| There are some forms of jewelry that seem to | | | | days before the introduction of Christianity |
| elicit a response from people more than | | | | to the Celts. Many people find a connection |
| others. Celtic jewelry is one of those forms | | | | with the Divine through Celtic religious |
| of ornamentation that appears to capture the | | | | symbols that are formed into jewelry pieces, |
| attention of a great many people. Here are a | | | | perhaps yearning for a time when religion in |
| couple of examples of what this type of | | | | general was more in tune with the rhythms of |
| jewelry means to the people who find | | | | nature. |
| themselves drawn to the ways of the Celts. | | | | |
| | | | The Celtic history, traditions, and |
| Quite a few people around the world actually | | | | philosophies continue to fascinate and in |
| have some Celtic blood in their ancestry. For | | | | come cases inform persons in our time. |
| some of us, that is one of the reasons that | | | | Sometimes this fascination is a passing |
| we feel a connection to and a desire to own | | | | interest, while in other cases it is an |
| Celtic pieces of jewelry. The sense of | | | | ongoing phenomenon. Wearing jewelry of Celtic |
| continuity with part of our family line, even | | | | origin or design is a great way to silently |
| if it goes back to way before our personal | | | | broadcast that interest to other people, |
| experience, helps to ground us and provide a | | | | allowing persons with similar interests to |
| sense of belonging on some level. Owning a | | | | approach you and begin a conversation. Within |
| piece or two of jewelry with a Celtic design | | | | this vein, one could say the jewelry has a |
| provides us with a tangible reminder of where | | | | way of bringing people together and making |
| our family has been and to some degree how | | | | friendships. |
| generations lived, thought, and worshipped in | | | | |
| a place and time far removed from our own. | | | | While it is true that there are plenty of |
| | | | people who just like the way Celtic jewelry |
| For others, Celtic jewelry serves as not a | | | | looks, other persons connect with the pieces |
| reminder of our personal family heritage, but | | | | on a level that goes beyond simply |
| of part of the mosaic of a religious | | | | appreciating the beauty of the jewelry. |
| tradition. This may be centered on the | | | | Whatever the reason, Celtic designed jewelry |
| expression of Christianity as defined by and | | | | has been with us for centuries and will |
| followed for generations with persons of | | | | probably be with us for many more. |
| Celtic descent, or it may reach back into the | | | | |