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Popularity of Celtic Spirituality

Celts are an ancient tribe that inhabited kinship. Celtic historical motherland is
most part of the Northern Europe between Ireland and territories around it. The
800 BCE and 400 CE. Their unique culture isolation of Ireland didn't allow
has always attracted attention of people. spreading Roman authority on it.
Especially interesting and popular is Monasteries were the places of holly
Celtic diversity - Celtic spirituality. atmosphere and looked just like big
Celtic religion is appreciated and tribal villages inhabited by all people:
honoured by all Christians: Catholic and monks, slaves, freemen, usual men and
Protestant. They are interested in women and priesthood. These people used
different sides of this religion but it to be representatives from the one clan
goes without saying that Celtic culture of relatives. Some monasteries were
should be observed and analysed.Celtic situated in isolated places and others
spirituality has some distinguishing were just the crossroads of main
features, one of them is its diversity: towns.Celts also made invaluable deposit
it combines polytheistic and monotheistic in the development and making of the
features, earthy rituals and educational system. They took part in the
transcendental mysticism. The appearance spreading of the literacy among Ireland
of Celtic spirituality is dated back to and other Celtic lands and reservation of
first mythological mentions. Second dogmas of learning during "dark
feature of Celtic spirituality is its ages".Celtic liturgy started its
natural character, ties with earth. The existence in ancient times and included
Celtic spirituality is contained in sky, components that are eternal and won't
earth, sun, and sea - in all nature. lose its actuality with the further
Celts believed in sanctity of nature and development of the society. Their main
tried to take care of it. The third thing themes are monasticism, closeness between
is mystical and relational directivity. God and nature, importance of the family
Celtic diversity comes more from and kinship, storytelling, love and
experience than from theological dogmas. respect of the Mother of the god, peace
Celts are looking for the religious and justice, hospitality and education.
origins in their hearts and souls; they Irish monks are still famous for their
don't accept philosophical substantiation inestimable work as educators of
of the belief.Celts see the necessity of Europe.Many modern seasonal festivals
collaboration between people and the have Celtic origin. From a lot of
earth, people and the spirits of nature sources we can find information about
and the Holy Spirit that is the head of assemblies of Druids but exact dates are
all living creatures and is beyond all not given. The building of the Imperial
names. Celts believe in existence of many temple at Lugdunum was probably dedicated
gods and angels and image them as living to the feast of Lugh. The lack of dates
beings, not just abstract creations. makes it difficult to determine the
According to the Celtic understanding of origin of some traditions and feats that
the world, these divine beings can are rooted in the Celtic culture.The
communicate with people in their own invention of the Coligny Calendar is the
mystical way.Another interesting thing oldest inscription in Celtic language and
about the Celts is their love to poetry, gives us the flavour of the development
beauty and creativity. Celtic diversity, of Celtic civilisation. It was invented
which combines mysticism, love of nature between first century BCE and first
and comes from the relational century CE and contains reconciliation
spirituality, is in natural harmony with between two years. According to this
beauty and poetry. The development of calendar the year is divided in 12 months
Celtic culture is the way of unique, rich with 29-30 days each. Every two years the
culture. Every religious and 13th month has to be added. By this
philosophical doctrine can find familiar calendar ancient Celts hold their feasts
features just to itself but the and every five years had a great
understanding of Celtic culture needs sacrifice. It was the first attempt to
neutrality and objective sensation. lock in the changes of constant motion of
Celtic culture can be compared with a nature and so of time. This calendar
magnificent tree with a lot of branches. became the foundation of the modern
These branches got their further one.Votive offerings are a kind of Celtic
development and now have become common worshipping that helps us to dive deeper
values.The pre-Christian world was the in Celtic outlook and understand reasons
world of Celts, who worshiped nature. To and motives of these ceremonies. Workers
the Celtic outlook, the land was the main and artificers were fastened to big
goddess, the rivers were her helpers and temples and produced special holy
they enriched the earth. Celts used to souvenirs and mass-produced offerings.
live in forests, where they were close to They were usually made from wood, later
the nature and could learn the language from clay and metal. The most popular and
of trees and wisdom of animals. With the common offerings were coins. Special tiny
appearance of Christianity ancient Celts coins were invented that could be used
didn't disturb their close ties with just for offerings. For example, there
nature, they connected their love to were coins devoted to the Goddess and
nature with the main principles of were her properties. The number of these
Christianity. Celtic monks lived in deep coins is high and they can be find
forests and wrote their religious works practically in every Celtic temple during
for the gifts of nature. The most diggings. The next votive offerings were
important thing was to understand the personal jewellery, such as rings,
divine origin of all things and god's bracelets, earrings, pins, and necklaces.
existence in nature. Celts saw life as a Sometimes special rites of "killing" the
constantly changing circulation of life personal spirit of these things were hold
and death. Everything moved in a spiral before the sacred deposition. Even now we
and nature's observation gave a don't know the exact purposes of this
possibility to find mechanism of rite.Another type of offerings was
development of the world. Nowadays we creation of anatomical models and
have practically completely lost the representation of diseases on the statues
awareness of spiral development and it's of ancient Celtic gods. For example,
difficult to gain an understanding of the Seguana, Goddess of the River Seine was
world.Life of Celts is an integration of depicted with models of eyes, limbs,
spirit, community and nature, and these heads and internal organs. Sometimes
concepts were a single whole and couldn't particular diseases that had pilgrims
exist separately that can be scarcely were reflected on the statues these
imagined in our modern society. The pilgrims worshiped.
returning to these Celtic dogmas can help Celtic spirituality is not just a form
us understand who we are.Celtic of ancient religion, even now it has a
Christians strongly believed in Holy lot of followers and is very popular. The
Trinity. By the Celtic outlook the world number of sources, which refer to Celtic
is created by the main god who surrounds civilisation is great and you can find
the entire world with his two arms of practically everything you want to know.
love: the left arm is the spirit and the The rebirth of Celtic culture is growing
right one is Christ. Christ is the stronger and there are a lot of groups
supreme example of human life. Being practising Celtic religion.
close to the Christ means the One of the most popular religious
understanding and getting of supreme and groups, Neo-Pagan Druids of Ar n'Draiocht
eternal love and wisdom. Early Celtic Fein takes the basis of the Celtic
Christians didn't go to church they religion and combines them with main
preferred worshipping in small features of Indo-European cultures.
communities and sharing their food, Another groups such as "Celtic Wicca",
money, work with the representatives of "Celtic Magic" and others try to render
this small group. They saw Christ in Celtic culture. Such popularity is
their neighbour and shared everything explained by relevant and eternal
with him.Celts had a lot of traditions principles of this religion.Sometimes
and cults that were directly connected modern follows can have nothing familiar
with nature, animals and different gods with Celtic spirituality except of names
and spirits. Every family had special of the gods. The best method of finding
rites aimed to protect all the members of your place among numerous religions is to
the family from evil spirits. Feasts and follow the summons of your voice. You
banquets were one of the components of choice can be based on knowledge about
ritual including special food and different religions and but it's
atmosphere. During a feast a minstrel important to make own you conscious
usually sang songs about deeds of famous choice. Just basis on your own experience
warriors. After the minstrel's songs his can lead you to all mysteries and wonders
listeners began to boast of their own of religious world. Following ancient
brave deeds. As they all had drunk too kind of religion, for example Celtic one,
much, they began quarreling and fighting is a very important and meaningful
and even some men could be killed. choice. You should research and
Early Celtic spirituality is understand Celtic worldview.All the
characterised by animal divinity. Even religions are good and unique. I think
now we can find statues of horses, bears, that religion is very personal choice and
birds created by the Celts. Only later it should be made individually. The
with the influence of Mediterranean religious freedom is guaranteed by the
culture it took anthropomorphic element. Constitutional law and can't be limited
Not all animals were thought sacred and or neglected. The main aim of the Church
this explains specific sensitive attitude is to unite people, to bring peace to the
to horses and cattle.Celtic hierarchy of earth. It's very painful for me that
Gods combined Christianity and Greek sometimes exactly religion is the reason
religion and at the same time developed of wars and conflicts. I have a strong
its own peculiarities. Cernunnos is the determination that religion mustn't judge
god that is responsible for money and the representatives of other
grain and is correlated with variety of confessions.Celtic religion gained its
both domestic and wild animals. There are popularity among people because of its
also such Celtic gods as Jupiter Taranis, generality and eternity. It advocates
Sulis Minerva, Lenus Mars, Rosmerta, main principles of humanity: love and
Mercury, Epona and other. Celts were respect for family and kin; love of
polytheistic, so believed in many gods. nature, poetry and other kinds of art.
They thought gods to be inhabitants of Celtic spirituality assumes communication
the thickest and darkest parts of the with god and spirits that are closely
forest. Such plants as mistletoe and connected with nature. It combines
oak-tree were considered sacred. There is natural and supernatural and pictures the
a big group of historians that think that god as a supreme human being with perfect
the Celts were headed by a class of intelligence and power.The esoteric
priests called Druids. Stonehenge was the traditions of Celtic spirituality allow
temple of Druids. Druids' way of us develop our inner capacities and
worshiping was rather cruel and proposed contact many resources for healing and
sacrifices of human beings to get god's wisdom. We may develop a relationship
pardon. The Druids put the men in huge with Brigit, who used to be a goddess of
baskets and burned them in the presence the abundant earth and life-giving sun,
of people. But this historical opinion later a Christian saint; or Morgan of the
isn't still improved or disapproved.So, Isle of Avalon, known for her skills in
to sum up, Celtic spirituality is herbal medicine. Celtic spirituality is
characterised by love of nature, art and the way to open supernatural powers for
poetry; relationship between saints and those who believe in this.
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