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SUMMARY OF UNITS
- ANCESTRY
- Chronologies and Timelines of Celtic History. (Pre-requisite: None)
This unit is designed to help you get a clear sense and understanding of the important events in Celtic history and to acquire an understanding of how the Celtic speaking peoples fit into world history.
- Clans and Tribes - Social Structure of the Celtic World. (Pre-requisite: None)
The Celtic speaking peoples did not live in a profits oriented culture nor did they own the land they lived on. Their social structures were based on ties of kinship and fosterage. This unit is designed to help you understand this ancient way of life.
- Genealogy and the Conjectural Pedigrees of Royal Lines. (Pre-requisite: Ancestry 1 or Ancestry 2)
This unit will acquaint you with the science of genealogy and introduce you to the Conjectural Pedigrees of the royal lines of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. An important part of every druid's training was learning the royal pedigrees.
- Annals of Ulster and Other Chronicles. (Pre-requisites: Ancestry 1 or 2 and Ancestry 3)
In this unit you will become familiar with the medieval texts that chronical events in the lives of ancient kings.
- Discovering Your Own Family History. (Pre-requisites: Ancestry 1 or 2 and Ancestry 3)
It is important that we learn about our own particular families and discover our own personal roots. Considering the importance of fosterage in Celtic cultures, the roots of foster or adoptive families are just as worthy of discovery as the genealogies of natural parents.
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- Archaeology of Gaul. (Pre-requisite: None)
The history of the Celtic speaking peoples of Europe and the Isles is not written in words but it is recorded in the archaeological records. This unit provides you with: (a) an overview of the science of archaeology and (b) archaeological surveys of European Celtica.
- Archaeology of Ireland. (Pre-requisite: Archaeology 1)
Archaeological surveys and reports on sites of interest in Ireland.
- Archaeology of Britain and Wales. (Pre-requisite: Archaeology 1)
Archaeological surveys and reports on sites of interest in Britain and Wales.
- Archaeology of Scotland. (Pre-requisite: Archaeology 1)
Archaeological surveys and reports on sites of interest in Scotland.
- Takla-Makan Mummies and Other Indo-European Surveys. (Pre-requisite: Archaeology 1 and Archaeology 2 or 3 or 4)
Archaeological surveys and reports on the Takla-Makan mummies and other sites of interest in the Middle East and the Orient.
- ANCIENT WISDOM
- Celtic Languages. (Pre-requisite: None)
This unit provides a summary and overview of Indo-European languages in general and of Celtic languages in particular. It includes information on the development of the various surviving Celtic tongues.
- Ogham. (Pre-requisite: Ancient Wisdom 1)
Understanding the Ogham alphabet is essential to the education of anyone who is interested in Celtic traditions. This unit will help you to understand the actual roots of the Ogham alphabet, how it was originally used and how this sacred alphabet has been a key to unlocking ancient Celtic wisdom.
- Archaeoastronomy. (Pre-requisite: Archaeology 1)
Many of the ritual sacred sites of Celtica are aligned to important celestial events. This shows that those who built the ancient stone monuments were amazingly observant astronomers. Today we know that Stonehenge and Brugh na Boine were not built by the Iron Age Celts, but they continued to use many of these ancient observatories as ritual sites long after they occupied the lands of the original megalith builders. This unit is a summary and overview of some of the more important sites.
- Heraldry and Totems. (Pre-requisite: Ancestry 2)
Totem animals, trees and plants were important to our Celtic ancestors. This unit will help you discover how these links to the past live on in our world today.
- Herbs and Healing. (Pre-requisite: Folklore & Anthro. 2 or 3)
The Ollaves and Druids were skilled healers and herbalists. This unit specifically addresses the healing arts and includes information on the Fairy Doctors of Ireland.
- ANCIENT TEXTS
- The Sources. (Pre-requisite: None)
As a student of Celtic tradition you have seen many references to source documents and ancient texts. This unit is an overview and survey of the major sources that scholars rely on in their study and intrepretation of how our Celtic ancestors viewed their world.
- The Táin Bó Cuailgne. (Pre-requisite: Ancient Texts 1)
In this unit you will read the entire Táin Bó Cuailgne (Cattle Raid of Cooley). This is the Irish equivalent of the Greek Illiad and is essential reading for anyone studying Irish culture and traditions.
- The Mabinogion. (Pre-requisite: Ancient Texts 1)
In this unit you will read The Mabinogion, the great Welsh cycle of myth and legend. The Mabinogion is essential reading for anyone studying Welsh culture and traditions.
- The Book of Invasions. (Pre-requisite: Ancient Texts 1)
In this unit you will read the Book of Invasions, which tells the story of the Tuatha de Danann and the taking of Ireland by the Milesians. This great cycle of myth and legend is essential reading for anyone studying Irish culture and traditions.
- Arthur and the Matter of Britain. (Pre-requisite: Ancient Texts 2 and 3)
In this unit you will read various sources relating to Taliesin, Merlin, and Arthur. These stories are essential reading for anyone interested in the Grail Quest and the Matter of Britain.
- FOLKLORE & ANTHROPOLOGY
- The Sources. (Pre-requisite: None)
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries a number of folklorists and anthropologists collected information from the farmers and fisherfolk of Ireland, Scotland, Britain, Wales and Brittany. These collections of interviews, charms and tales are invaluable sources of modern beliefs in the ancient ways. This unit is an overview and survey of these collections and of the folklorists and anthropologists whose work has preserved this tradition for us.
- Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland. (Pre-requisite: Folklore & Anthro. 1)
In this unit you will read the Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland by Lady Gregory. Collected in the 19th century, these tales are essential reading for anyone interested in the Faery Faith as it survives in Ireland today.
- The Carmina Gadelica. (Pre-requisite: Folklore & Anthro. 1)
In this unit you will read extensive excerpts from The Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael. Collected in the 19th century, these tales are essential reading for anyone interested in the ancient traditions of Scotland and the Isles.
- Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries. (Pre-requisite: Folklore & Anthro. 1)
In this unit you will read extensive excerpts from the Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz. Collected in the second decade of the 20th century, these stories and accounts are taken from interviews with people in Ireland, Scotland and the Isles, Wales, and Brittany. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Faery Faith as it survives in Celtica today.
- Folklore and Superstitions. (Pre-requisite: Folklore & Anthro. 1 and 2 or 3 or 4)
In this unit you will study folk and faery tales of the Celtic countries and, also, learn about many superstitions that connect us to ancient traditions.
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