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    Way of Awen, The



  • Way of Awen, The

  • Awaken the bard within in this inspiring journey into your creative potential.

    Expanding upon the foundation of The Bardic Handbook, this volume explores the transformations the bardic initiate must go through to become a fully-fledged Bard. This originally took 12 years of study in the Bardic Colleges - but communities need bards right now, bringing healing and hope with their words and music and so the training process is accelerated over 12 months, echoing the 12 years of Taliesin's journey from Gwion Bach to the Shining Brow. Focusing on the shape-changing between Ceridwen and her quarry, we will examine in detail each one of these stages of consciousness and bardic development — using them as metaphors for the stages of evolution from Anruth to Bard. Each is accompanied by an original poem from The Taliesin Soliloquies. Extracts from the author's notebooks and journals over 20 years illustrate his own journey - showing how this ancient wisdom has been gleaned and validated by powerful personal experience.

    The Way of Awen is a way of living creatively, of honouring your sacred creativity, for all who wish to walk the path of their true calling.

    Website: www.wayofawen.com

  • Author(s): | Kevan Manwaring |

    Kevan Manwaring is a writer, teacher and storyteller who lives in Bath. Holder of an MA in the Teaching and Practice in Creative Writing from Cardiff University, he teaches creative writing for the Open University. He also runs freelance courses in storytelling and various aspects of the writing process to a wide variety of students. As a professional storyteller he has appeared on BBC TV and in numerous shows both solo and with Fire Springs Storytelling Company in Britain and abroad (USA, Italy and Malta). He is the author of The Bardic Handbook and The Book of the Bardic Chair. His poems and articles have appeared in several magazines and anthologies. In 1998 he won the Bardic Chair of Bath. He runs the small ecobardic press, Awen Publications. He loves wandering the land on two wheels or two legs, helping people and places to sing their song.

  • Book Details:
    ISBN:[978-1-84694-311-9]
    Price:£14.99 || $29.95
    Published:25 Jun 2010
    Pages:391
    Format:Paperback
    Size:51/2x81/2 in || 216/140 mm
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  • Reviews:

    'This is a unique, intelligent, insightful, and brilliant book from start to finish. My congratulations to the Author!'

    Am enjoying The Way of Awen, as it is so rich in myth and folklore!! It reminds me of the same richness found in Robert Graves's The White Goddess. Also am all for using a story like that of Taliesin's to structure a contemporary text. Have just finished the Taliesin story section and am plunging into the autobiography with anticipation. It is most helpful to hear how another person (and a very proactive one) has made his own bardic journey happen....it helps one keep going on their own.... We need to hear each other's stories. It is a confirmation and an inspiration.

    'The Way of Awen is very much aimed at folks already on the bardic path. I think to really benefit from it, you need to be a bard in training and/or into Kevan's work. Being both, I absolutely loved it. His writing is incredibly rich and inspiring to read. This is not for newbies, but if you sound like it might suit you, then I heartily recommend it.'

    'Few writers have done more than Kevan over the years to inspire people to unlock their creative potential. Building on the foundation of his The Bardic Handbook (2006), in this companion volume he now explores the journey the bardic initiate must undertake, and how the awen can be applied to daily life - work, play, relationships, travel, money and so on. ... The second part of The Way of Awen comprises insightful and often-revealing extracts from Kevan’s journals and notebooks, detailing some of the highways and byways of his own bardic journey over two decades. Thus, unlike The Bardic Handbook, this new book is not a manual but a personal, intuitive account based on the authenticity of Kevan’s own experience and ‘response to the awen’.

    'I hope this book to be an inspiration for creative people everywhere. I think it will be to me.'

    'Since I have begun to read The Handbook, I have begun to read "The Way of Awen" in tandem. I find the stories within a great help. Both books are great companions of each other.'

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