Author Archives: Daniel

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Writer & Musician

Conversation with Alan Richardson

Posted on May 16, 2013

As my conversation with Gareth Knight was so well received last month I decided to try and have a similar confab with his friend and somewhat younger colleague, Alan Richardson. Alan has written extensively on Paganism, Celtic and Faery lore, … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, Reviews | Tagged Alan Richardson, Aleister Crowley, Arthurian Traditions, British Fiction. Literature, Celtic, Charles Seymour, Christine Hartley, D.H. Lawrence, Dion Fortune, esoteric, esotericism, faery, fiction, Gareth Knight, great war, Literature, Magic, Magician, Magick, megaliths, mythology, Newcastle United, novel, Occult, Paganism, qabala, Skylight Press, Sting, Templars, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray, Wiltshire, WW1 | 8 Comments

Nick Farrell on Skylight Press

Posted on May 10, 2013

Nick Farrell is an esoteric author and journalist who has dedicated his life to the Western Mystery Tradition. Joining the Builders of the Adytum in New Zealand at age 17, he started to read everything he could find on the Golden … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Literature, British Literature, Esoteric, New authors, New books | Tagged Aurora Aurea, Chic Cicero, Colin Robertson, David Goddard, Dion Fortune, Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, Druidic order, Druids, Eqyptology, esoteric, Esoteric Order of the Golden Dawn, esotericism, fiction, Golden Dawn, Great Britain, hermetic order of the golden dawn, HorusHathor, Israel Regardie, Journalism, Journalist, Lupa, Magic, Magick, mysticism, New Zealand, Nick Farrell, novel, Occult, occultism, Paganism, Pat Zalewski, Pendragon, Peregrin Wildoak, Pharos, Rome, Samuel Mathers, Servants of the Light, Shamanism, Skylight Press, Tabatha Cicero, Talismans, tarot, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Whare Ra, William Wynn Wescott | Leave a comment

The Book of Mélusine of Lusignan:  In History, Legend & Romance  edited by Gareth Knight

Posted on May 6, 2013

Mélusine of Lusignan is no stranger to the Europeans and their interweaving histories and mythologies; indeed her great progeny impacted an area roughly the size of the Roman Empire at its height. It is claimed that her serpentine bloodline produced … Continue reading →

Posted in New books, Recommended reads, Literature, Esoteric, British Literature | Tagged Skylight Press, Gareth Knight, esoteric, faery, Magic, Arthurian, mythology, Occult, France, History, French Literature, Lusignan, Faery Lore, faery tradition, mediaeval, translation, R.J. Stewart Books, French History, Romans, Arthuriad, esotericism, Medieval History, Middle Ages, Andre Lebey, Melusineof Lusignan, French Mythology, Europe, Fairy Tale, Martin Luther, Goethe, Franz Grillparzer, Mendelssohn, Jean D'Arras, 12th Century, Couldrette, Ringoltingen, Sabine Baring-Gould, Serpent, Fish, Water Faery, Abbé Vergnaud, Walter Skeat, University of Dijon, Louis Stouff, Jerusalem, Royal bloodlines, Royalty, Kingship, wilhelm meisters, curious myths of the middle ages, felix mendelssohn | Leave a comment

‘Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of Novels!’ – A Cross-section of Blasphemetic Fiction

Posted on May 1, 2013

The fictions of Jesus the Christ have become many in number, multiplying like the loaves and the fishes at Bethsaida. In that they were pseudepigraphical accounts and written up two to three centuries after the events depicted, the gospels could … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Reviews | Tagged A.J. Langguth, Albert Schweitzer, American fiction, Angela Hunt, Anita Mason, Anthony Burgess, Apocrypha, Astral Plane, Ben Hur, Benito Perez Galdos, Bible, bishop irenaeus, Bishop Ireneus, Blasphemy, British fiction, Bruno Bauer, Buddhism, Channeling, Chris Hill, Chris Moore, Christendom, Christianity, Coptic, coptic gospels, Cyberpunk, D.H. Lawrence, Dan Brown, David Strauss, Dead Sea Scrolls, Decetisicm, Early Church, Ebionite, Elaine Pagels, Eqyptology, Ernest Renan, esoteric, feminism, fiction, Frank Yerby, Friedrich Ghillany, Gabriel Meyer, George Moore, Gerd Theissen, Gerhart Hauptmann, gnostic gospel of thomas, gnosticism, Gore Vidal, Gospel of Thomas, Gospels, Grail, Hagiography, Hebrew, Heresy, Historical Jesus, History, Holy Blood, Hugh Schonfield, infancy gospels, Isis, issus, James Carse, James Morrow, Jeremy Robinson, Jesus Christ, Jim Crace, John, Jose Saramago, Judaism, Karl Barth, Last Temptation of Christ, Lew Wallace, Life of Brian, Liz Green, Luke, Magic, Magick, Marcionism, Mark, Marrianne Fredriksson, Martin Scorsese, Mary Magdalene, Master Jesus, Matthew, Messiah, Michael Baigent, Michael Moorcock, Michele Roberts, Mikhail Bulgakov, Monty Python, Morton Smith, mysticism, mythology, Nag Hammadi, Nazarene, Nikos Katantzakis, Nino Ricci, Norman Mailer, Nostradamus, Novels, Occult, Orthodox, pagan, Par Lagerkvist, Passion Plays, Paul Park, Religion, Richard Muller, Robert Graves, Roman History, Saints, Saviour, Shasaku Endo, Sholem Asch, Simon Magus, Skylight Press, Taylor Caldwell, Testament, Theodore Sturgeon, Theodore Ziolwolski, Theology, Theosophy, Time Travel, Western Mystery Tradition, Wilton Barnhardt, Yeshua, Zoroastrianism | 3 Comments

Conversation with Gareth Knight

Posted on April 21, 2013

Gareth Knight, an author of some forty books on a wide array of subjects following his training in Dion Fortune’s Society of the Inner Light, is now firmly established as one of the world’s foremost authorities on ritual magic, the … Continue reading →

Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, Recommended reads | Tagged alchemy, Andre Lebey, Anglo Saxon, Arthuriad, Arthurian Traditions, author, Bix Beiderbecke, C.S. Lewis, Caesar, Celtic, Charles Williams, Coleridge, Count Basie, Cretien de Troyes, Daniel Staniforth, Dion Fortune, Druids, esoteric, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Hawkwood College, History, Inklings, Interview, J.R.R. Tolkien, jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Kathleen Raine, Literature, Longmans, Magic, Magical Harmonics, Magick, mediaeval, Medieval, Melusine of Lusignan, music, mystical texts, Occult, Occult bookshops, occultism, Owen Barfield, Oxford Inklings, poetry, practical guide to qabalistic symbolism, qabala, Qabalah, Rebecca Wilby, Romantic Poets, Skylight Press, Society of the Inner Light, Stan Kenton, tarot, Theolonious Monk, vercingetorix, Victorian Poets, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Writer tips | 1 Comment

A Review of Stoning the Devil on The Feminist Wire

Posted on April 15, 2013

The following is a short snippet of Jill Di Donato’s review of Stoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powell, published by The Feminist Wire on April 10, 2013. The full review, entitled Western Novelist Paints a Racy Portrait of Middle Eastern … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews | Tagged Arab, Arab culture, Beyonce, Book Review, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, colonial perspective, Experimental novel, feminism, Feminist, fiction, Frank O'Conor Award, Garry Craig Powell, Gulf, Islam, Jill Di Donato, Lena Dunham, middle eastern culture, middle eastern women, middle-east, Muslim, novel, novel in stories, politics, Sex and violence, Short Stories, Stoning the Devil, The Feminist Wire, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Women | Leave a comment

One-day Conference on the Life and Work of DION FORTUNE – Saturday, 30 March 2013

Posted on March 25, 2013

Come and see Skylight Authors Wendy Berg and Mike Harris, along with other wonderful authors, speak at the Dion Fortune conference. Also, Skylight Press will have a table at the back – so bring some spending money for books. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Events, Events | Tagged Alpha et Omega, Aquarian Age, Atlantis, Cabala, Clun Memorial Hall, Cosmic Doctrine, David Benton, Demon Lover, Dion Fortune, esoteric, fiction, Fraternity of Inner Light, Geraldine Beskin, Glastonbury, Goat-foot God, Goddess, Golden Dawn, hermeticism, Literature, Magic, Moon Magic, Mystical Qabala, Novels, Occult, occultism, Pagan Federation, Psychic Self-Defence, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Sea Priestess, Servants of the Light, Shropshire, Skylight Press, Stella Matutina, tarot, Theosophy, Tim Entwistle, Violet Firth, Wales, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Winged Bull | Leave a comment

What Skylight Authors are Reading

Posted on March 23, 2013

It’s always fascinating to see what writers read, where they find sustenance and inspiration for their own work. A few Skylight authors have graciously agreed to let us in on what they are currently reading, whether for guilty pleasure or … Continue reading →

Posted in Recommended reads, Australian Literature, Literature, American Literature, Literary Criticism, Esoteric, British Literature, British History | Tagged Skylight Press, Gareth Knight, Alan Richardson, holy grail, faery, Hugh Fox, British Literature, Borges, Daniel Staniforth, Literature, books., Margaret Randall, Occult, Rebecca Wilby, Kathleen Raine, R.J. Stewart, feminism, Mexico, Dante, Dion Fortune, Celtic, Medieval, irish, John Matthews, music, Melusine, Faery Lore, Richard Froude, Arthurian Legends, mediaeval, Sea Priestess, Moon Magic, World War Two, Modernism, Kirk Marshall, Rikki Ducornet, William Blake, Pablo Neruda, Peter Akroyd, Gordon Strong, Druids, Arthuriad, Garry Craig Powell, Portugal, Chris Hill, Greek Mythology, Brian Lucas, Joseph Noble, Andrew Joron, Elizabeth Robinson, Andre Lebey, Romance, Julius Ceasar, Roman, Gaul, French, Mayan History, Maya, Michael D. Coe, Anna Lanyon, Aztec, Spanish, Creole, Latin America, William Pitt Root, Wings Press, Antony Beevor, Jack Schaeffer, Normandi Ellis, G. M. Fraser, Jeet Thayil, Bombay, Rushdie, Bolano, China Mieville, Sam Thompson, Robert Kloss, Pre-Reconstruction, Gettysburg, Dean Radin, Terence McKenna, Leonora Carrington, Steven Johnson, Aldous Huxley, Barbara Pym, Andrew Loog Oldham, Michael Flatt, SpringGun Press, Seth Landman, Emily Toder, Noah Eli Gordon, Michael Crichton, Michael Ladeen, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Antonio Tabucchi, Giuseppe di Lampedusa, John Woodhouse, 13th Century, W.A. Nitze, T.A. Jenkins, Gawain, Perceval, Galahad, Celtic Myth, Welsh, Victorian, Tennyson, R.S. Loomis, Longinus, Grail Hallows, Murakami, David Mitchell, Lissa Wolsak, Jack Collom, Elaine Pagels, Alex Owen, Templars, Karen Ralls, H.L. Mencken, Bachelard, Ricoeur, Rupert Copping, Oscar Lewis, conquest of gaul, rite of pan, imminent publication, vercingetorix, julius caesar, Divine Comedy, Allen Mandelbaum, Michael Palma, Ciaran Carson, Nicholas Rawson, Samuel Beckett, George Devine, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, John Sakkis, Christopher Middleton, Eleni Stecopoulous, Clark Coolidge, Murilo Mendez, Chris Daniels, Apollinaire, William Carlos Williams, Nicholas Kilmer, Taiye Selasi, Sonali Deraniyagala, Thailand, Indonesia, Roberto Calasso, Hindu, Lucretius, Cesar Vallejo, Rebecca Seiferle, Bin Ramke, Laird Hunt | Leave a comment

Antiphonal Airs by Joseph Noble

Posted on March 16, 2013

sound remembered beneath the sound board within the fingers recognizable and strange at the rim of summoning and leaving Antiphonal Airs is a mixilating series of poems from poet-musician Joseph Noble. Some are improvisational riffs on specific composers, their lives … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads | Tagged American literature, American Poetry, Andrew Joron, avant garde, Baroque, Bay Area Poetry, classical, classical music, Cloud Shepherd, composers, David Meltzer, early music, Edgar Varese, Elizabeth Robinson, Experimental Music, Experimental poetry, Haydn, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Italian Baroque, Italian Composers, jazz, John Adams, Joseph Noble, Literature, Lyrical Poetry, Monody, music, Ornette Coleman, Orpheus and Eurydice, poetry, Polyphony, Riddle, San Francisco Poetry, Seconda Practica, Songs, Sonnet, Theolonius Monk | Leave a comment

Joseph Noble on Skylight Press

Posted on March 6, 2013

The Bay Area has always been a hot-bed for experimental poetry, from the Beats and the famous Six Gallery reading to Ferlinghetti’s City Lights enclave to the San Francisco Renaissance that yielded such poetic powers as Rexroth, Duncan, Spicer and … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, Literature, New authors, Poetry | Tagged ambient, American literature, American Poetry, Andrew Joron, avant garde, Bay Area, Bay Area Poetry Scene, books., Brian Lucas, City Lights Bookstore, classical music, Cloud Shepherd, Drone, Experimental Music, Experimental poetry, jack Spicer, Joseph Noble, Kenneth Rexroth, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Laynie Brown, Literature, music, poetry, Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser, San Francisco, San Francisco Renaissance, Spoken Word, US Poetry, Will Alexander | Leave a comment

Author Archives: Daniel

About Daniel

Conversation with Alan Richardson

Nick Farrell on Skylight Press

The Book of Mélusine of Lusignan:  In History, Legend & Romance  edited by Gareth Knight

‘Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of Novels!’ – A Cross-section of Blasphemetic Fiction

Conversation with Gareth Knight

A Review of Stoning the Devil on The Feminist Wire

One-day Conference on the Life and Work of DION FORTUNE – Saturday, 30 March 2013

What Skylight Authors are Reading

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