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Article: Underground poetry.(Caverns of Magic: Caves in Myth and Imagination)(Book review)
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- December 1, 2006
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Caverns of Magic: Caves in Myth and Imagination, by Hal G.P. Colebatch; Cybereditions, 2006, $62.95.
ALONG, DISCURSIVE and fascinating essay by Hal Colebatch, Caverns of Magic is far more than a survey of caves in human history and mythology. In little more than 100 pages it takes the reader down many subterranean passages of literature where fine imaginative writing will be recalled or discovered, whetting the appetite for more.
Hal Colebatch reveals a lifelong fascination with the caves of his native Westem Australia that he first encountered at the age of seven, and helped explore in later years. As we absorb his enthusiasm for the mysterious and ...