THE DRAGON WHISPERER’S SON, the first book of The Glastonbury Chronicles trilogy, is now out as an audio book on Audible. So to celebrate the launch, I’m offering a free audio book to whoever asks me first via my email which you can find here: Contact me. I have just 10 to give away, so don’t delay.
The Dragon Whisperer’s Son is a fairytale for adults. It was inspired by an ancient and ageless Celtic myth that I’ve now brought back to life to serve the healing needs of the 21st century.
The story recounts the rite-of-passage to manhood adventures of the child of Gwyddion and Arianrhod. The very name ‘Gwyddion’ means ‘wise one of the forests’, and so who better to turn a ramble through an enchanted forest into a magical mystery tour to a dragon’s cave of esoteric treasures in the Misty Mountains?
As we follow his son through the trials and challenges designed to help him develop the cunning and the wisdom he will need to fill his father’s shoes, we also benefit from the teachings he receives on bird magic, flower magic, tree magic, star magic and weather magic.
In this way, we undergo a similar metamorphosis, and so we are not the same person that we were when we first entered the forest, and we may even begin whispering to the dragons ourselves …
But this is not just a book about magic…
The purpose of ancient storytelling was always healing, and this story is no exception in that it help to put us back together again holistically – emotionally, psychologically and spiritually.
Each chapter of this thrilling mystery tale is devoted to bringing to life one of the twelve psychological subconscious archetypes – such as The Innocent, The Ruler, The Lover, The Sage, The Magician and The Fool. Every episode contains an object lesson about what happens when we get stuck in an archetype’s shadow, which can lead to a myriad of difficulties such as painfully disappointing relationships with others, dissatisfaction with our situation and an inability to find meaning in our lives.
It has been the role of the shamanic storyteller, from time immemorial, to use prose, poetry and song to help others to face and integrate their shadows, to find parts of their lost fragmented selves in the mythological Never Never Lands, and then bring them back to reintegrate them, to become whole. It is a similar healing process to shamanic soul retrieval, in that way.
So along with all the training in Earth magic, this tale takes us on an inner journey of the imagination in which we meet archetypes that are suffering from being trapped in their own shadows. Resonating with these characters and their situations, and watching how they deal with them, helps us to realise when we’re experiencing something similar.
We soon realise that the problems of the human condition that faced our ancestors are no different to the problems we have to deal with today. So this is how a shamanic storyteller heals, and it is the purpose of this story to help you enter into the Shadowlands of the Celtic Twilight, to find your lost self there and bring it home.
If you’d like to hear a sample of The Dragon Whisperer’s Son, here is a short extract from Chapter Five, and set to some quite beautiful music by Andreas Pirner.
So if you’d like to a free copy of the Audible version of The Dragon Whisperer’s Son, please do Contact Me as soon as. Or if you want to buy a copy yourself, it’s available on Audible in the US here, and in the UK here.
Annie Dieu-Le-Veut 