Well, it would take some time, & not all of us can see ourselves quite
as ancient bards (even if we'd like to).
I see Alison responded, but on another aspect of your post. So I shall
mention that her fantasy series, beginning with The Gift, actually
creates mages who are poets, that is bards. I see it as a kind of
fantasy narrative take on a lot of what this commentary seems to be
about.
As for the 'bardic take' & commentary, if we could find contemporary
ways of making it mean for us now, perhaps..., it would depend, among
other things, on how each of us defines that term, 'spiritual'...
Doug
On 26-Jun-09, at 7:46 PM, Desmond Swords wrote:
> Please forgive me for stating the obvious, but i am only a spammer
> having a
> giggle, and no one will talk to me about a text i discovered several
> years
> ago first translated in 1979, an old Irish 7C bardic take on what
> poetry is
> and how it works
>
> http://www.thunderpaw.com/neocelt/poesy.htm
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