As an encyclopaedic volume of references to its subject matter, this book will find a welcome audience amongst specialists who focus their studies on musical and otherwordly lore. This is a fascinating study of an important and neglected theme in Celtic literature and religion. Meticulously researched and sensitively written, it highlights the importance attached to music in both pre-Christian and early Christian Ireland and Scotland and its particular association with the otherworld. -- Dr Ian Bradley This scholarly and well-written book ! will interest anyone concerned with the interaction of music and spirituality as well as the recovery of the Celtic heritage in our time. A fascinating study which is highly recommended. As an encyclopaedic volume of references to its subject matter, this book will find a welcome audience amongst specialists who focus their studies on musical and otherwordly lore. This is a fascinating study of an important and neglected theme in Celtic literature and religion. Meticulously researched and sensitively written, it highlights the importance attached to music in both pre-Christian and early Christian Ireland and Scotland and its particular association with the otherworld. This scholarly and well-written book ! will interest anyone concerned with the interaction of music and spirituality as well as the recovery of the Celtic heritage in our time. A fascinating study which is highly recommended.