Download or read book Charms of the Gaels written by Alexander Carmichael and published by Lindisfarne Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of living spirituality, rising from the depths of Celtic Christianity, represents a hidden, oral tradition of greatest power and beauty, handed down through countless generations of Hebridean peasants. During his travels, Alexander Carmichael would visit the peasants in their huts, spending hours in front of their peat fires while they "intoned in a low, recitative manner" these poems and prayers. This is the most complete anthology of Celtic oral tradition ever assembled.