Trade Paperback
1992 · Edinburgh
by Carmichael, Alexander
Edinburgh: Lindisfarne Press, 1992. Review Copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Review copy with slip laid in. Edge wear, page corners lightly dog-eared, smudge on top page ridge. 1992 Trade Paperback. 684 pp. This is the most complete anthology of Celtic oral tradition ever assembled. During his travels, Alexander Carmichael spent hours with peasants in their huts in front of peat fires listening as they "intoned in a low, recitative manner" these poems and prayers. This unique collection of living spirituality drawn from the depths of Celtic Christianity, represents a hidden oral tradition of great power and beauty, handed down through countless generations of Hebridean peasants. (Inventory #: 2335445)