More than a thousand years later, the ongoing power and vitality of that legacy is impressive. These stories reveal the Celts' ongoing conviction that the invisible world is as real as the visible one. They show us human beings living in constant, tangible friendship with God, with the supernatural, and with animals. They lead us into a world where holiness and the imagination have joined hands, a world where we can truly catch glimpses of miracles and wonders.




"There are other accounts of these saints' lives, many that are far more historically accurate, but those contained here tell us as much about the people who told the stories as they do about the ancient saints. They show us those saint's legacy lived out in people's lives and imaginations more than a thousand years later.

The power and vitality of that legacy is impressive. These stories reveal an ongoing conviction that the invisible world is as real as the visible one. They show us human beings living in constant, tangible friendship with God, with the supernatural, and with animals....They lead us into a world where holiness and the imagination have joined hands, a world where we can truly catch glimpses of miracles and wonders."

-From the introduction by Meg Llewellyn