Caitlín Matthews is a writer, singer, and teacher whose groundbreaking work has introduced many to the riches of Western spiritual heritage. She is acknowledged as a world authority on Celtic Wisdom, the Western Mysteries, and the ancestral traditions of Britain and Europe. Her teachings, grounded in a firm historical and linguistic framework, explore the living traditions of these disciplines, offering practical engagement with their spiritual sources. Matthews leverages her background as an actress, excelling as a storyteller and singer, with her most significant contribution being the revelation of forgotten ancestral heritage through deep research and practical application.
Offering advice on the application of simple shamanic principles to daily life, this book sets out to show how they can be learned by anyone, regardless of creed or religion. It describes how, through practical exercises, readers can explore their inner space, journeying between the everyday world and the spiritual realm of the shaman, and how to harness creative imagination and innate healing powers, and find one's spirit voice and true destiny.
An introductory guide to the collection of stories known as the "Mabinogion". Collected in a volume by Lady Charlotte guest in 1849, the stories are preserved in two Welsh manuscripts written in the Middle Ages.
Discover forgotten divinatory skills, and learn to read the Tarot with confidence. Not just another Tarot book, Untold Tarot presents historic styles of reading little known in the modern era. It teaches traditional ways of reading used for pre-twentieth-century decks, drawing upon older cartomantic arts such as blending and pairing cards, reading lines, and following "line of sight" to piece together untold stories according to the direction in which the characters are facing. The time to rediscover these lost skills is ripe, and the practical and personal approach presented here empowers you to read in your own fluid style and develop a full palette of skills. The book also includes a selection of card spreads drawn from traditional French and Italian sources, plus methods of reading cards based on the author's own extensive research.
The Celtic Book of the Dead is a 42-card oracle based on the ancient Irish story of the Voyage of Maelduin, given here in a new translation by Caitlín Matthews.[Bokinfo]
Call on Your Ancestors for Guidance, Help and Healing
88 pages
4 hours of reading
Created by renowned Celtic and shamanic expert Caitlín Matthews, this unique oracle connects users to their ancestors through the archetypes of the Celtic world, providing guidance and insight. Matthews’ wisdom, rooted in a lifelong dedication to spiritual and ancestral paths, helps individuals discover their truths grounded in both tribal and personal ancestry. The oracle includes an 88-page guidebook and 40 beautifully illustrated cards by Wil Kinghan.
The cards are divided into two sets: 1. Divine Ancestor, featuring eight cards that represent the matriarch (goddess) and patriarch (god) archetypes from which everyone descends; 2. Clan, comprising 32 cards that embody the collective wisdom of Common Ancestors, categorized into Truth, Honour, Sovereignty, and Wisdom, reflecting various aspects of Celtic society (farmers, warriors, nobles, and artists/craftspeople).
Users can draw a single card for immediate guidance or perform spreads of three to eight cards for deeper insights, as detailed in the guidebook. The Clan Cards assist in decision-making and navigating challenges, while the Divine Ancestors prompt reflection on personal attitudes and deeper motives. This oracle is also ideal for addressing family or social issues, including those inherited from recent ancestors or arising in contemporary contexts.
A modern twist on the classic Waite-Smith Tarot to address the needs of the 21st century!The Time Changer’s Tarot was written to help us navigate the times in which we are currently living. Each of us is a time changer—people who not only are living through changing times but can also see and affect how time changes the landscape around us.The Time Changer’s Tarot offers practical ways of understanding the world. The 360-page guidebook will• expand our predictions to become in tune with larger events in our community and the world• offer advice to become a responsive Time Changer during your life span and throughout the world• adapt to diverse social interactions• show how to be environmentally responsible• show solutions to modern issues and how everyone can be a part of themThe Time Changers Tarot is for a new millennium that all Waite-Smith Tarot lovers can use as a guide to steer through the challenging maze in which we live. Every decision we make has an impact, and in changing times, it is we who must be the time changers!Card 2 1/8" x 3 1/2"
The history of Tarot Médiéval reads like an adventure novel. It was a French Tarot originally written by Francis Rolt-Wheeler and artist Christian Loring but published in the fateful year of 1939. Following the fall of France in June 1940, it seems not to have survived, and few copies of the original remain. Caitlín Matthews has translated and edited Rolt-Wheeler’s text and written new material for this beautiful Tarot, whose art has been painstakingly restored by renowned artist Wil Kinghan. Tarot Médiéval has a luminous, dreamlike, medieval setting, with fully illustrated 22 Major Arcana, 16 Court Cards, and 40 Pip cards in the suits of Cups, Swords, Scepters (Wands), and Shekels (Coins). Each card explores the symbolic, initiatic, Kabbalistic, numerological, astrological, and divinatory significances, to nourish the spiritual life. The historical and magical context of this extraordinary deck is rooted in the Oswald Wirth school of Tarot, and Caitlín has provided new ways of using the cards that give meditational paths to explore it in a deeper way. This is a Tarot whose time has come, and an inward adventure of a lifetime is waiting in the cards.
A study of Celtic visionary methods, from second sight and prophecy to reading
omens and making divinations, which includes description of ancient practices
as well as activities to encourage these skills in ourselves.
Discover the Living Wisdom of the Ancient Celts The ancient Celts and their spiritual mediators, the Druids believed in the communion of all living things and sought harmony between nature and the human soul. Now, with this inspiring book of day-by-day mediations, renowned Celtic scholar Caitlín Matthews shows you how to reawaken the power of this age-old spiritual inheritance.Using poetry, myths, reflections, rituals, and visualizations, Matthews leads you on a yearlong pilgrimage that will help connect the cycles of your soul to the circle of the seasons. From the winter months of Samhain the summer months of Beltant, from mediations on the gifts and blessings of life to the insights and promises of the soul, she enables you to complete your own sacred circuit of the turning year.Brimming with the legends and lore of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and Britain, The Celtic Spirit is a brilliant introduction to the sacred wisdom of the Celtic path--and a potent resource for daily spiritual renewal.
