Living the Irish Wheel of the Year

Description

For those called to walk the sacred wheel of the Irish year, Living the Irish Wheel of the Year offers the most comprehensive guide available to authentic Celtic seasonal practice. Drawing on three decades of direct experience as a practitioner and Priest of the Mórrígan, Donald Quill presents the eight festivals of the Irish calendar as living traditions rooted in Ireland’s ancient landscape, mythology, and spiritual consciousness.

From Samhain’s liminal threshold between worlds to the solar drama at Newgrange during Winter Solstice, from Imbolc’s awakening fires of Brigid to Bealtaine’s passionate celebration of fertility — each festival receives thorough treatment including historical context, mythological foundations, practical altar guidance, seasonal recipes, and rituals that honor both tradition and contemporary practice.

Beyond festival celebrations, the book provides extensive guidance for building meaningful relationships with Irish deities: Brigid, the Dagda, Lugh, the Mórrígan, Danu, Mananán mac Lir, Goibniu, and Ogma. Each profile includes mythological background, seasonal associations, offering practices, devotional prayers, and guidance for personal relationship building.

This is not superficial celebration. It is a serious practitioner’s guide for those genuinely called to Irish polytheism — whether practicing alone or with community, in Ireland or across oceans.