New Moon of the Seasons: Prayers from the Highlands & Islands

by Alexander Carmichael (Compiler)

Excerpts from the complete Carmina Gadelica including prayers for morning protection and for journeys, chants and blessings for work, charms and banishings, prayers and blessings for sleep protection and death, and much more.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Alexander Archibald Carmichael (Gaelic: Alasdair Gilleasbaig MacGilleMhìcheil) was a Scottish exciseman, folklorist, antiquarian, and author. Between 1860 and his death Carmichael collected a vast amount of folklore, local traditions, natural history observations, antiquarian data, and material objects from people throughout the Scottish Highlands, particularly in the southern Outer Hebrides where he lived, worked, and brought up his family between 1864 and 1882. Alexander Carmichael is best known today for Carmina Gadelica, an influential compendium of Highland lore and literature published in six volumes between 1900 and 1971.

Reviews

[Chas Bayfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful, refreshing Celtic prayer anthology. Much of this was lifted from Carmina Gadelica which I have already read. zIt was like reading Enya.