THE WAY OF WYRD: Sent on a mission into the forests of pagan Anglo-Saxon England, Wat Brand, a Christian scribe, suddenly finds his beliefs shaken to their core. With Wulf, a wizard, as his guide, Wat is instructed in the magical lore of plants, runes, fate and life force until finally he journeys to the spirit world on a quest to encounter the true nature of his soul.
MIDDLE EARTH: Behind the tales we know of Dark Age kings and queens, warriors and battles, lies the hidden history of the real Middle-earth, a world of magic, mystery, and destiny. Fiery dragons were seen to fly across the sky, monsters haunted the marshes and elves fired poisoned arrows. Wizards cast healing spells, wise trees gave blessings and omens foretold the death of kings. The very landscape itself was enchanted and the world imbued with a life force. Repressed a millennium of Christianity, this way of life all but disappeared, leaving only faint traces in folk memory and fairy tales. In this remarkable book Professor Brien Bates had drawn on the latest historical and archaeological findings to reconstruct the imaginative world of our past, revealing a culture with insights that may yet help us understand our own place in the world.
woensdag 4 juni 2014
BOOKS OF BRIAN BATES: THE WAY OF WYRD and MIDDLE EARTH
THE WAY OF WYRD: Sent on a mission into the forests of pagan Anglo-Saxon England, Wat Brand, a Christian scribe, suddenly finds his beliefs shaken to their core. With Wulf, a wizard, as his guide, Wat is instructed in the magical lore of plants, runes, fate and life force until finally he journeys to the spirit world on a quest to encounter the true nature of his soul.
MIDDLE EARTH: Behind the tales we know of Dark Age kings and queens, warriors and battles, lies the hidden history of the real Middle-earth, a world of magic, mystery, and destiny. Fiery dragons were seen to fly across the sky, monsters haunted the marshes and elves fired poisoned arrows. Wizards cast healing spells, wise trees gave blessings and omens foretold the death of kings. The very landscape itself was enchanted and the world imbued with a life force. Repressed a millennium of Christianity, this way of life all but disappeared, leaving only faint traces in folk memory and fairy tales. In this remarkable book Professor Brien Bates had drawn on the latest historical and archaeological findings to reconstruct the imaginative world of our past, revealing a culture with insights that may yet help us understand our own place in the world.
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