Biography

Caitlin Matthews is a writer and teacher whose ground-breaking work has introduced many to the riches of our western spiritual heritage. She is acknowledged as a world authority on Celtic Wisdom and the ancestral traditions of Britain and Europe.

She is the author of over 50 books including Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom, a study of Divine Feminine in Gnostic, Jewish and Christian thought and co-author with john Matthews of Walkers Between Worlds, a history of the Western Mysteries, Singing the Soul Back Home, Mabon and the Guardians of Celtic Britain, The Psychic Protection Handbook, and The Encyclopaedia of Magical Animals. She is co-author, with John Matthews, of the Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom and Encyclopaedia of Celtic Myth and Legend. Her books have been translated into more than nineteen languages from Brazil to Japan.

Caitlín has been instrumental in revealing the ancestral heritage of the Western traditions through practical exploration of the mysteries as well as through scholarly research. Her teachings are couched in a firm historical and linguistic framework, with respect to the original context of the teachings, but she never loses sight of the living traditions of these teachings which can be explored through direct application to their spiritual sources. Her current work with the Gnostic and hermetic sources is currently yielding interesting results.

Caitlín has always been interested in the many ways in which the sacred has interwoven both myth and history. For her, the creative spark of life kindles when we each discover where our vocational gifts and the world’s needs meet. This practical application of skills to life is exemplified in her writing and teaching, and is echoed in her shamanic practice and training courses which help uncover salient ways to live our lives with responsibility and inspiration.