Letters from a Briton

I have a wish list of books that I want to own, and I thought I’d attach them to this page.  I also thought I add a wish list of other items I would like (once my financial restrictions are lifted).

BOOKS

“A Book of Silence” by Sara Maitland
“An Atlas for Celtic Studies: Archaeology and Names in Ancient Europe and Early Medieval Ireland, Britain and Brittany (Celtic Studies Publications)” by John T. Koch
“Ancient Ireland: An Explorer’s Guide” by Robert Meagher
“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle” by Michael Swanton
“Animals of Ireland” by Daithi O’Hogain
“Animals in Celtic Life and Myth” by Miranda J. Green
“Animism: Respecting the Living World” by Graham Harvey
“ARS Spagyrica: Being an Account and Rendition of the Alchemical Arte of Spagyrics” by G. St M. Nottingham
“Auraicept Na N-Eces” by George Calder
“The Bardic Handbook: The Complete Manual for the Twenty-First Century Bard” by Kevin Manwaring
“Becoming the Enchanter” by Lyn Webster Wilde
“Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations from the Gaelic” by Alexander Carmichael
“Cauldron Of The Gods” by Jan Fries
“Celtic Flame: An Insider’s Guide to Irish Pagan Tradition” by Aedh Rua
“Celtic Mythology” by Proinsias Mac Cana
“Companion Tales to the Mabinogi” by John K. Bollard
“Compendium of Symbolic and Ritual Plants in Europe: Vol I Trees & Shrubs/Vol II Herbs” by Marcel De Cleene
“Cooking on the Wild Side” by Albert Taillon
“Cures and Curses” by Dorothy Jacob
“Death’s Law: Tales of the Bard” by Michael Scott
“Defences Against the Witches’ Craft: Anti-cursing Charms from English Folk Magick, Traditional Witchcraft and the Grimoire Traditions” by John Canard
“Demon’s Law (Tales of the Bard)” by Michael Scott
“Edible Wild Plants & Herbs: A Compendium of Recipes and Remedies” by Pamela Michael
“Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity (Anglo-Saxon Studies)” by Alaric Hall
“Elves, Wights, and Trolls: Studies Towards the Practice of Germanic Heathenry” by Kveldulf Gundarsson
“The Enchanted Land: Myths and Legends of Britain’s Landscape” by Colin and Janet Bord
“Etymological Dictionary Of Scottish-Gaelic” by Alexander Macbain
“The Gododdin” by Aneirin
“Gods with Thunderbolts: Religion in Roman Britain” by Guy de la Bedoyere
“Grimoire of Ancient Witchcraft” by Robert Blanchard
“Grimoires: A History of Magic Books” by Owen Davies
“Herbcraft: A Guide to Shamanic and Ritual Use of Herbs” by Anna Franklin
“Hidden Ireland” by Daniel Corkery
“Highland Plant Lore” by Barbara Fairweather
“The Highlands and their Legends” by Otta Swire
“Historic Ireland: 5000 Years of Ireland’s Heritage” by Daithi O Hogain
“The History of British Mammals” by D.W. Yalden
“Horn Dance or Stag Night?: Folklore and Myth in the Age of Blogs” by Bob Trubshaw
“Inner Hebrides and Their Legends” by Otta T. Swire
“Irish Folk Tales” by Jeremiah Curtin
“An Introduction to the Celtic Languages” by Paul Russell
“An Leabhar Mor: The Great Book of Gaelic” by Theo Dorgan
“The Mabinogi” by John K. Bollard
“The Mabinogi: A Book of Essays (Garland Mediaeval Casebooks)” by C.W. Sullivan
“The Magical Universe: Everyday Ritual and Magic in Pre-modern Europe” by Stephen Wilson
“Magic in the Ancient World” by Fritz Graf
“Magic in the Middle Ages” by Richard Kieckhefer
“Mallata” by Jacqui Wood
“Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland” by Eddie Lenihan
“The Otherworld Voyage in Irish Literature and History” by Jonathan M. Wooding
“Pagan Celtic Ireland: The Enigma of the Irish Iron Age” by Barry Raftery
“The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland (Rcahms)” by Iain Fraser (Editor), John Borland (Illustrator)
“Poacher’s Cookbook: Game and Country Recipes” by Prue Coats
“Poetry and Prophecy” by N. K. Chadwick
“Prehistoric Britain” by T.C. Darvill
“The River Cottage Year” by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
“The Roebuck in the Thicket: An Anthology of the Robert Cochrane Tradition” by Evan John Jones 
“Rune Rede: Wisdom and Magic for the Life Journey” by Ruarik Grimnisson
“Sacred Places: Prehistory and Popular Imagination” by Bob Trubshaw
“The Seer in Celtic and Other Traditions” by Hilda Ellis Davidson
“A Source-book of Scottish Witchcraft” by Christina Larner
“A Souvenir Guide to Orkney” by Charles Tait
“Stony Gaze” by John Billingsley
“Ten Years of Triumph of the Moon” by Dave Evans
“A Treasury of Irish Folk Tales, Myths, and Legends” (4 Volume Set) (Leather Bound) by William Yeats
“The Voyage to the Otherworld Island in Early Irish Literature” by Christa Maria Loffler
“Wainwright Anniversary Boxed Set Pictorial Guides to the Fells 1-7 (Wainwright 50th Anniversary ed)” by A. Wainwright
“Walking the Tides: Seasonal Rhythms and Traditional Lore in Natural Craft” by Nigel G. Pearson
“A Waxing Moon: The Modern Gaelic Revival” by Roger Hutchinson
“The Western Isles Guide Book” by Charles Tait
“Witchcraft, Magic and Culture, 1736-1951” by Owen Davies
“Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices and Forbidden Plants” by Claudia Muller-Ebeling

DVDs

Heaven Knows, Mr Allison
Lark Rise to Candleford: Series 1 and 2
Mountain: Exploring Britain’s High Places
Now Voyager
Practical Magic
Robin of Sherwood (Complete Series)
Smiley
Smiley Gets a Gun

OTHER GOODIES

Bugatti Veyron, or failing that a Honda FCX Clarity;

Deer Sculpture (from the Celtic Smith);

DNA test from Oxford Ancestors and/or GeoGene;

Family Tree completed or, at the very least, progressed;

Hand-knitted shawl called “Heather” (from Caroline Hardy);

Interknife’s throwing knives set;

Jewellery from the Sheila Fleet range – anything will do, but I love the Skyran and Moonlight collection the best;

Macbook with 22″ screen with Adope Photoshop and high speed internet access.

Mammen Axe (made by Stagman Creations);

Storybook home, should I ever return to Australia;

Triple spiral bracelet and triple spiral ring – all in silver from Celtic Impressions - actually I’d like everything from their 2,000 B.C. to Newgrange Collection in silver; and

Spiral Ball Torc (from The Hoard).

Of course, this list will grow as I see things I desire!