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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Red-Haired Girl from the Bog</B> </div> <div> <B>The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>— Patricia Monaghan</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="095a7ae0.png" border=0 width="167" height="174" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><B>Reviews </B><B>  </B><B> </B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="6" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="486" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#990080" BORDERCOLORDARK="#9933CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="466"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Red Haired Girl From the Bog"><U>The Red Haired Girl From the Bog</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660066" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="chapter_one__the_sacred_center_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Sacred Center"><U>The Sacred Center</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660066" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="patricia_monaghan.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Author"><U>About the Author</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660066" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U>Events</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660066" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="_the_red_haired_girl_from_the_bog___book_club_reader_s_guide.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book Club Readers Guide"><U>Book Club Reader's Guide</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660066" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Irish Spirit"><U>Irish Spirit</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660066" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome"><U>Welcome</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660066" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><B>Reviews </B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The Red-Haired Girl From the Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit</B><B> by Patricia Monaghan.</B> (New World Library, $22.95, Hard Cover.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div>    "Ireland: land of rambles, long, disjointed conversations, burning peat, dark beer, lilting speech, enchanting melodies, green hills, ruddy faces and goddesses. Like many Irish-Americans before her, Patricia Monaghan traveled to Ireland for the first time as an adult, seeking her roots. What she found on her spiritual pilgrimage was much more than her physical ancestors. She found spiritual ancestors in the legends and landmarks of spirited women: witches, hags, wanton girls, mothers. This is the story of her journeys, and the story of the journeys the legends have created through time, such as the legend of the red-haired girl on the bog, who attracts lovers — who then tend to disappear. </div> <div>    <B>This book brings together decades of study about mythology with one seeker's travels through the landscape of Ireland.</B> The stories instruct and teach, as Monaghan points to ways that these myths still reveal the truths of human life, and the contradictions of love and hate, mother and seductress, harmony and struggle that are embodied not only in women's lives, but in all of human existence."</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Eurostile" ><I>  </I></FONT><I> </I><A HREF="http://www.lightworks.com/MonthlyAspectarian/2003/April/inprint.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lightworks.com/MonthlyAspecta"><U><I>The Monthly Aspectarian</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> "Patricia Monaghan <B>d</B><B>a</B><B>ringly braids past and present together on her inspirational pilgrimage to Ireland's mythic sites</B>." </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Eurostile" >  </FONT> <I>Caitlin Matthews</I><I>, author of </I><I>The Celtic Spirit</I><I> :Tramping through mud and mist </I></div> <bR> <div> "Patricia Monaghan <B>shows us that the Goddesses of Ireland cannot be understood apart from their connection to the land.</B> I suspect this is true of all the Goddesses." </div> <div>    <I>Carol P. Christ</I><I>, author of </I><I>Rebirth of the Goddess</I><I> and </I><I>She Who Changes</I><I> </I></div> <bR> <div> "Reading Patricia Monaghan's work about the Celtic myths of the Divine or Fairy Woman in Irish tradition is <B>sheer delight.</B> Her work, exhibiting relevant and erudite research, traces the Divine Woman back through time, demonstrating that her authentic self shines through all her multi-faceted images. Along the way, Patricia traverses a strange and personal pilgrimage across mythological sites of Ireland." </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Eurostile" >   </FONT><I>Jean Markale</I><I>, author of </I><I>Women of the Celts</I><I> and </I><I>Merlin</I></div> <bR> <div>    "A Sacred Passage Through Ireland. <B>Voluptuous, sensuous, at times filled with unparalleled humor and wit</B>, Patricia Monaghan's writing saturates the reader with the spirit of wide-eyed discovery, good Celtic mischief, prayer flags at holy wells, and sacred teaching--not just of the ancient past, but just as much from the 'ancient future' of the Irish soul. <B>There are many books on Irish history, and books about the Irish landscape, but none convey the living soulscape of our ancient mother, Eire, like </B><I><B>The Red-Haired Girl From the Bog."</B></I></div> <div>   <I> </I><I>Frank MacEowen</I><I>, author of The Mist-Filled Path</I></div> <bR> <div>    "With <B>evocative descriptions and careful scholarship</B>, Patricia Monaghan takes us on a journey through the countryside of Ireland, on a search for the holy relics of nature religion, goddess worship, Celtic ceremony, Christian sanctuaries, and fairy lore. Writing in a spiral around the sacred center, Patricia always returns to the human truth behind the tale. She explores each legend for all its layers of meaning, she describes each landscape with love and curiosity. </div> <div>    Ireland overflows with sacred pools, half-forgotten caves, petroglyphs etched on stone walls, wells on Celtic holy ground, and unexplained occurrences unless you consider fairies. Patricia explores each cultural relic, masterfully retelling the stories and legends surrounding them. Her subjects include the Celtic Brigit and the Catholic Saint Brigit, the Mountains of the Hag and the Cailleach, and the sacred fires of Beltane. Her rambles bring her to reexamine the seasons and ancient celebrations, as well as their counterparts in the villages and churches of Ireland today. </div> <div>    <B>Juxtaposing these ancient rites with contemporary issues of ecology and war, Patricia offers insight into how the way we see the world can have a profound effect on how we act and live." </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Eurostile" ><I> </I></FONT><I>  </I><A HREF="http://www.sevenrays.com/catalog/describe?1577311906" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sevenrays.com/catalog/describ"><U><I>Seven Rays </I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="27" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="13" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="13" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>