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Poetry of William Butler Yeats: Esoteric Aspects

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Yeats, William Butler

Yeats, William Butler
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Esoteric Aspects:

Cuchulain is, for Yeats, not only a symbol of Ireland and the archetype
of the hero but also a semi-supernatural creature whose existence is aided
and/or threatened by a number of supernatural forces. The unfolding of his
fate is inextricably involved with Yeats' mystical theories and almost every
play bears witness to the development of "the system." Even before Yeats wrote
A Vision, however, he was interested in the shadowy Faeryland of Irish
mythology. The women of the Sidhe and the Country-under-Wave are, in many
ways, ...

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