The Bardic Handbook,9780906362679

The Bardic Handbook

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ISBN13: 9780906362679
ISBN10: 0906362679
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-07-30
Publisher(s): Gothic Image
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Summary

This complete manual for the Twenty-First Century Bard contains all you need to know to start you on the Bardic Path. Here you will find inspiration and instruction, whether you want to dedicate yourself to the Way of Awen, or simply wish to improve your public-speaking skills and be able to express yourself with confidence. Learn how to enchant an audience with gramarye, through poetry, storytelling and songcraft, and how to use magical words to bless, honour, heal and celebrate your identity, community and cultural heritage.

Table of Contents

Preface 9(1)
Foreword 10(3)
Emma Restall Orr
Introduction 13(3)
BARDIC BEGINNINGS
Using The Bardic Handbook
16(1)
A Bardic Year: A month-by-month guide
17(2)
Orientation: The Circle of Elements
19(1)
Where to Begin
20(2)
Self-evaluation
22(1)
The Leaves of Life
23(1)
Starting Out: A personal journey
23(2)
Declaring your Chair
25(2)
The Bardic Learning Cycle
27(1)
A Bardic A-Z
28(2)
SPIRIT
Month 1: Awakening to Bardic Awareness
30(42)
The Nature of a Bard: Past and Present
31(5)
The Nature of Awen
36(5)
Creating a Bardic Space
41(1)
The Celtic Diaspora
42(3)
The Cauldron-Born
45(3)
The Story of Taliesin
48(2)
The Training of a Bard
50(3)
The Crane Bag: Bardic Techniques and Exercises
53(2)
The Three Illuminations: Imbas Forosnai -- the light of foresight
55(2)
Imbolc: The Poet's Festival
57(5)
Brighid: Goddess of the Bards
62(2)
Praise Poems
64(2)
End of Month Review
66(2)
Spirits of Air
68(4)
Month 2: Threshold Guardians
72(22)
Gods of the Threshold
74(3)
The Harp
77(5)
Perpetual Choirs of Song
82(1)
Ballads
82(1)
The Crane Bag: Senchus -- Bardic Memory
83(3)
Retrieving Lost Knowledge
86(2)
Ritual Phrases
88(2)
The Stone on the Emperor's Hand: Mnemonic Devices
90(3)
The House of the Storyteller
93(1)
Month 3: Twice-Born
94(25)
Anruth Ceremony
95(7)
Voice of the Wind
102(3)
The Voice: Word Magic and the Uses of Gramarye
105(2)
Colloquy
107(3)
Riddles
110(1)
Solar Festivals: The Equinoxes
111(2)
Quarterly Review
113(3)
FIRE
Spirits of Fire
116(2)
The Fire Festivals
118(1)
Month 4: Finding the Fire Within
119(10)
Voice of the Fire
121(3)
Using Passion
124(1)
The Crane Bag: The Three Illuminations -- Teinm Laida
125(4)
Month 5: Encountering Faerie
129(17)
Fire in the Head: Inspiration and composition in poetry
131(7)
Tips for Writing Poetry
138(1)
Tips for Performing Poetry
139(1)
Voice of the Sun
140(5)
The Shining Ones
145(1)
Month 6: Entering the Land of Story
146(16)
The Lore of the Storyteller
148(4)
Climbing the Beanstalk: Storytelling in easy stages
152(2)
The Crane Bag: Using Archetypes
154(2)
Lughnasadh: A Harvest of Tales
156(2)
Six Month Review
158(2)
Spirits of Water
160(2)
Month 7: Connecting with the Animal Kingdom
162(16)
The Hawk of Achill
169(1)
Fionn and the Salmon
169(2)
The Weir of the Twice-Born
171(2)
Voice of the Sea
173(2)
The Crane Bag: Tipping the Cauldron
175(3)
Month 8: Calling The Inner Bard
178(23)
The Crane Bag: The Inward Spiral -- the joy of solitude
181(3)
Bard and Community
184(3)
Marking Rites of Passage
187(1)
Voice of the Trees
188(3)
The Silver Branch
191(2)
The Crane Bag: The Three Illuminations -- Dichetal do Chennaib
193(2)
Ogham: the Celtic Tree Alphabet
195(3)
The Crane Bag: Walking
198(3)
Month 9: Awenyddion -- becoming an inspired one
201(10)
Quarterly Review
205(3)
EARTH
Spirits of Earth
208(3)
Month 10: Your Bardic Debut
211(15)
The Bladder Stick: Using Humour
213(3)
The Crane Bag: Briamech Smetrach -- The Uses and Misuses of Satire
216(1)
Voice of the Earth
217(2)
Sitting Out: A Night on Bard Mountain
219(3)
The Crane Bag: Dindsenchas -- stories of place
222(4)
Month 11: The Tongue That Cannot Lie
226(48)
Voice of the Ancestors
228(1)
The Crane Bag: Stone Upon the Belly
229(4)
Voice of the Stars
233(3)
On Being a Twenty-First Century Bard
236(1)
Voice of the World -- Relevance and Motivation
237(3)
Finding Material
240(3)
Brainstorming and Mindmapping
243(2)
Breaking down the Bones
245(1)
Visualisation
246(2)
Inhabiting the Story
248(1)
Structuring
249(2)
Rehearsal
251(1)
Direction
252(1)
Using Music and Sound Effects
253(1)
Using Movement
254(1)
Improvisation
255(1)
Persona
256(1)
Repertoire
257(1)
Promotion and Marketing
258(1)
Selecting your Set and Pitching it Right
259(1)
Working with the Space
260(2)
Working Solo
262(1)
Working in a Group
263(1)
Timing
264(1)
The Warm-Up
265(1)
The Walk Through and Warming up the Space
266(1)
Audience Participation
267(2)
Working with Interruptions
269(1)
Multi-media
270(1)
Reciprocation and Remuneration
271(2)
Documentation
273(1)
Closure and Follow-up
273(1)
Month 12: A Bardic Life
274(36)
A Year and a Day: Accepting your Bardic Chair
278(2)
Quarterly Review
280(1)
Final Review
281(1)
Final Feedback Form
281(2)
Certificate of Bardic Initiation
283(2)
APPENDICES
The Wheel of the Year-diagram
285(1)
Bardic Reading List
286(2)
Contacts
288(2)
A Brief Bardic Glossary
290(2)
The Shining Word -- diagram
292(1)
British and Irish Gods and Goddesses
293(1)
Eco-Bardic Principles
294(1)
Eisteddfod
295(2)
Setting up and Running a Bardic Chair
297(2)
British Bardic Chairs
299(1)
Case Study of a Modern Bardic Chair
300(1)
The Role of the Chaired Bard
301(1)
Running a Bardic Circle
302(2)
`The Dialogue of the Two Sages', version by Robin Williamson
304(6)
Index 310

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