The Celts: Search for a Civilization

The roots of Celtic spirituality stem from the sacredness of the land. The Celts were traditionally an agrarian people who viewed the land as not only alive, but also as a great Goddess who provided for all their earthly spiritual needs.

Projecting the aisled halls and villas of the late Roman province, which tell of thriving rural lordship, into the century after, say, 450 is a tough ask. Archaeology has little to say of individuals like Vortigern, Hengest, Arthur or Ambrosius, although one might ascribe to them, as a governing class, the planning and execution of the linear earth

The Tuatha dé Danann, a mythical race of god-like beings with supernatural powers, came to Eire in the mists, or perhaps in a cloud, across the seas. They arrived with four magical possessions—treasures in fact—that played a significant part in Celtic mythology. The first was the Lia Fail, the Stone of Destiny, upon which all Irish kings would be c

Both undoubtedly carried with them a formidable corpus of mathematical, astronomical, engineering and philosophical knowledge which fused together in Ireland and Britain, and probably only subsequently in Gaul, to form the powerful and multi-faceted group of Bards, Ovates and Druids that are referred to in the classical texts.

Religion, Culture, and Myth For all the diversity of the greater Celtic world, however, there were a few common cultural characteristics to be found among its people. Perhaps the most important aspect for Wiccans is the emphasis on nature in Celtic religion.