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Celtic Magic (1990)

by D. J. Conway

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Celtic magic. These words conjure up images of Druids and mystical oak groves, daring Irish warriors, fairies, elves, and ancient deities who took an active part in the lives of the people who worshipped them. Practical and easy to understand, Celtic Magicoffers important features that distinguish it from other books written about the Celts: An in-depth discussion of Celtic culture and customs A complete listing of Celtic myths and deities Step-by-step instructions for spellwork, ritual, meditations, and divination to help you gain insight or make changes in your life This friendly Celtic magic book is designed for both beginners and those who possess intermediate-level magical skills--and anyone who simply has a great interest in Celtic history, lore, and magic.… (more)
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First: if you never get tired of this debate, O world of Man, then I won’t, either, lol.

(Renaissance pistol guy with a glass eye) Wicca is normal to 1% of the population. Therefore, Wicca is too normal, and normal to too many people. Science of history, science of the tribes, science of magic, science of trolling—the five sciences! (fires antique gun into TV screen)

~I mean, imagine if TikTok weren’t the only place you could go for non-hate-keeping/gate-keeping/snobbery, you know. We could be intelligent, and yet also not—

(Glass eye man) Shoot to kill!

Bro, don’t need no gun to blow your mind: whatever gets you through the night, do it wrong or do it right, it’s alright, right?

(Glass eye man) Celticism is a rigidly defined written concept, closely guarded by the, (lowers voice) Ancient Hate Keepers, sorry, Gate Keepers.

Well, but at least I’m having this conversation about the critics, not the book, right. The ‘received’ sort of critic, what was it that Agent Smith said about them? ‘You are a disease, pox on this planet. You are the plague, and we are the cure.’ He went on to say—

(Baby Brigid) Boo boo.

Baby Brigid wants to be nurtured. She may be a Celt, too, but—silence! I’m busy trying to convince the world that I am the Only Irish Person, that most scarce and thinly-distributed or tribes, and that it is my duty! And my sacred obligation! To guard the gates of Hellas and with the arrows of the Aventine, for my tribe, the Celticists, the men of wisdom, the men of knowledge, the men of the tribes! The men of the truth!

(Baby Brigid) Boo boo. (farts) (laughs)

(ahhh) Will you go find your Mother!

…. Now, I know that we’re all a little racist, and that people tend to double down when you call them racist—like our friends the Trump supporters, ‘I may not be a racist but you sure seem inferior, buddy!’—but I sure think that the average member of Insufferable White Boy University’s College of Ancient Languages is a lot more racist than me.

But I guess this little episode disabused us of the notion that ‘cultural appropriation’ accusations isn’t often about protecting whitey from the new thing in town, you know.

…. (sigh) Anyway, as someone born in the 80s, I guess I’m old now lol—I wonder how long before COVID becomes a gross old person memory, (teenage girl), ‘It only lasted a year; get over it’—but I guess I remember when I thought that religion would never need to change after Buddha and Jesus, you know. But you wouldn’t want the old Avalon back, and if you do you can’t. It’s the same with any religion, even if it’s essentially true of these. But the idea that there’s One Right Way that never changes is a ‘scriptural’ idea, right. And yet even the paganisms that have survived have shoehorned into a pseudo-scriptural lens. ‘Homer is the only thing I will teach you, boys, and Greek is the only language we will use. Up, boys, up—sing God Save the Queen: in Greek!’

…. I mean, I understand that people have basic dispositions that don’t change even if they acquire interests, but…. ‘Romance is bad. My brand is good.’ (hands book: Blah blah blah, “They Are WRONG: The Secrets of Everything Revealed”. A (brand) book). ‘What’s good about your brand?’ ‘That it isn’t a brand. It’s the truth!’

…. (rolls eyes) She opens the book with an original poem, but I seriously don’t understand how I could have been warned that it was about real life and inspiration and not academic history and things that matter! Oh well! (cracks open his copy of ‘I’m A Genius—Just Ask Kant!’).

…. And it is sad that the Magic of Skepticism people—‘I did a spell!…. Or did I?…. Would Old Paleface my ancestor have done this spell on 212BC?…. Or maybe, I’m just a nut…. This are important questions, that the chess club should research!’—have to do mask the fact that this IS research, and research is indeed required, as it’s part of what makes you free. Without specialized knowledge, we have only the path of the common herd open to us, perhaps indeed, only the folk Christian—the football Christian, the bar crawl Christian. Before there can be passionate love, there must be deep knowledge. Otherwise, there will still be love, in a way, but you will not imagine it aright.

…. I mean, it’s basically a book about Celtic Wicca, a topic that others have covered, just like every other topic has been covered by someone before, and it’s not the insufferable cool kid take on Celtic religion. It’s simple, yet informative. Is it really necessary to lose your fucking mind, cool kids?

…. And I love how people can read a popular nonfiction book and say, not even, “I’m skeptical and I want to check this against the footnotes version that refers to the many obscure expensive books”; they just laugh and say, This is the little girls’ version! Now I KNOW that this is what didn’t happen!

But yeah; we all have different tastes in these things, those of us who are so inclined at all, right.

…. But really, there’s a lot of good reference information in this book, and with a very good price for a modern (in-copyright) book, too.
  goosecap | Jan 7, 2024 |
I actually don't know why I own this book, but it's going on my 'Religion and Spirituality' shelf and I'll smile every time I notice it. Not terrible source material for an RPG. ( )
  Glorgana | Dec 27, 2023 |
blech
1 vote ibonewits | Oct 29, 2016 |
This is essentially the same book as D.J. Conway's Northern Magic,with the substitution of Celtic names for Norse ones. --AMK
1 vote AdocentynLibrary | Aug 28, 2015 |
Great little fantasy about what Ancient Celtic culture could have been if Wicca had influenced it... or even existed in ancient times. Poorly researched, misappropriation of culture. Books like this are why people believe Wicca is an ancient religion and not a new age religion influenced by ancient beliefs. ( )
1 vote KRaySaulis | Aug 13, 2014 |
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Celtic magic. These words conjure up images of Druids and mystical oak groves, daring Irish warriors, fairies, elves, and ancient deities who took an active part in the lives of the people who worshipped them. Practical and easy to understand, Celtic Magicoffers important features that distinguish it from other books written about the Celts: An in-depth discussion of Celtic culture and customs A complete listing of Celtic myths and deities Step-by-step instructions for spellwork, ritual, meditations, and divination to help you gain insight or make changes in your life This friendly Celtic magic book is designed for both beginners and those who possess intermediate-level magical skills--and anyone who simply has a great interest in Celtic history, lore, and magic.

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    Celtic Magic - Magical Knowledge for Everyday Life

Celtic Magic is an ancient practice firmly rooted in the Celtic pantheon, Nature and the Elements. Included in this book are the various methods of spellwork, ritual, meditation, and divination that can help you influence or even change certain aspects of your life.
    Learn how to:
  • Gain Money
  • Gain Love [careful with this one]
  • Gain Protection
  • Gain Prophecies
  • Rid yourself of negatives
  • Bind a trouble-maker
  • Strengthen your psychic Shield
  • Promote physical, mental and spiritual health


"An excellent, informative, and practical book on Celtic Magic. He gives much valuable information. The Tables of Correspondence and Tables of Deities alone are worth the cost of the book. For anyone interested in the Celts and/or Magic, this is a must."
~ Raymond Buckland
Celtic magic. These words conjure up images of Druids and mystical oak groves, daring Irish warriors, fairies, elves, and ancient deities who took an active part in the lives of the people who worshipped them. Practical and easy to understand, Celtic Magic offers important features that distinguish it from other books written about the Celts:
―An in-depth discussion of Celtic culture and customs
―A complete listing of Celtic myths and deities
―Step-by-step instructions for spellwork, ritual, meditations, and
   divination to help you gain insight or make changes in your life
This friendly Celtic magic book is designed for both beginners and those who possess intermediate-level magical skills―and anyone who simply has a great interest in Celtic history, lore, and magic.
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