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Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit

by Tom Cowan

Celtic myth and shamanic practice

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Celtic myth and shamanic practice

Drawing on myths and tales associated with ancient Celtic poets and storytellers, Tom Cowan examines how shamanism relates to the Celtic imagination. The book also outlines techniques for accessing what it describes as the shaman’s world, placing its discussion of visionary experience alongside a cross-cultural exploration of shamanic traditions. Its subject brings together folklore, spiritual practice, and the interpretation of Celtic stories.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in Celtic mythology and folklore
  • Readers exploring shamanism and spiritual practices
  • Those interested in connections between visionary experience and traditional stories

Themes

Celtic folklore and mythologyShamanismVisionary experienceSpiritual practice

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Book overview

Fire in the Head is Tom Cowan's engrossing, intelligent, and shamanically well-informed work that is an important gift to all those Westerners seeking a knowledge of Celtic shamanism.

In The Song of Wandering Aengus, William Butler Yeats refers to the '"fire in the head" that characterizes the visionary experience. Tom Cowan has pursued this theme in Fire in the Head, a lyrical cross-cultural exploration of shamanism and the Celtic imagination that examines the myths and tales of the ancient Celtic poets and storytellers, and outlines techniques used to access the shaman's world.

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