{"product_id":"the-flaming-door-eleanor-c-merry-9780863156441","title":"The Flaming Door: The Mission of the Celtic Folk-Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll myths and sagas and legends are like a shimmering veil of many colors, stirred now and then by the wind of our desires, but still hiding from most of us that Council of the Wise seated at the Round Table of the Stars... But between us and them lies the gulf of our arrogance and the mists of our unbelief.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Flaming Door\u003c\/em\u003e is perhaps Eleanor Merry's most famous work and made an important contribution to the renewal of Celtic mythology. Slumbering in the ancient sagas and legends are the secrets of initiation: when men and women found their way through the 'flaming door', the threshold between the physical and spiritual worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book falls into two parts: before Christ, which includes studies of \u003cem\u003eThe Bards\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Cauldron of Ceridwen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHu the Mighty\u003c\/em\u003e; and after Christ, which includes the \u003cem\u003eLegends of Odrum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSt Columba\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eLegends of the Rose and the Lily\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleanor C. Merry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0863156444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780863156441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Floris Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Eleanor C. Merry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44566897459455,"sku":"9780863156441","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75a46cf9-b037-4e0a-b25d-c112f029c004.jpg?v=1701374971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flaming-door-eleanor-c-merry-9780863156441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}