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The Book of Kelle: The Story of the Great Celtic Mother-Goddess, the Original Blessed Lady of Ireland
The Book of Kelle The Story of the Great Celtic MotherGoddess the Original Blessed Lady of Ireland Author:Lochlainn Seabrook It has long been held, by both theologians and anthropologists, that the British Isles have never known Goddess-worship. In fact, the exact reverse is true. For the vast majority of the islands' history the veneration of a female Supreme Being (Mother-Goddess) was the only religion known. Indeed, from the Late Paleolithic Age (100,000 years ago)... more » to the Late Neolithic Age (4500 BCE), the concept of a male deity (Father-God) did not even exist. Proof of Anglo-Celtic Goddess-worship is overwhelmingly plentiful. Britain, Ireland, and Scotland, for example, were all named after goddesses, as were many of these nations' rivers, islands, towns, hills, and mountains. Reinforcing this evidence is the fact that many surrounding countries and regions also take their names from female deities. Among these we have Italy, Holland, Denmark, Crete, Malta, Albania, and Scandinavia. Europe is named after a goddess, as is our planet itself. The focus of this non-fiction work, however, is on the Goddess Kelle, who gave her name to her most ardent followers: the Kelts or Celts. Known by the poets as "the Blessed Lady of Ireland," Kelle's story is a rich and fascinating one; one which Lochlainn Seabrook, author of "The Goddess Dictionary of Words and Phrases" and "Britannia Rules: Goddess-worship in Ancient Anglo-Celtic Society," traces back through to early Asia, where she is still worshipped to this day as the Goddess Kali. A wonderful introduction to the study of female religion (thealogy).« less