Finishing off The Great Courses

 I did quite a good job with the free week of The Great Courses last week. After, flipping-out over the CONVIDIAN commie rubbish of the second course of The Black Death, where I watched all but two lessons before giving up expecting to learn anything, I loved The Celtic World and How to Publish Your Book. Finished both of those, then went on to watch all of 1066 about The Norman Conquest. Like The Celtic World that was also Jennifer Paxton and very informative. I've had a few teachers of her cailbre but not many. I still had a few hours to spare last night so, like The Paleolithic and Indus Valley, I caught a few lessons from different courses that seemed interesting: The Secret Societies, The Ancient Mystery Cults and Aleister Crowley, and Mythologies: Celtic. The Secret Societies covered Robert Sepehr's 1666 about The New World Order baby eating commies. I didn't know Crowley was a spy. I've never been a fan. He also discussed Madame Blavatsky, only not in a very good light. He made her out to be a commie, too. These lessons were alright. The Celtic Mythology lesson was okay, but I didn't really learn anything. I suppose there just aren't a lot of records since The Druids memorized everything. Suppose I've got to tap into my secret subconscious if I want to discover anything new about the ancient Celts. 

The Celtic World

 Finished all twenty-four lessons of Dr. Jennifer Paxton's The Celtic World on The Great Courses. She teaches at American Catholic University. It is wonderful. I love it. I'm going to see if there are any other courses I have to watch. Also have free Skills TV though too this week; and I know, I really enjoyed the week of free Craftsy, although I have yet to get to my knitting or punch needle. Working on it... 🍀

Backyard Post

Up to lesson seventeen of Jennifer Paxton's fascinating The Celtic World, Great Course. Here's a time-out from the backyard. I believe this morning glory is only purple thanks to Bob's bonsai mix, as the seeds were common blue on the packet. We always have loads of mushrooms, all types, as this house vanishes into a fog every evening. What has Jennifer taught me? Northern Italians are fair due to their Celtic origins, The Irish had slaves, and the Manx cat is a relative to the Spanish wildcat. 

 

The Celtic Redemption

 Since my angry run-in with The Great Courses this afternoon, pleased to report that thanks to Jennifer Paxton's The Celtic World they've been redeemed. There are twenty-four episodes, and I'm looking forward to every one of them. I'm up to episode three concerning Celtic art. Dr. Paxton has that certain sense of wonder I find so lacking these days. She's informative, sticks to the evidence, while questioning it all the time, and doesn't seem to have a hidden agenda. Really excited about the Druidic episode on religion, Can't wait.