Books by David Lewis-Williams
The Mind in the Cave
by David Lewis-Williams
This book has been my constant companion as I have tried to understand Ireland’s prehistory. Lewis-Williams describes very convincingly how Stone Age concepts of the universe were heavily influenced and defined by the trance experiences of shamans, which seemed to show that there were many levels of spirits which could be contacted and which had to be appeased or appealed to for the sake of the tribe’s prosperity.
Interviews where books by David Lewis-Williams were recommended
The best books on Early Irish History, recommended by Hector McDonnell
One of Ireland’s best-known contemporary painters discusses five books on early Irish history and explains that the myriad of oddly named and often eccentric Irish saints are in fact mythical ancestors or local gods
