Time to enter the magic of place, story, language, fellowship; to study with a master storyteller in the landscape he lives and creates in.
The West Country School of Myth summer school will give a taste of the five-weekend immersion programme, with emphasis on the Celtic world, and both myths and poets that have arisen from it: Taliesin, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dylan Thomas, W.B. Yeats, Ted Hughes.
Suffused with story, buffeted by weather, our enquiry will be deep: how do we, as modern women and men, respond to the artistry of both land and legend? What could we do with such a thing? Come find out. This is not nostalgia but a kind of activism.
As wandering scholars, we will start the day deep in folktale and poetry, brooding together for the morning sessions. In the afternoons, you will be equipped with a bardic task, to explore the move from seeing-to-beholding in both the living world and our own innate nature. There will be one day fully on the moor. In the evenings there will be good local food, music and story.
Sixty people together, getting cooked in the mysteries, learning of kindness, grace, grief and rapture. Just like something from the old stories.
To apply, please enquire to , stating your preferred room option. A £300 deposit (non refundable) will be required to secure your place.
How do we respond to the artistry of both land and legend?
JULY 15 · 19, 2019
A Summer School
With Dr. Martin Shaw
We will begin each day deep in folklore and poetry, brooding together for the morning sessions. In the afternoons, you will set about a bardic task, to explore the move from seeing-to-beholding. Evenings will fill you with good local food, music and story.
Arrival: 5PM
Departure: 9AM
What could we do with such a thing? Come find out?
Entering The Bardic Secret
FEE: £670 Bunk Bed in Shared Room · £680 Shared Room
The summer school is an ideal taster of the five-weekend immersion programme, The Wandering Court, with emphasis on the Celtic world. The fee includes all teaching, meals (from supper on July 15 to breakfast on July 19), and accommodation.
