The Arthurian Quest: Living the Legends of Camelot (Llewellyn's Celtic Wisdom Series) [Paperback]

Amber Wolfe (Author)

Book Description

Series: Llewellyn's Celtic Wisdom Series | Publication Date: September 8, 2002

The Arthurian Quest draws together informati on from a wide variety of sources - historical, mythological , psychological and magical - to reveal how these legends ca n be used as a catalyst for personal evolution and empowerme nt. '

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About the Author

Amber Wolfe is a master-level educator and psychotherapist in private practice. She follows an American Shamanic path, using the wisdoms found in the Celtic forms of Craft, Church, and myth that are her heritage. She also honors the sacred teachings of Native American medicine elders who have shared their knowledge of the nature of this land.

Amber Wolfe calls herself a Ban Drui, a term that has several meanings. Among them are Wise Woman, Druidess, White Oak Woman, and (as described by William Butler Yeats) a "Faerie Doctor." These titles represent her style as a writer, teacher, and therapist, whose work emphasizes the magick qualities of self-transformation and personal evolution.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; 1st edition (September 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567188060
• ISBN-13: 978-1567188066
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magick not History, November 19, 2001

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Chris Degraffenreid "dreamspring" (Wilkes-Barre, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Arthurian Quest: Living the Legends of Camelot (Llewellyn's Celtic Wisdom Series) (Paperback)

As a student of mysticism and the occult myself I am consistantly astounded by the western mind's inability to integrate the use of the creative, mythic and dynamic imagination with the intellectual capacity to reason.

Those who have given this book a poor review, in my opinion, haven't one whit of experience in magick or pathworking. Pathworking requires trust in subjective experience while at the same time taking cues from history and "myth". It isn't one or the other. To make it only imaginal is akin to a daydream while to make one's journeys purely historic is to lose the symbolism and meaning of the "essense" of the material.

The Arthurian Quest by Amber Wolfe is quite good and is a pathworking and magickal system, NOT A HISTORICAL, ACADEMIC WORK! It contains valuable and insightful uses for the myth cycle in a shamanic and magickal manner and merely provides tools, doorways in a manner or speaking, to contacting the currents or powers behind the symbols and stories.

The power of the Arthurian tales (pre-christian celtic) is in the messages and power between the words and what is gained from the pathworking or ritual experience. Without the validation of experience and commitment to the work, the tales are just tales and useful for nothing more than a good story on a cold evening.

There are plenty of speculative "historical" works on the Legends of Arthur and Camelot, but the fact is that they are all speculative. Keep this in mind. Enjoy the tales, do the pathworkings, rituals and visualizations with the mind of a mage or even an Archmage and they won't only make sense, they will get profound results.

In Light and Love.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent source of vibrant Arthurian pathworkings, January 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Arthurian Quest: Living the Legends of Camelot (Llewellyn's Celtic Wisdom Series) (Paperback)

This book is a wonderful way for anyone to experience the Archetypes of Arthurian Legend first hand. The pathworkings (meditations) are vibrant and illustrative, making each journey vivid enough to experience the Mystery behind the Veil. A must have for those walking the Path of the Celtic Arthurian.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where Joseph Campbell left off . . . Uniquely useful., April 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Arthurian Quest: Living the Legends of Camelot (Llewellyn's Celtic Wisdom Series) (Paperback)

This is a very useful book. Where Campbell and others have described the factual details and mythical implications of the Celtic Arthurian traditions, "Arthurian Quest" is an organized and descriptive war chest of related tactical tools. The uses for these tools for enhancing one's traditions and psyche, as well as their derivation and historical background, are included and well written.

The book makes no pretence that it contains ancient, secret, mystical information. The historical and mythological data within is well established. The ideas put forth are based on common sense folk wisdom crafted with modern psychology and sociology. It is clearly up to the readers to apply these tools strategically and intelligently to achieve their personal or group goals.