Hood."-- ?ke Hultkrantz, author of "Native Religions of North America"A remarkable exploration of shamanism [using] cross-cultural myths to explain the history and roots of the Celtic spirit."-- Sandra Ingerman, author of "Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self