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Tag Archives: Faery Lore
Treasures for your Solstice….
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December 22, 2012
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
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The Chronicles of the Sidhe by Steve Blamires
Forth from his breast the old man drew A lute that once on a rowan-tree grew: And, speaking no words, began to play “Over the hills and far away.” For a thirteen-year period, the reclusive Scottish writer Fiona Macleod enthralled … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged authoritative biography, Avalon, British Literature, Celtic Christianity, Celtic Mythology, Celtic traditions, Celtic twilight, Chanelling, Early Church, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, Faery Realms, Fiona Macleod, folklore, Gaelic, george orwell, Goddess, Golden Dawn, Hebrides, Highlands, Invocation of Peace, Iona, island landscape, Literature, mythology, Occult, poetry, Scottish history, Scottish Literature, Steve Blamires, The Little Book of the Great Enchantment, Victorian History, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William Sharp
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Steve Blamires on Skylight Press
Steve Blamires comes from the heart of Robert Burns country, the port town of Ayr on the Firth of Clyde in the south-west of Scotland, where Celtic culture and the Gaelic language still thrives. On a very clear day in … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors
Tagged British Literature, British mysteries, celtic history, Celtic Literature, Celtic Mythology, Celtic traditions, Company of Avalon, Company of Hawkwood, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Faery Lore, Fairy tales, Fiona Macleod, folklore, Gaelic studies, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Irish history, Irish mythology, mythology, national geographic expedition, Occult, Ogham, Sacred Sites, Scottish history, travel, Tree Alphabet, Tree lore, WB Yeats, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, western mystery traditions, William Sharp
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Faery Loves & Faery Lais: A Collection of Breton Lais as told by Gareth Knight
“The Breton lai is a relatively short narrative poem, usually accompanied by music, that appeared in France some time about the middle of the 12th century, spread by travelling musicians and story tellers called ‘jongleurs.’ What we find important about … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, Music, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Arthurian legend, breton lai, Breton lais, Brittany, Celtic, Celtic revival, Celtic twilight, chrétien de troyes, Cornwall, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Ella Young, English history, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, fairytale, Fantasy, Fiona Macleod, Folktale, French History, Gareth Knight, George Russell, Henry II, Ireland, jongleurs, Laurence Harf-Lancner, Literature, Marie de France, mediaeval history, mediaeval literature medieval literature, Middle French, Myth, mythology, Pierre Gallais, R.J. Stewart, short narrative poem, W.B. Yeats, Wales, Wendy Berg
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Gwenevere and the Round Table by Wendy Berg
Following on from the impressive and scholarly Red Tree, White Tree, Wendy Berg delivers the hotly anticipated sequel, Gwenevere and the Round Table. Where the first book was a comprehensive study of a variety of Arthurian sources the second is … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, New books, Recommended reads, Uncategorized
Tagged Arthurian, Arthurian Legends, Arthurian Tradition, British History, British Literature, British mysteries, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, faery tale, folklore, Grail, Guinevere, Gwenevere, holy grail, King Arthur, legend, Mabinogion, Medieval literature., meditation, mythology, Occult, Pendragon, Red Tree White Tree, ritual magic, Round Table, sacred rites, spiritual worlds, stellar deities, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries
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Merlin and the Grail Tradition by Gareth Knight
Few figures from myth and legend have impressed the imagination like that of Merlin, Archmage of the land of Logres, whose shadowy, compelling presence plays a key part in the tales of Arthurian legend and the Quest of the Holy … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged archetype, Arthurian Legends, British History, Brythonic Literature, celtic history, Celtic Mythology, chrétien de troyes, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, faery tradition, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Tradition, Hawkwood, Inklings, Jungian theory, Lectures, Magic, Malory, Masonic, Merlin, merlin and the grail tradition, Occult, qabala, quest of the holy grail, ritual, spirituality, tarot, Western Mystery Tradition
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A short review of Gareth Knight’s “I Called it Magic”
Here is a short review of Gareth Knight’s autobiography, I Called it Magic, written for The Inner Fire Journal by David Goddard: “If you have ever wanted to glean some understanding of the mind, and motivation, of an adept Mage-of-Light … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Autobiography, Christian Mysticism, cs lewis, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, Gareth Knight, Grail Tradition, Inklings, Magic, Masonic, Occult, qabala, ritual, rosicrucianism, Society of Inner Light, spirituality, tarot, Tolkien, Western Mystery Tradition
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I Called it Magic by Gareth Knight (Paperback Edition)
Released as a limited edition hardback last month, Gareth Knight’s I Called it Magic is now available in standard paperback format. Here is a review that will appear in the Winter Solstice edition of the Inner Light Journal (reprinted here … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Autobiography, Christian Mysticism, cs lewis, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, Gareth Knight, Grail Tradition, Inklings, Magic, Masonic, Occult, qabala, ritual, rosicrucianism, Society of Inner Light, spirituality, tarot, Tolkien, Western Mystery Tradition
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