Below is a reblog of an article entitled, "Atrebates British Kings" that was originally posted on my previous website on March 20, 2016. The article is an overview of some of my research in preparation for writing the historical fantasy series, Curse of Clansmen and...
In our sleep and in our dreams we pass through the whole thought of earlier humanity. The dream carries us back into earlier stages of human culture and affords us a means of understanding it better —Friedrich Neitzsche Introduction The following is a reblog of the post...
THE STANDARD PATH of the mythological adventure of the hero is represented in the rites of passage: separation—initiation—return. A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder where fabulous forces are encountered and a decisive victory is won,...
The Call to Adventure: The first stage of the mythological journey—designated as the ‘call to adventure’—signifies destiny has summoned the hero and transferred his spiritual center of gravity from within the pale of his society to a zone unknown—Joseph Campbell INTRODUCTION This is a reblog of a...
Celtic Tradition of Raven: I have fled in the shape of a raven of prophetic speech (Taliesin). The raven offers initiation—the destruction of one thing to give birth to another. For deeper understanding, the heroine must journey through darkness to emerge into the morning's new light....
Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die, But, as new buds put forth To glad new men, Out of the spent and unconsidered Earth, The Cities rise again —Rudyard Kipling Introduction Julius Caesar described some of the tribal...
In our sleep and in our dreams we pass through the whole thought of earlier humanity. The dream carries us back into earlier stages of human culture and affords us a means of understanding it better —Friedrich Neitzsche Celtic British Kings Even before Caesar’s invasions of Britannia...
THE STANDARD PATH of the mythological adventure of the hero is represented in the rites of passage: separation—initiation—return. A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder where fabulous forces are encountered and a decisive victory is won,...
The Call to Adventure: The first stage of the mythological journey—designated as the ‘call to adventure’—signifies destiny has summoned the hero and transferred his spiritual center of gravity from within the pale of his society to a zone unknown—Joseph Campbell INTRODUCTION Based on historical and archaeological evidence,...
Celtic Tradition of Raven: I have fled in the shape of a raven of prophetic speech (Taliesin). The raven offers initiation—the destruction of one thing to give birth to another. For deeper understanding, the heroine must journey through darkness to emerge into the morning's new light....
