The Making of a Druid: Hidden Teachings from The Colloquy of Two Sages
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0892818743 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Guyonvarc'h convincingly suggests that it is in fact a lightly Christianized pedagogical text about the education of a Druidic bard and that it is related to the eschatological literature of the Norse Eddas. . Highly recommended.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Guyonvarc'h reveals new rewards in a difficult work, and his reconsideration should attract many readers. From Library Journal A former professor of Celtic studies at the University of Rennes, France, Guyonvarc'h has produced a serious, scholarly, and thoughtful new translation of the Colloquy of Two Sages, an Old Irish text fairly well known to scholars of the field but hitherto understood as a flyting, or contest, b
Very interesting short book Christopher R. Travers This book is less than a hundred pages, but it is quite unusual regarding books relating to the druids.The first section is an introduction to the Colloquy of Two Sages, and a description of the current state of Celtic studies as relate to the Druids.The second section is a translation of the Colloquy of Two Sages with translated glosses and additional notes.The third section is an append. EccentricBard said Five Stars. Very nice book. Well written and constructed. I would by another of his books.
Thanks to the present translation and its accompanying commentary, we now can see that this text depicts the examination by a teacher of a druidic candidate. Guyonvarc'h tears away the obscurity surrounding what the druids taught and how they taught it with his magisterial examination of the little-known Celtic text, Imcallam in da Thuarad, generally translated as The Colloquy of Two Sages. Consequently, the reader gains valuable insight into the actual nature of druidic science and the vast store of knowledge--acquired over an arduous fifteen- to twenty-year period--necessary to become a druid. Now eminent Celtic scholar Christian J. Reveals the actual teaching methods of the druids.• Provides new insights into the vast store of knowledge every druid was expected to know--knowledge that took fifteen to twenty years of rigorous study to acquire.• Translation of the classic Celtic text, Imcallam in da Thuarad, generally translated as The Colloquy of Two Sages.• By eminent Celtic scholar Christian J. Because ancient druidic knowledge was transmitted orally, most of what has been represented as the teachings of the druids has been conjecture or fantasy. U