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Owen traces classical and Gaelic writings on the Druids, and then discusses the ideas about these pre-Christian priests that informed English literature from the 16th to the 19th centuries. He finds these literary notions to be at variance with the ideas about the Druids current before and after the period.

This book argues that the religion that flourished in the British Isles during the so-called Dark Ages had more in common with Eastern traditions such as Buddhism than with the later institutional Christianity of the West. This was the religion taught by the Celtic Church, which, over the early centuries of the Christian era gradually moved into confrontation with Rome - a confrontation that finally ended with Rome's victory at the Council of Whitby in 664 AD. The author examines the history, te...

From a precious oral tradition rooted more than 2,500 years in Ireland's past, John O'Donohue's Wisdom from the Celtic World trilogy brings you a vibrant spiritual legacy, unique in the Western world. A liberating feast of authentic blessings, prayers, insights, and teachings, brought to life by this acclaimed poet and teacher. Includes three full-length sessions: The Inner Landscape- Explores the Celtic way of welcoming paradox and finding precious light in the darkest valleys of our inner terr...

A BBC Radio 3 adaptation by Michael Symmons of Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'The Idylls of the King', narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith and broadcast on 12 July 2009 to mark the bicentenary of the poet's birth. In this extraordinary epic poem, Tennyson transforms Malory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur', infusing the legend of King Arthur with a passionate intensity. Told here in five acts, the central arc of the narrative encompasses Arthur's arrival, his relationship with Lancelot and Guinevere, the Holy Grail, the...