This is Poem 4 in the Taliesin-Ceridwen sequence, which is based upon the old Welsh story as found in early versions of the Mabinogion and elsewhere. In this piece young Gwion Bach receives his calling as a poet.
Skin absorption of an already heavily hallucinagenic compound. Visions are the fuel for the visionary. Most traditions of magic have their hallucinatory compounds. Magic is found in many cultures and magic goes along with visions. This gets better and better Ian. Bob
If you took every major epic fantasy that has ever been written and twisted them all into one fantastic tale of magic, sword play, and just plain old fantasy fun, you might get the first half of this 235,000 word monster of a read. The last half is a
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well done
Ron