Rhonda McCrimmon

This unique guide to the Celtic Wheel of the Year offers readers both traditional and modern methods of celebrating seasonality. Each section explores a different season and associated festival, providing insight into how the wisdom of the ancient Celts can be applied to our lives today. Embrace Celtic traditions and seasonality with The Celtic Wheel of the Year! This one-of-a-kind guide explores the year as the ancient Celts understood it, offering insight into the layered connection between the land, cycles of life, and your place within them. With author and Celtic shaman Rhonda McCrimmon as your guide, you will explore the Wheel of the Year, learning the attributes of each cardinal direction as well as its center. You will learn both traditional and modern ways of honoring seasonality with the four Celtic fire festivals: Imbolc, Beltaine, Lughnasadh, and Samhain. Rather than viewing the Wheel of the Year as a rigid structure, you can allow it to guide your intuition and adapt it to your needs. McCrimmon invites you to engage with it and each festival in ways that resonate with you. Your journey around the wheel is uniquely yours. The Celtic Wheel of the Year is here to guide and support you as you walk the Celtic path in a way that honors your truth.

Celtic shamanism (aka European shamanism) is an ancient spiritual tradition whose origin predates the arrival of Christianity in northern Europe. One of the central beliefs of Celtic shamanism is that the spirituality you seek is inside you. In this groundbreaking book, Rhonda McCrimmon explains the origin and practices of Celtic shamanism, and teaches readers about the three energetic cauldrons and how to work with them. According to over a thousand years of Celtic tradition, the root of a person's physical, spiritual and emotional health comes from the three Cauldron Power Centers found in the energetic body. The Celts believed a person must activate, nurture, and maintain all three cauldrons to live a whole, connected, meaningful life. The Cauldron of Warming contains the innate knowledge which is our birthright. Childhood trauma can cause this cauldron to drain, leaving us feeling anxious and fearful. The Cauldron of Motion is on its side at birth and fills when we experience deep grief or joy. A filled Cauldron of Motion helps us to love and nurture, while an empty one can foster boundary issues and allow us to be easily drained by the emotions of others. The Cauldron of Wisdom is upside down at birth and is righted when we develop our spiritual gifts and connect with nature. As we right this cauldron, we receive the divine knowledge of the ancient Celts. In this book you will learn how to bring your energetic cauldrons into balance, in addition to exploring the tradition of Celtic fire festivals and the sacred practice of saining. Regardless of your ancestral roots, Celtic Shaman Rhonda McCrimmon invites you to partake of this ancient wisdom and begin your journey down the shaman's path.