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THE SACRED TREE |
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Divinities and Ancestors in Encounter with Christianity in the Religious Experience and History of the Early Irish and the Akan People of Ghana Clare Macrae The primary focus is on the sacral nature of kingship/rulership equally central for understanding both cultures and the encounter of each with Christianity. The sources of early Ireland included a variety of medieval Irish written texts especially those featuring the pan-celtic divinity Lugh or Lugus in his Irish guise as paradigmatic king, together with the relevant archaeological evidence, locally surviving custom and folk-lore etc. The most striking of the mutually illuminating similarities in this comparative study across the huge separation in historical context, are the presence of female power as a basic essential in 'Sacral Rule', (which must not be confused with 'monarchy' in either culture) and the role and cosmic significance of the 'Great Living Tree' growing at the ritual 'centre' of each kin-based territorial community. ISBN 1-899025-27-8 £19.95
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