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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Wonderful Sourcebook for Arthurian Literature
This is probably one of the single most authorative Arthurian sourcebooks I have ever seen, giving detailed information on thousands of ballads, epics, manuscripts, fairy tales, poems, novels, plays, and movies concerning Arthur and his knights, in virtually every language and culture conceivable from Hebrew to Welsh to Tagalog.There is also a smattering of black-and-white drawings throughout, and some entries pretaining to the historical basis of the Arthurian Cycles, all of which are accurate and informative.

Great guide to anything about Arthur common or obscure.
This is a large and detailed guide to anything related, however remotely, to the Arthurian legend.It gives photos, drawings,and bibliographies,list of entries, and a list of places that cover the subject of Arthur. Thisis a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the legend of King Arthur. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Romance / Short Stories; Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folklore ... Read more

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King Arthur was not an Englishman, but a Celtic warrior, according to Roger Sherman Loomis, whose research into the background of the Arthurian legend has revealed findings that are both illuminating and controversial. This study will keep the controversy of the 'real' Arthur alive. ... Read more

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A new side of the debate about who King Arthur truly was
Celtic Myth And Arthurian Romance by Arthurian scholar Roger Loomis is a fascinating, persuasive, documented argument for the theory that the King Arthur of history was not an Englishman, but rather a Celtic warrior. Carefully annotated and researched chapters draw connections between the Camelot legend and Celtic lore, and bring to life a new side of the debate about who King Arthur truly was. An exciting and original analysis of one of history's most beloved eras and leaders, Celtic Myth And Arthurian Romance is a welcome and highly recommended addition to Arthurian studies reading lists and academic reference collections.

Amazing insights into the Arthurian myth
For anyone who's ever been fascinated by the tales of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, here's a book that puts it all in the fascinating context of Celtic mythology.The stock elements of Arthurianlegend--the enchanted castles, the abducted princesses, the contests withmysterious knights--are revealed to have a coherent esoteric meaning.AsLoomis writes, to understand the relationship between the familiar tales ofCamelot and the wilder Irish myths "is to open suddenly themountainsides into the glittering palaces of the Sidhe"--the home ofthe Celtic gods.

The brilliance of Roger Loomis--who wrote in the1920s--is that while he draws the same kind of fascinating connections asRobert Graves, Loomis does so through careful argument and documentation. His work should inform any serious discussion of the origins of theArthurian tales and the meaning of the Holy Grail. ... Read more

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Gallery artist and writer Anna-Marie Ferguson has paired the ancient divinatory system of the tarot with the Arthurian myth to create Legend: The Arthurian Tarot. The exquisitely beautiful watercolor paintings of this tarot deck illustrate characters, places and tales from the legends that blend traditional tarot symbolism with the Pagan and Christian symbolism that are equally significant elements of this myth. ... Read more

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Pleased
I connect very strongly with these cards. It was a great deck to learn on since I was already familiar with the Arthurian stories. It made the memorization and intuitive reading much easier than trying with ambiguous symbols or simple playing cards. The pictures are very pretty. Be sure to look at the hidden and background details for a more in-depth reading. The book is a great resource. I found the cards to be a little big.

Legend: Arthurian Tarot Review
Here Again, Like The Llewellyn Tarot Deck, I Think This Deck Is Absolutely Beautiful Too! The Artwork Is Extraordinary!

but NOT "Better together" !!!
This is a beautiful SET. DO NOT buy it together with the book "A Keeper of Words; Accompanying Book to Legend: The Arthurian Tarot", because the BOOK IS INCLUDED in this boxed set. As such, it's a much better value than described!

Wow...
I absolutely love this deck. It fits very easily into my hands- it's only slightly bigger than the average deck of playing cards.I really wasn't sure how I was going to feel about these when I ordered them, and even while I was looking through them I had mixed feelings. I have used my Enchantment Deck for years and it was almost as though I was neglecting a friend... But as soon as I started to shuffle this deck I was just like "Wow". I haven't been able to put them down! I still love me Enchantment Deck and use them regularly, but usually just for myself. These are great cards though and the little booklet it comes with is actually quite nice!

Guidance from Camelot
One of my earliest Tarot teachers always emphasized that it's not enough to just memorize the "definitions" of each card ~ it's important to explore what you SEE in each card each time.This deck is fabulous for that kind of intuitive reading style.

While the accompanying book is wonderful and thorough in the Tarot definitions and Arthurian legend background that are provided, the cards themselves open up into cinematic scenes that offer insight and guidance that shift with each throw.The deck shimmers with life and with wisdom.It became my favorite the first time I used it. ... Read more

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There exist many different versions both of the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and of the High Adventure of the Holy Grail. Frequently, they are treated as simply interesting legends. Isabel Wyatt bases her approach on the research of Rudolf Steiner. In this fascinating book, she shows how each seemingly insignificant detail of the various stories is, in fact, the earthly reflection of a spiritual reality. ... Read more

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Scotland's importance in Arthurian legend is undeniable: it was the traditional homeland of key figures such as Gawain; its landscape is still dotted with Arthurian associations, and many modern attempts to locate a historical Arthur end up in Scotland. Nevertheless, Scotland's complex relationship with Arthurian legend has been surprisingly neglected, and this volume is the first to be dedicated to it. The essays cover the period between the appearance in ca. 1136 of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and the accession of James VI to the English throne as James I in 1603 -- five centuries of precarious Scottish independence during which the relationship of the Scots and the English, as refracted through Arthurian legend, is at its most turbulent and changeable. The approaches are both literary and historical, covering such topics as the direct responses of early Scottish historians to the challenges set by Geoffrey's work, Arthurian literature written in Scots, the circulation of other Arthurian material in Scotland, and the portrayal of Scotland and the Scots in English and French Arthurian texts. This volume will be of equal interest to Arthurians and to students of older Scottish history and culture. ... Read more

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A channeled overview of the Celtic path of Arthurian fulfillment, a vision of personal and planetary transformation.

* Gives a detailed explanation and overview of the kingdoms of nature and the devic forces that comprise the Divine Mother's kingdom on Earth.

* Explains the Celtic calendar and the primary natural forms-animal, stone, tree, flower, plant, and bird-that are activated during the 16-month lunar cycle of emotional growth.

According to the Celtic Way, all spirit forces and forms of nature are here to teach and support every individual in attaining his or her full wisdom status. In this way Earth can become a land of beloveds who have fully embodied the laws of love in sacred partnerships, each individual cocreating with the divine. This is the Arthurian fulfillment. It is only through meeting our innermost fears-our shadows and dragons-and transforming them into love that we may emerge as divine humans empowered to lift the entire planet closer to this sacred vision of the peaceable kingdom restored.

Instructed by the guardians of the Other World, trees, animals, and other Earth spirits, Celtic scholar Jill Kelly outlines the cosmology of Celtic mysticism that orders the Divine Mother's kingdom on Earth and that calls humanity to awaken to its sacred potential. Guardians of the Celtic Way describes the 142 planes of the soul's descent into the separation from the One, explains the Celtic calendar and how the forces of nature interact with earthly cycles to assist us in bringing about spiritual fulfillment, and gently calls us to follow the Celtic path of ascension and establish Heaven on Earth. ... Read more

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A fine book for scholars
The 1995 edition states on its copyright page that "Arthurian Legends of the Middle Ages" was first published in 1871 as "Popular Romances of the Middle Ages." That matters, if you would rather not read a book written in exquisite high-Victorian academic English with an Introduction that runs to page 80. Co-author George William Cox, M.A. (New York), a prolific writer on historical and biblical themes, received several fine book reviews in Harper's Magazine in the 1870s and 1880s.

Arthurian legends from the Dark Ages returned to favor in the Middle Ages, during the twelfth century reign of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, to serve the first Plantagenets' need for dynastic propaganda. The best bards, poets and troubadours of the age expended their talents to create, build on and transform the old tales. Fast forward to the nineteenth century: Cox, with Eustace H. Jones (one review in Harper's, 1880) have actually crafted a wonderful compendium of Arthurian tales for modern researchers who need their legends expressed and written with historical sources served in fine classical detail. This book may not be for general readers but might be excellent for thesis-related or scholarly work. (That was how I used it.) The excellent Contents page breaks even the 80-page Introduction into easily-found subject areas, while the Index is generous in its Victorian precision and extent.

Robert Fripp, author,
"Power of a Woman. Memoirs of a turbulent life: Eleanor of Aquitaine" ... Read more

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A completely new revised and enlarged edition of this classic survey of monuments in South-West England associated with the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table: the castle of Tintagel, the great hill-fort of Cadbury in south Somerset, the ruined abbey at Glastonbury and Castle Dore in south Cornwall—the setting for one of the greatest European love-stories of all time, that of Tristan and Isolde.In each case the archaeological evidence is summarised, and linked with relevant Arthurian literature.The book includes maps, plans, photographs and suggestions for further reading; it will be valuable to specialists as well as accessible to the general reader. ... Read more