MaryK
@maryk croft
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Klondike, TX USA
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pdcmusic
Dec 23, 2007
Hi Mary
Happy Christmas from across the pond!
Have a really great '08
best
Paul
maryk croft
Jun 04, 2007
Big birthday for me, going into a "1" year on my Millman cycle. Look up Dan Millman's books and here: http://www.danmillman.com Time to start new stuff. Like my Fostex 8-track digital recorder I bought last month...
maryk croft
Apr 10, 2007
Thanks, I know that there are many self-styled "modern Druids" who are basically creating their own philosophical mode, a lot like folks who dress up for Renaissance Faires. My favorite fiction author, Morgan Llywelyn, looks askance at these groups... and if you've never read her, start with the book "Bard." You can read the beginning of my thesis at http://marykmusic-thebard.blogspot.com/
cerridwenn
Mar 26, 2007
ha! guess i ran out of space... oops! anyway to continue... there is this fellow hugin the bard and he has a book based on the myths of the Mabinogion (http://www.rambles.net/hugin_pagansongs.html) which of course is welsh. i have not been able to order a copy but supposedly it has historic contexts of the songs. so you may find some information in welsh, scots and irish celtic reconstructionism as practicioners are devoted to hard evidence (such as it is) for what celtic beliefs were actually like and are generally less romantic about it than the neo-druid groups can sometimes be. i hope i have given you some useful ideas. best of luck - your thesis sounds fascinating! i would love to see it when you finish!
blessings,
cerridwenn
cerridwenn
Mar 26, 2007
hi mary,
i'm so sorry i never got back to you. you asked about druid bards and the druids in general. unfortunately i have only been doing archaeology in the us for a long time even though i really wanted to work in the uk and ireland so i'm behind on most of the literature. you may already be aware of these but i would recommend any of the historical works by ronald hutton - he is in my opinion very reliable and backs up his claims with real historical and archaeological evidence, which cannot be said for some of the other authors who have been working hard to make history reflect what they want it to instead of what really seems to have happened. as for modern druids, there is always the adf and the older british branch whose name i can't remember, they are good sources but not always historically accurate, although they would be a good example of a revivalist, reconstructionist modern group and how our views and expectations of druidism has evolved over a few thousand years.
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