Category Archives: Esoteric

Conversation with Alan Richardson

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Daniel

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 | 7 Comments

Nick Farrell on Skylight Press

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Daniel

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

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

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Daniel

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

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

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Daniel

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 Literature, Essays, American Literature, Literary Criticism, Esoteric, Reviews, British Literature, British History | 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 by Daniel

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

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

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Daniel

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 by Daniel

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

HAWKWOOD – by Rebsie Fairholm

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Daniel

It’s impossible to know exactly how the site, now run as Hawkwood College, would have looked through the ages. At the time William Capel inherited it – just one of a family line who lived in the house for centuries … Continue reading →

Posted in British History, Esoteric | Tagged British History, College, Cotswolds, English history, esoteric, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Gloucestershire, Gothic, Hawkwood, Hawkwood College, Mystery Schools, Painswick, School, spring, Stroud, sycamore, The Grove, William Clifton | Leave a comment

Magical Images and the Magical Imagination by Gareth Knight

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Daniel

In times past the knowledge and use of magical images was once a closely guarded secret stowed in the minds and vaults of initiates and adepts in the Mystery Schools. But now celebrated esoteric scholar and practitioner, Gareth Knight, offers … Continue reading →

Posted in Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads, Uncategorized | Tagged Astral Plane, Cabbala, Channeling, Channelling, Coleridge, esoteric, Gareth Knight, Imagination, Kabbalah, Magic, meditation, Mysteries, Mystery Schools, Occult, Pathworking, qabala, Skylight Press, Sun Chalice Books, Symbolism, tarot, Trancework, Tree of Life, Visualization, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition | Leave a comment

Treasures for your Solstice….

Image | Posted on December 22, 2012 by Daniel | Tagged Gareth Knight, esoteric, Western Mystery Tradition, tarot, Wendy Berg, faery, Magic, mythology, British mysteries, Occult, Rebecca Wilby, pagan, qabala, ritual magic, Dion Fortune, W.G. Gray, folklore, John Matthews, inner light, Western Mysteries, Anthony Duncan, Faery Lore, Mike Harris, Celtic Mythology, Golden Dawn, British History, Arthurian Legends, Wicca, Peregrin Wildoak, mediaeval history, Sacred Earth, Steve Blamires, Gordon Strong, Arthuriad, mystery traditions, Ancient texts, Magical Ceremony, Magical Traditions, Lodges, Grimoire | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Esoteric

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

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

What Skylight Authors are Reading

HAWKWOOD – by Rebsie Fairholm

Magical Images and the Magical Imagination by Gareth Knight

Treasures for your Solstice….

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