Tapadh leat, a charaid. I'm learning Scottish Gaelic and am surprised at how often self-proclaimed "Celtic spirituality" experts are promoting their workshops to the Gaelic learning community. It's refreshing to read about where these ideas come from and I look forward to your recommendations for better resources.
If I see one more person claim to be a "storyteller not a historian" I'm going to have nervous break. It hurts me how common this is in "Celtic" spaces. Stories are important and have their place, but the aversion to facts is baffling to me. Thanks for reading this so I never have to lol
My pleasure! Unfortunately, this is true. I believe the main issue is the lack of quality sources available in mainstream bookstores. It’s much easier to buy a cheap book at the local Waterstones or Barnes & Noble, than an expensive compendium from Brill. This is the one benefit I see in Amazon: making affordable but high quality texts available to everyone easily. Hopefully in time this will remedy the issue.
What would you recommend reading for an accurate Celtic understanding?
Dia dhuit, a chara,
This is very good question, though one that requires more than a paragraph to answer. I will make sure to answer it in the next article.
Beannacht leat,
Dustin
Tapadh leat, a charaid. I'm learning Scottish Gaelic and am surprised at how often self-proclaimed "Celtic spirituality" experts are promoting their workshops to the Gaelic learning community. It's refreshing to read about where these ideas come from and I look forward to your recommendations for better resources.
If I see one more person claim to be a "storyteller not a historian" I'm going to have nervous break. It hurts me how common this is in "Celtic" spaces. Stories are important and have their place, but the aversion to facts is baffling to me. Thanks for reading this so I never have to lol
Dia dhuit, a chara,
My pleasure! Unfortunately, this is true. I believe the main issue is the lack of quality sources available in mainstream bookstores. It’s much easier to buy a cheap book at the local Waterstones or Barnes & Noble, than an expensive compendium from Brill. This is the one benefit I see in Amazon: making affordable but high quality texts available to everyone easily. Hopefully in time this will remedy the issue.
Beannacht leat,
Dustin