The Way of Wyrd: The Book of a Sorcerer's Apprentice

Bates, Brian

ISBN 10: 0062500406 / ISBN 13: 9780062500403

Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1983

About this Item

First US edition, hardcover, has a subtle lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and lower cover corners, a small ding to the tail of the back cover, and foxing to the edges of the text block. Overall, a solid, Near Very Good copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has creased bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, light wear to the edges, and rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Seller Inventory # 207432

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Way of Wyrd: The Book of a Sorcerer's ...

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, San Francisco, CA

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good

Edition: First Edition Thus.

About this title

Synopsis:

Here is a unique dramatization of man's search for knowledge and inner peace. In England's Dark Ages, a young monk is initiated into the mysteries of "Wyrd"--the unity of physical and spiritual life. The monk's teacher reveals a stunning world of imagination and insight.

Review:

Professor Bates tells the original story of a devout Catholic priest becoming friends with a Shamanic elder and creates a modern masterpiece of tolerance and coexistence. By looking into the past he has planted a seed for a better world in the present and beyond. If you can develop your awareness of the nature that surrounds you and are open and unafraid to listen to your dreams, you may find that the magic described in this book works like yeast to the imagination and can be utilized in any art form. (Nicolas Cage)

'Reads like a fusion of Carlos Castaneda ... and Tolkien.' (Time Out)

'Brilliant, vivid, entertaining ... it deserves a place on our bookshelves along with Carlos Castaneda.' R. D. Laing

An essential aid. In our overly Keltically obsessed British mind set, this magnificent book completely restores the unfairly neglected Scandinavian and Germanic side of our psyche. (Julian Cope)

As a way of psychological and spiritual exploration, The Way of Wyrd offers not just uncanny similarities with some of our present thinking but notions which we seem only now to be rediscovering (The Guardian)