What is Celtic Spirituality?
Celtic spirituality is natural theology. It is creation spirituality. it finds no separation between creator and creation. Creation is not God, but God is found everywhere in creation – not pantheism, that is many gods, but panentheism, God revealed by the many creations. A Celtic praise of God defines God this way: I am the wind that breathes upon the sea, I am the wave on the ocean, I am the murmur of leaves rustling, I am the rays of the sun, I am the beam of the moon and stars, I am the power of trees growing’ I am the bud breaking into blossom, I am the movement of salmon swimming, I am the courage of the wild board fighting, I am the speed of the stag running, I am the strength of the ox pulling the plow, I am the size of the mighty oak tree’ And I am the thoughts of all people Who praise my beauty and grace. (Celtic Prayers, p. 17) A religious hermit living in a cave finds God in nature. He prays this: As I look out from my cave, I can see the wide ocean, stretching west, north,
