Abstract
Celtic spirituality has a long and distinguished ancestry with its origins in pre-Christian times. It was inculturated amongst peoples in the far west of Europe, particularly in Ireland, Scotland and the north and south west of England. It was different from Roman Christianity in distinct ways until the mid-7th century CE when Roman Christianity became the norm in Britain. It has experienced various revivals during the history of Christianity, with two contemporary expressions in New Age spirituality and Christian spirituality. From its inception, it has been closely linked to the environment.
Highlights
Celtic religion came to Britain before the Common Era
It was a primal religion, folk religion and traditional religion, which had migrated from the Middle or Far East. It was an earthy religion based on a close and intimate relationship with the environment ‘of a very robust, down to earth kind which everywhere made a strong impression on society’ (Kritzinger 2014:2) which provided all the resources that sustained life and livelihood. It was established and inculturated amongst peoples in the far west of Europe, in lands we know in the present day – the Celts of Ireland, the Picts of Scotland and the Angles and Saxons of the north and south west of England – as a distinctive expression of the Christian faith as opposed to the Roman tradition
There the mystical element of Celtic spirituality became manifest with its paradoxical tensions between the senses of nearness and farness of God, the melancholy fleetingness of all life, and the vanity of the world, yet the grandeur and wonder of creation in all its ecstatic and myriad loveliness
Summary
Celtic religion came to Britain before the Common Era. It was a primal religion, folk religion and traditional religion, which had migrated from the Middle or Far East. His love http://www.hts.org.za of Iona was derived from its remoteness where the sea offered his community protection until the Viking raids began.
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