The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

music is one of the keys to the laws of the universe.”

the magical art was there, awaiting her, needing nothing but her will; having nothing to do with the complex Druidical rules and limitations about its use, or lies about the Gods. It was simply a part of life, there and accessible, nothing to do with good or evil, but available to anyone who had the will and the ruthlessness

to use it.