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Title: The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer by Brian Bates ISBN: 0-06-250040-6 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: January, 1983 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A journey into loonyland
Comment: A monk is sent to England as a scount for the future process of evangelization. Eventhough their belief system is aimed toward collision, a local shaman decides to help him in his process of discovery of religious rituals and information gathering. However, the monk is surprised by how theorical are the foundations of his faith when he is shown by the shaman that he knows little of nothing about himself, so if he wants to conquer others, the monk must seek within his true nature. It is here were the novel becomes really boring, lacking any type of tension and becoming a bunch of fairy tale stories of ghosts, waking trees, ogers, and other stuff which must surely do not come from the Bristish Museum documents but from the imagination of the author.
So if you want to read fairy tale stories, the ones that offered in the children's section of the bookstore are much more fun.
Rating: 5
Summary: A stunning spiritual adventure
Comment: This is an amazing book. It changed my way of thinking about myself, and my life - and it gets over its message in a story that I found compelling and moving. Based on factual documents in the British Museum, the book takes the reader on a journey into the spiritual and shamanic world of Anglo-Saxon England. It tells the story of a young man names Brand, who journeys with a sorcerer in the pre-Christian forests of the seventh century. There he learns a quite remarkable path to wisdom, called Wyrd. This is like a western version of Tao, in that every event affects everything else, and the forces of nature are pre-emenent. The story includes vivid encounters with the spirits, and a gripping conclusion where he is helped by his guardian - a hawk. Ancient wisdom for today. Deserves to be the best-seller that it is.
Rating: 3
Summary: NOT AS GREAT AS THE HYPE
Comment: I paid a lot of money for this book because all the reviews raved about it. As an eclectic witch with Celtic shamanistic leanings, I was intrigued about this mysterious "manuscript" and what information Brian Bates would glean from it. Sorry to say that the book is not a great piece of writing, first off. The author writes like someone who is not really an author; the finesse and talent of a writer is not there. There are a lot of historical novels out there; this is just another one. There's nothing special about it.
Secondly, the author does not go into enough detail in the introduction to make me believe that he ever even read this manuscript that the book is supposededly based on. He lists an impressive bibliography but to me it's more of a suggested reading list. He doesn't seem to know very much about this manuscript and that makes the whole thing suspect.
All in all, not worth the money that I paid for it. I wouldn't suggest that's it's worth is anymore than a typical paperback novel.
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Title: The Real Middle Earth: Exploring the Magic and Mystery of the Middle Ages, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Lord of the Rings by Brian Bates ISBN: 1403963193 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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