INNKEEPER’S FIRE

INNKEEPER’S FIRE is a keeper; a fascinating piece of literary art presenting as it does the mythical character Risteard Mac Grailt; a nuptial hermit and family man dwelling in the hill country of Deisi Mumhan: – a courteous, warm-voiced rural philosopher-poet of the isle of Éire – Ireland who charmingly tells mythic stories and engages in homely conversations on a whole host of things.
The author has chosen a traditional Irish setting which is very close to his own heart, namely that of the convivial ambience of sitting around a cosy open hearth telling stories and then discussing them at length for half the night. Here on the isle of Éire, as surely in many other places too, the tradition of telling stories about the hearth has been honoured and treasured by our people for centuries and centuries be they sitting about the hearth within their simple cranogs, cottages, country houses, castles grand or by road away caravans.
The hearth within these pages is seen as a bright window way to our ancestors; a natural, and faithful expression of Sacred Hearth Sun’s presence deep within the home, deep down within the isle, deep down adown within the planet. For verily, like all peoples we have down through the ages naturally treasured sitting and chatting with each other, and with the welcomed stranger about sacred hearths be they off in the ever so quiet crisp Arabian desert night air, or here in the wild windy winterish evenings of this North Atlantic isle; delighted we have however and wherever in sitting and chatting together about gently crackling, softly singing, sacred fragrant hearths. And who knows knows it to be so, that these sacred fragrant hearths well serve as ever-present living home sweet home emblems of Sacred Hearth Sun’s wondrous presence within our own bosoms.
Each and every act/session has the same format: a prologue, and the presentation of a story followed by an in depth conversation.
Rísteárd Mac Grailt the innkeeper; the knowledgeable, adept, self-taught storyteller as well as faithful invoker and recipient of ancestral blessings and inspiration, first tells a story (sighting) to his special guest, Receptive. This is then followed by a very enlightening conversation initiated by the guest on the content of the story. Throughout the work the identities of all guests save for two or three are kept anonymous (hence the anonym ''Receptive''). Come equinoxes and solstices all storytelling sessions take place on Sunday Eves, in other words on Saturday nights.
INNKEEPER’S FIRE effectively communicates that it is an ongoing human obligation to think life in a new and different light. The flamboyancy and style of both the stories and their commentaries ensures a highly enjoyable and most rewarding encounter. Its profundity will at times bring tears to the eyes. While cryptic and esoteric elements are subtly and copiously scattered here and there throughout the text, they won’t in anyway distract from the reader’s enjoyment of the work, rather will instead be handsomely adding to their enjoyment of it. The work takes the position that there is nothing that isn’t mysteriously related to everything else in some way or another.
The work was originally published in two volumes: two hardbacks due to the large number of is pages. Here however it is being presented as was originally intended, namely as a single volume. The work contains 40 digital artworks created by the author. {Cover artwork: ‘Jacob van Maerlant Writing His Spieghel Historiael’ Albert Frans Lieven De Vriendt (1843-1900)}
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