Caitlín Matthews

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http://www.hallowquest.org.uk

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Caitlín Matthews is a writer, singer and teacher whose ground-breaking work has introduced many to the riches of our western spiritual heritage.

She is acknowledged as a world authority on Celtic Wisdom, the Western Mysteries and the ancestral traditions of Britain and Europe. She is the author of over 50 books including Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom, a study of Divine Feminine in Gnostic, Jewish and Christian thought and King Arthur’s Raid on the Underworld, a new translation and study of the Welsh poet Taliesin’s extraordinary poem, itself a major cross-roads of British mythology.

Caitlín was trained in the esoteric mystery traditions through the schools founded by Dion Fortune, Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki and Gareth Knight. Her shamanic vocatio...more Caitlín Matthews is a writer, singer and teacher whose ground-breaking work has introduced many to the riches of our western spiritual heritage.

She is acknowledged as a world authority on Celtic Wisdom, the Western Mysteries and the ancestral traditions of Britain and Europe. She is the author of over 50 books including Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom, a study of Divine Feminine in Gnostic, Jewish and Christian thought and King Arthur’s Raid on the Underworld, a new translation and study of the Welsh poet Taliesin’s extraordinary poem, itself a major cross-roads of British mythology.

Caitlín was trained in the esoteric mystery traditions through the schools founded by Dion Fortune, Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki and Gareth Knight. Her shamanic vocation emerged early in her ability to sing between the worlds and to embody spirits. She has worked in many of the western traditions with companions upon the path including R.J.Stewart. Like him, she teaches the many strands of the ancestral European traditions. She specializes in teaching traditional European spirit-consultation oracles where the diviner draws directly upon the spirits of nature for answers and in the use of the voice to sound the unseen. Caitlín has been instrumental in revealing the ancestral heritage of the Western traditions through practical exploration of the mysteries as well as through scholarly research. Her teachings are couched in a firm historical and linguistic framework, with respect to the original context of the teachings, but never loses sight of the living traditions of these teachings which can be explored through direct application to their spiritual sources.

Trained as an actress, Caitlín is in demand as a storyteller and singer. She appears frequently on international radio and television, and was the song-writer and Pictish language originator for the Jerry Bruckheimer film King Arthur. With John Matthews, her partner, who was historical consultant on the film, she shared in the 2004 BAFTA award given to Film Education for the best educational CD Rom: this project introduced school-children to the life and times of King Arthur. She and John are both concerned with the oral nature of storytelling and its ability to communicate the myth at a much deeper level than of the commercial booktrade. This is apparent in their forthcoming project, The Story Box. For Caitlín, her books are merely the tip of a much bigger oral iceberg which is her teaching.

With her partner, John Matthews, and with Felicity Wombwell , she is co-founder of The Foundation for Inspirational and Oracular Studies, which is dedicated to the sacred arts that are not written down. Their FíOS shamanic training programme teaches students the healing arts as well as hosting masterclasses with exemplars of living sacred traditions. Caitlín has a shamanic practice in Oxford dedicated to addressing soul sickness and ancestral fragmentation, as well as helping clients find vocational and spiritual direction. Her soul-singing and embodiment uniquely bring the ancient healing traditions to everyday life.

Caitlín’s other books include Singing the Soul Back Home, Mabon and the Guardians of Celtic Britain, The Psychic Protection Handbook, and Celtic Devotional. She is co-author, with John Matthews, of the Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom and Encyclopaedia of Celtic Myth and Legend. Her books have been translated into more than nineteen languages from Brazil to Japan.

The author lives in Oxford with her husband and son in a kind of book-cave or library, whichever you will. They share their home with a white cat and a black cat.
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Average rating: 4.08 · 1,864 ratings · 123 reviews · 50 distinct works

	Celtic Devotional: Daily Prayers and Blessings 4.17 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Celtic Spirit: Daily Meditations for the Turning Year 4.00 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Ladies of the Lake by Caitlín Matthews, John Matthews 3.82 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom, Bride of God 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Walkers Between the Worlds: The Western Mysteries from Shaman to Magus by Caitlín Matthews, John Matthews 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Singing the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Wisdom for Every Day by Caitlín Matthews, Diane Barker, Dru-Gu Choegyal Rinpoche 4.35 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	King Arthur and the Goddess of the Land: The Divine Feminine in the "Mabinogion" 3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Celtic Book of the Dead: A Guide for Your Voyage to the Celtic Otherworld 3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Celtic Book of Days: A Guide to Celtic Spirituality and Wisdom 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Arthurian Book of Days: The Greatest Legend in the World Retold Throughout the Year by Caitlín Matthews, John Matthews 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	My rating: