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Announcing a new edition of the classic study of traditional Celtic spirituality -- a book that unites ancient Paganism, medieval myths, and traditional fairy beliefs into a powerful celebration of Celtic wisdom. W.Y. Evans-Wentz was best known as the translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, but in the world of Celtic spirituality, he made his mark through The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. This magnificent book collects stories, interviews, and legends from all six of the regions where Celtic ways have persisted into the modern world: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man. It examines how fairy spirituality survived, even in the face of hostility from modern science and religion. It celebrates how beliefs that only a century ago were dismissed as quaint and superstitious were in fact powerful principles of ancient cultures that remained an essential feature of the Celtic world for generation after generation. This edition of The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries includes an insightful new introduction by metaphysical author Carl McColman, emphasizing how this classic work remains important and vital to practitioners of Celtic and magical spirituality, nearly a century after it was written. Book jacket.