num_pages: 82
description: AN ACADEMIC LOOK AT THE UNITED KINGDOM'S MATRICENTRIC SPIRITUAL PAST - This unique and captivating book celebrates a seldom discussed, yet long and noble English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish tradition; one that dates back to the earliest inhabitants of the British Isles: female-based religion.In 'Britannia Rules' the author, L. Seabrook, overturns the long-standing notion that the first Celts were 'patriarchal' and that they worshipped a male 'Heavenly Father'. Using the latest archaeological, anthropological, etymological, onomastic, historical, and mythological evidence, he shows that both the Anglo-Saxons and the Celts were actually matriarchal peoples who venerated the Supreme Being in female form.	This 'Heavenly Mother' of the early Celto-Britons was none other than the universal 'Great Goddess', venerated around the ancient world under a myriad of names, and who manifested in Judaism as Asherah, in Hinduism as Kali Ma, in Gnostic Christianity as Sophia, in orthodox Christianity as Mary, and in Buddhism as Maya.In light of the overwhelming worldwide reemergence of feminine spirituality, the advent of the Goddess Reclamation Movement, and the recent resurgence of British and American interest in traditional Anglo-Celtic culture, Seabrook's delightful and unique book is a topical work; one that will be read with keen interest, not only by those readers who are of English and Celtic heritage, but by people of all nationalities and faiths.
language: English
title: Britannia Rules: Goddess Worship in Ancient Anglo-Celtic Society
titlecomplete: Britannia Rules: Goddess Worship in Ancient Anglo-Celtic Society
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Sea Raven Press