Caiseal Mór
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| Occupation | Writer Musician |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genres | sci-fi fantasy new age |
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Caiseal (pronounced Cash'l) is Gaelic for "great stone fort". Caiseal Mór is a bestselling fantasy novelist. He is an Australian of Irish descent. Irish folklore is an inspiration for his works. Mor also composes and records music, with twelve albums so far and another one on the way over the next year. He is well known for his lavish book and album covers, usually designed by himself. As a child he was diagnosed on the autism spectrum, which was kept a secret from the wider public until disclosed in his autobiography A Blessing and a Curse; Autism and Me (2007).
Recurring themes in Mor's novels include religion, theology, gods and deities, magic, kingship and ancient times. His books are set in Ireland, Scotland and a personal interpretation of the Celtic Otherworld which he refers to as the Far Country.
Caiseal shares his life with his partner, the portrait artist Helen Wells. Wells produced the cover of Caiseal's autobiography, A Blessing and a Curse,, non fiction book What is Magic?and is a featured artist on Caiseal's album The Well of Yearning (2006). Helen Has also produced the cover for Caiseal's three latest albums What is Magic? - Music for Creative Trance and Lucid Dreaming (2009) Flow - Music for Dreaming, Magic and Meditation (2010) and Alchemy for The Heart (2011)
His latest book is the non fiction [1], published in September 2009.
Caiseal makes tribal style drums from recycled materials, and holds workshops on trance drumming using these musical art objects. [2]
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[edit] Book titles
[edit] Fantasy fiction
[edit] The Wanderers
- The Circle and the Cross (1995)
- The Song of the Earth (1996)
- The Water of Life (1997)
[edit] The Watcher's trilogy
- The Meeting of the Waters (2002)
- King of Sleep (2002)
- Raven Game (2003)
[edit] Other fantasy fiction
- The Tilecutters Penny (1998)
- The Harp at Midnight (1999)
- Carolan's Concerto (2001)
- Lady of the Lamp (2008)
[edit] Wellspring Trilogy
- Well of Yearning (2004)
- Well of the Goddess (2005)
- Well of Many-Blessings (2005)
[edit] Non-fiction
- Scratches in the Margin (1996)
- The Moon on the Lake (1995)
- What is Magic? (2009)
- What is Magic? the Ebook (2011)
[edit] Autobiography
- A Blessing and a Curse; Autism and Me (2007) published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers , published May 2007
[edit] Music and spoken word CDs
- The Well of Yearning (companion to Well-Spring Trilogy - books )
- Beautiful Hands (Celtic Harp)
- Divine Passion - Rain Water (Creative Trance)
- Loom of Music (Celtic Harp)
- Divine Passion - Air (Creative Trance)
- What is Magic? (Creative Trance) (2009)
- Flow (Creative Trance) (2010)
- Alchemy for the Heart (Creative Trance) (2011)
[edit] Autism
Caiseal Mor's autobiography, A Blessing and a Curse; Autism and Me , published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers due out May 2007, reveals his autistic childhood and diagnosis on the autism spectrum.
- An interview with Caiseal Mor , by the autistic author Donna Williams.
- An audio interview with Caiseal Mor, by the autistic author Donna Williams.
[edit] External links
- [3] Caiseal's official web-site
- [4] Caiseal's profile at Smashwords
- [5] Caiseal Mor at Science Fiction and Fantasy News.
- Caiseal Mor at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- [6] Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- [7] Caiseal's You Tube Channel
- [8] website featuring Caiseal's music
