Fingal's Cave, the Poems of Ossian, and Celtic ChristianityContinuum, 1999 - 198 Seiten "Fingal, the great initiate hero, one of the outstanding spiritually awakened individualities of the Gaelic world, guided the destiny of his people from the earliest times onward. His name was given long ago to that unique wonder of the natural world, known as Fingal's Cave. Fingal's fame was sung by his son, the blind bard Ossian, often called the Homer of the ancient Scottish north." --from Fingal's Cave On the isolated island of Staffa, near Iona, Scotland, stands a natural wonder of the world. Fingal's Cave--an extraordinary cathedral-like space, with its sides and roof made of hexagonal balsatic columns and a floor made of the ocean, whose tides create constant musical sounds. It has been been a source of mystery, spiritual insight, and artistic inspiration for centuries. To understand Fingal and his importance to Celtic culture, we must understand the poems of Ossian and ancient Celtic Christianity. The authors describe the history and importance of Fingal's Cave and the poems of Ossian, showing why they influenced such diverse figures as Medelssohn, Jefferson, Napoleon, and Turner. Illustrated. |
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... song cycle based on Harold's and Hummelauer's transla- tion of Macpherson's Poems , and Johannes Brahms ( 1833-1897 ) whose four songs written in 1860/61 , for female voices , Op . 17 are en- titled Songs from Fingal . Perhaps no one ...
... songs , heard out of the spiritual world , the songs of the bard Ossian , Fingal's son , so that it remained alive even into the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . What Fingal achieved , what his son Ossian heard after Fingal had as ...
... songs about the deeds of the ancient Celts , who fought in mighty battles in order to prepare themselves for further deeds of spiritual life , as we recognize them again today in what the finest sons of the West have achieved . These ...
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Illustrations | 7 |
Changing Human Consciousness | 13 |
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Fingal's Cave, the Poems of Ossian, and Celtic Christianity Paul Marshall Allen,Joan deRis Allen Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1999 |