Dùn Sgàthan Book List

Due to the First Nations Boycott of Amazon.com I have closed the bookstore in association with Amazon.com. So, this is just a book list now, sorry for any inconvenience. If you can't find these through your local bookstore (or you are like me and don't have a local bookstore please consider Powell's Books, Celtic Books for Scholars, Abesbooks or Half.com. And always remember Inter-Library Loan is your friend.

***Barry Rafferty. Pagan Celtic Ireland: the Enigma of the Irish Iron Age One of the best looks at archeological findings in Ireland. Well written, in depth, and beautifully illustrated. Highly recommended, EXCEPT where the cattle raising issues are concerned, the man is not a farmer and is very confused.

Anne Ross. The Pagan Celts Hard to find but worth the search

Anne Ross Pagan Celtic Britain

Celtic Mythology and Folklore

Frank Delaney Legends of the Celts Out of print but can have a search done.

T.P. Cross and C. Slover Ancient Irish Tales Also out of print, but worth the search

Jeffrey Gantz, trans. Early Irish Myths and Sagas

Jeffrey Gantz, trans. The Mabinogion

Miranda J. Green. Celtic Goddesses: Warriors, Virgins and Mothers

***Thomas Kinsella, trans. The Tain

***Proinsias MacCana. Celtic Mythology

F. Marian MacNeill The Silver Bough: Scottish Folk-Lore and Folk-Belief

***Joseph Falaky Nagy The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition Review coming soon! This is a MUST HAVE for anyone interested in the Outlaw warrior poet path

Daithi O hOgain. Myth, Legend, and Romance convenient "encyclopedia" style.

Anne Ross The Folklore of the Scottish Highlands

***Marie-Louise Sjoestedt. Celtic Gods and Heroes Review coming soon!

Walter Y. Evans-Wentz The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

Religion

***Alexander Carmichael. Charms of the Gaels (selections from the Carmina Gadelic) Scottish prayers and invocations ---most are decidedly Christian, but easily Paganized. A few are decidedly Pagan in orientation

Miranda J. Green. Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art

***Ronald Hutton. The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy A must for the Celtic orientated Neo-Pagan, shows the difference between much of the Neo Pagan fantasy and the facts. Is a bit rough about folklore and mythological sources, and is therefore problematic in assessments regarding these....he tries to cover too many academic disciplines and is weak in some such as folkloric anthropology.

Noragh Jones Power of Raven, Wisdom of Serpent: Celtic Women's Spirituality Scottish women's spirituality (very "traditional women's roles" based) book based mostly on some of the material in the Carmina Gadelica (see above)...recommended with caution, but might be of some interest.

***Stuart Piggott. The Druids Still the best single book on the subject, takes a critical look at the romantic malarkey.

***Alwyn and Brinley Rees. Celtic Heritage Best basic text on Celtic magic and the esoteric meaning of the lore.

Pictish

***W. A. Cummins The Age of the Picts

**Lloyd and Jenny Laing The Picts and the Scots

Anne Ritchie Picts ISBN: 0-114-93491-6

Alfred P Smyth Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000

Indo-European Studies

*** Hilda Ellis Davidson The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe Includes a great deal of Celtic material...highly recommended

***Hilda Ellis Davidson Roles of the Northern Goddesses Again, includes both Germanic and Celtic material...highly recommended

C. Scott Littleton The New Comparative Mythology : An Anthropological Assessment of the Theories of Georges Dumezil

J. P. Mallory In Search of the Indo-Europeans : Language, Archaeology, and Myth

Martial arts/self-defense/

Pauline Bart and Patricia O'Brien Stopping Rape: Successful Survival Strategies

***Judith Fein, Ph.D Are You a Target?

***Judith Fein, Ph.D. Exploding the Myth of Self-Defense

***Judith Fein, Ph.D. How to Fight Back and Win

Bruce Lee Tao of Jeet Kune Do

**Paxton Quigley Armed and Female

Paxton Quigley Not an Easy Target: Paxton Quigley's Self-Protection for Women

Warrior studies

***Collette Dowling The Frailty Myth: Redefining the Physical Potential of Women and Girls See my review here

***Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Ph.D. Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines See my review here

Rick Fields,ed. The Awakened Warrior

***Martha McCaughey Real Knockouts: The Physical Feminism of Women's Self-Defense See my review here

**Dáithí Ó hÓgáin Celtic Warriors:The Armies of One of the First Great Peoples in Europe See my review here

***Ellen Snortland Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls see my review here

Sun Tzu The Art of War

Fitness

***Karen Andes A Woman's Book of Strength

Karen Andes A Woman's Book of Power

Patrick Avon Boot Camp: Be all you used to be (the Sergeant's Program)

Not Recommended

The following are books that we do not recommend as source material --these books are inaccurate historically and/or mythologically. There are others that could be, and later might be listed here ---unfortunately the list of books that give inaccurate information regarding Celtic culture, mythology and religion is growing. We won't say "don't read them" as we believe in free speech ---but they are not acceptable for use in our study program, except as a possible comparison. And some, like The Veil of Isis are not without entertainment value.

The Celtic and/or Pagan

Raymond Buckland Scottish Witchcraft see my review here
D.J. Conway Celtic Magic see my review here
Tom Cowan Fire in the Head: Celtic Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit
Tom Cowan Yearning For The Wind: Celtic Reflections on Nature and the Soul
Robert Graves The White Goddess Might have some merit as poetic prose, but none regarding history or mythology.
Kathryn Hinds and Carl McColman Magic of the Celtic Gods and Goddesses: A Guide to Their Spiritual Power, Healing Energies, and Mystical Joy
Murry Hope Practical Celtic Magic
Alexei Kondratiev The Apple Branch aka Celtic Rituals This is OFTEN listed as CR, but it is not. Like many others in this list may be useful for those wanting some sort of "Celtic flavored" Wicca and is, at least, probably a better source than most for that.
Frank MacEowen The Mist-Filled Path: Celtic Wisdom for Exiles, Wanderers, & Seekers
Frank MacEowen The Spiral of Memory and Belonging: A Celtic Path of Soul and Kinship
Frank MacEowen The Celtic Way of Seeing: Meditations on the Irish Spirit Wheel
Caitlin and John Matthews ALL BOOKS, TOO MANY TO LIST
Edain McCoy Witta: an Irish Pagan Tradition
Edain McCoy Celtic Myth and Magic
Edain McCoy Celtic Women's Spirituality And everything else
Douglas Monroe. The 21 Lessons of Merlyn rather than trying to stomach a review I send you to one by Ceisiwr Serith here
Margaret Murray God of the Witches
Sharynne MacLeod NicMhacha Queen of the Night: Rediscovering the Celtic Moon Goddess
Lori O'Brien Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch
Jane Raeburn Celtic Wicca: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
W. Winwood Reade. The Veil of Isis or Mysteries of the Druids A silly bit recently back in print. Worth while for the humorous connections made between Egyptian priests, Druids, Masons, and the Roman Catholic Church---all waging war against all that is good of course.
Kisma Stepanich Faery Wicca Book 1 &FWB 2 And everything else

There are many more we do not recommend, including the works of all other "Celtic Shamanism" and "Celtic Wicca" books that we haven't gotten around to listing.

The Warrior

Richard J. Lane & Jay Wurts In Search of The Woman Warrior See my review here

Please remember the books listed in the section immediately above are NOT recommended!!!

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