About this title: With an introduction by Carl McColman, this classic study of traditional Celtic spirituality ties ancient Paganism, medieval myth, and traditional Fairy beliefs into a powerful celebration of Celtic wisdom and magic. The author, W. Y. Evans-Wentz, was best known as the translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. In the world of Celtic spirituality he made his mark through The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. This magnificent book is a collection of stories, anecdotes, and legends from all six of the regions where Celtic ways have persisted in the modern world: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 2003-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Brand New. Paperback. With a new introduction by Carl McColman, this new edition of the classic study of traditional Celtic spirituality ties ancient Paganism, medieval myth, and traditional Fairy beliefs into a powerful celebration of Celtic wisdom and magic. The author, W. Y. Evans-Wentz, was best known as the translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. In the world of Celtic spirituality he made his mark through The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. This magnificent book is a collection of ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780486425221ISBN:0486425223
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Citadel Press/Carol Publishing Group;, N. Y. :
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780806511603ISBN:0806511605
Description: Very Good+ 0806511605. 524 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Index, footnotes.; Reprint of 1960 edition of 1911 original. Scholarly overview of folkloric beliefs regarding fairies, collected in England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Cornwall, and Brittany (France). Researched 1907-1909.; Exterior rubbed, mainly along edges of spine. No major defects. Interior clean, binding tight and square. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781437530674ISBN:1437530672
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Citadel Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780806511603ISBN:0806511605
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Waking Lion Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781600967566ISBN:1600967566
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Waking Lion Press
Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
Date Published: 2008
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Description: Fine. Paperback with near-new covers (tiny edge crimps) with bright multi-colored image, with clean, unmarked pages though tanning along edges, binding tight as new and unread (clean page edge, uncreased spine). Note: Post Office Delivery Confirmation provided by e-mail to enable you to track your package (for US addresses); overseas airmail (generally 2-3 weeks delivery) provided for non-US addresses. Book is shipped in padded envelope and packaged in bubble wrap. read more
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00564 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Unknown
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780217384957ISBN:0217384951
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Edition: Stated: First Printing 1966
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Books
Date Published: 1966
Description: Hardcover bok with dj, dj has yellow tape marks on inside flap from tape holding the plastic covering over the dj; price is not cut; book itself is clean/tight/undamaged. read more
Edition: First Edition, Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Books, Inc, NY
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8 vo. Reprint of 1911 first edition; dj w/lite wear, clipped price; ownr's name; 514 clean, unmarked pages. read more
"Interesting, but it would have been better if the author wasn't an Edwardian-era Spiritulist (in my option). Some of the "scientific" parts near the end of the book were painful to read."
"One of my favorite quotes (I don't remember where I read it, probably in a book about consciousness or neurology) is, "what you see is your brain's best guess about what's out there." Most brains, at least in the US, don't guess "fairy." I like imagining a world where brains did. I loved this book."
"An early book by the guy who brought us (in English) The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and in its own way it too is a serious book on alternate realities and/or other dimensions. Plus the edition I have is part of the Library of the Mystic Arts and has an intro by Terence McKenna, the late psychonaut, who elsewhere had paralleled fairies and the little gibbering beings he encountered after taking DMT.
The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries offers plenty of speculation and theories regarding who or what fairies are and where they come from, which is interesting though probably futile. But it is also an anthropological study of fairy faith which involved interviews with hundreds of people in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, etc. in the early 20th century. This is probably my favorite part of the book, in that the interviews help create in my mind one of the most evocative portraits of down-to-earth country life tinged with the supernatural I've ever come across. Just reading these oral tales can make you get up from your chair and go fall asleep in a haystack, or climb a stile in farmland at twilight, the back of your neck tingling in expectation of something subtle but very weird waiting to happen. Reading this can make air itself seem thicker; thicker with darting intelligences and mystery and fleeting meaning.
There are so many images and definitions of fairies swirling around in our culture that it's probably hard to read a book like this with a clear mind, but if you can do it you'll see that there are no pat definitions of fairies and that anyway it's all about the human imagination and the ability to regard the imagination as just another component of reality and source of information as we continue to try to make heads or tails of life and its infinite intrigue and complexity."
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