The Celtic Twilight: Myth, Fantasy and Folklore
William Butler Yeats was a poet a mystic an initiate of the Golden Dawn-arguably the most influential esoteric order in the Western magical tradition. In he returns to his roots in Irish folklore to call up a dazzling array of sorcerers, faeries, ghosts, and nature spirits. The result...
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William Butler Yeats was a poet a mystic an initiate of the Golden Dawn-arguably the most influential esoteric order in the Western magical tradition. In he returns to his roots in Irish folklore to call up a dazzling array of sorcerers, faeries, ghosts, and nature spirits. The result is an enchanting tribute to the visionary heart of Irish folk tradition-and the memory of the poet who would not let it die.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781853270291 (1853270296)
Publish date: September 5th 1990
Publisher: Prism Pr Ltd
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Reference,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Irish Literature,
Ireland,
Poetry,
Short Stories,
Research,
Mythology,
Folklore,
Fiction
2 Sterne gibt's eigentlich nur, weil die Sprecherin Tanja Geke das Buch ziemlich gut vorgelesen hat, sie hat eine schöne Stimme und ich habe ihr gerne zugehört. Und ich muss mal schauen, was sie sonst noch so vorgelesen hat.Das Buch selbst hat mir nicht gefallen, mag aber auch daran liegen, dass es ...
In his youth, Yeats was a member of the Golden Dawn, an occult society; he wrote this book during that time, and it's widely seen as a manifesto about his belief in faeries and magic and such. And it is that - but it's not what you think. When he says"Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and sei...
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