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Lore of the Bard
Price: $17.95 Celtic Connection Price $16.95 Bardry is a potent, necessary dimension of the ancient druidic tradition. The bards were lorekeepers, great magic workers, and soul singers of healing. They were highly esteemed and considered untouchable by Celtic nobles and otherworldly beings. The Lore of the Bard fills an untended gap in the Celtic tradition. It lays down a philosophy for living in accordance with the Old Ways, with a complete magical practice combining the innate magical properties of objects, locations, and times with the passionately moving and enchanting forces of poetry and music. Selling Features
Acknowledgments vii Introduction Who Were the Bards of Celtica? part I celt and bard 1 The Age of Celtica 11 The people of the bard 2 Jung Meets Vercingetorix 29 Celtic psychology 3 Individual Strings 45 Understanding the development of the self with a metaphor of the harp part II bardcraft 4 In Search of Imbas 53 Seeking imbas, the source of bardic wisdom and power 5 The Forge of Art 75 The creation of bardic poetry 6 Harp and Lore 91 The power of music in the bardic tradition, and how to produce it 7 Elder Enchantment 111 The ancient magic of poetry, music, and mind 8 Ogham Ciphers and the Forest Mysteries 143 The secrets of the ogham forest alphabet and its calendrical relations 9 Arcane Arts 167 Some of the lesser enchantments of bardry and the Celtic tradition part III the power of legend 10 The Language of Myth 201 The power and purpose of myth 11 The Substance of True Dreams 221 Archetypal awareness and understanding part IV lore and traditions 12 Otherworld 233 A survey of the meaning of the Otherworld, the Celtic pantheons, and the sidhe 13 Practical Bardcraft 259 Initiation into bardcraft, dedication, and important notes 14 The Old Ways 275 Celebrating the high Celtic days, meditation in dark huts, ceilidhs 15 Ceridwen's Cauldron 301 Aspects of bardic philosophy 16 Where Times Mingle 327 Following the craft of the bard Appendix A: A Concise Catalog of Celtic Symbols 331 Appendix B: Sources for Traditional Celtic Instruments and Music 335 Notes 337 Glossary 341 Recommended Reading & Bibliography 353 Index 357
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