Who Was Taliesin ?
Taliesin was a historical 6th (?) century poet who became quite well known and famous. He wrote a large body of poems and a number of older works came to be associated with him, turning him into an almost mythic figure. I am reading a book called ‘Taliesin: Shamanism and the Bardic Mysteries in Britain and Ireland’ by John Matthews which postulates that Taliesin and the material that became associated with him, give evidence for shamanic practices in Britain and Ireland. It is a quite long book and very detailed and very good.
