title: The Mysteries of Avalon: A Primer on Arthurian Druidism
author:  August Hunt 
description: August Hunt has a lifelong passion for the Arthurian stories and has been studying them since his youth. He has lectured extensively on King Arthur at colleges and for re-enactment organizations. His articles on British Dark Age topics are also featured on various award-winning websites. Drawing on his considerable knowledge of folklore, heroic legend and myth, as well as place-name studies, history and archaeology, August is providing new and challenging material which illuminates many of the previously shadowy areas of the Arthurian tradition. August holds a degree in Celtic and Germanic Studies, and is a member of the International Arthurian Society. When he is not engaged in research and writing, he enjoys designing and building stone circles and other monuments that reproduce the celestial alignments of their ancient European counterparts. His other Arthurian books include: The Arthur of History: A Reinterpretation of the Evidence
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  ## Kinley MacGregor
  
  
  ## SWORD OF DARKNESS
  
  
  LORDS OF AVALON
  
  
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  ## [Dear Reader,](9780061755088_contents.html#fm_01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Lords of Avalon started while I was in college, working on a paper about
  the Celtic origins of the Arthurian legends and how they were woven into the
  Courtly Love movement. Later, that paper became a thesis of how Celtic lore
  was the basis of the entire Courtly Love movement and not Arabic poetry as has
  been suggested.
  
  
  Those years of research set fire to my imagination. As I continued my work, I
  began to wonder what happened after Arthur’s death. Surely such magic didn’t
  just die…Surely such evil didn’t die. No, it had to have lived, and with that
  seed of an idea, their world exploded.
  
  
  Not since I started my Dark-Hunter series have I been so captivated by the
  vibrancy of my characters. They have completely seized my imagination, and I
  hope they enthrall you as well.
  
  
  Thanks for taking th