The Flood and the Fire

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Land of the Ever-Living Ones launched in Drogheda

Land of the Ever-Living Ones was successfully launched in Drogheda on Friday, November 29th. A great crowd turned up on the night. The book was launched by Róisín Fitzpatrick, Artist of the Light (left). The book's editor, Laura Murphy (centre), acted as master of ceremonies on the occasion. Music was performed by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin and her son Macdara (right).

The printed book can be purchased from the author on his website at this link:
http://www.mythicalireland.com/landoftheeverlivingones/land-of-the-ever-living-ones.html

The book is also available in electronic format for Amazon Kindle. You can download it here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Ever-Living-Ones-Anthony-Murphy-ebook/dp/B00GPMOS0U
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Ever-Living-Ones-Anthony-Murphy-ebook/dp/B00GPMOS0U

You can hear an interview with author Anthony Murphy about his first work of fiction here:

The Flood and The Fire

The Flood and The Fire examines cosmogony and eschatology from the perspective of Irish myth and prophecy. What can Ireland's legends and mythology tell us of the beginning, or the creation, and indeed the end, the apocalypse, armageddon? While there is no single "creation myth" in the Irish texts, there is much about flooding, and even links to the Noah flood myth.

Ireland, the 'Island of the Setting Sun', is considered Atlantis by some scholars and authors, and there is much to be discovered about antediluvian civilisation in the copious texts and myths. But these texts are rich, too, in prophecy, some of it relating to future events and the end of the world.

The Saints, too, play their part, and a re-examination of the life of Saint Patrick gives us some interesting perspectives on eschatological study. The Irish, it seems, are set for a unique doom at the end of time.

The following quote is from Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel by Ignatius Donnelly. While not an Irish work, it signifies a worldwide belief that the world will end in fire: "In the same way there is an untaught but universal feeling which makes all mankind regard comets with fear and trembling, and which unites all races of men in a universal belief that some day the world will be destroyed by fire."

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

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