Tag Archives: Gareth Knight

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

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

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

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 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

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

The Secret Tradition in Arthurian Legend by Gareth Knight

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Daniel

The Secret Tradition in Arthurian Legend is the first of two important Gareth Knight reissues to come out this month, to be shortly followed by Magical Images and the Magical Imagination. On the one hand it is a remarkable study … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged Ancient Britain, Ancient texts, archetype, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, Arthurian Tradition, Atlantis, atlantis and lemuria, Breton, British Literature, British mysteries, Brythonic Literature, Celtic Mythology, chrétien de troyes, Dion Fortune, England, esoteric, Faery Realms, France, french manuscripts, Gareth Knight, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Greek Mythology, holy grail, King Arthur, Lemuria, Literary analysis, literary scholar, Literature, Magic, Mallory, mediaeval, Medieval French History, Medieval History, Merlin, Middle Ages, Morte D'Arthur, mythology, Parsifal, Robert de Boron, Secret Tradition, Symbolism, Thomas Mallory, Tristan and Isolde, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Wolfram von Eschenbach | 1 Comment

In Defence of Poesy: A Skylight Selection

Image | Posted on December 10, 2012 by Daniel | Tagged America Poetry, Art, Bard tradition, Basil King, Breton, Breton lais, British poetry, Celtic Poetry, Daniel Staniforth, Dee Sunshine, Ella Young, English poetry, environmentalism, esoteric, Experimental poetry, Gareth Knight, Hybrid poetry, iain sinclair, Irish poetry, literary, Literature, Margaret Randall, Martin Anderson, mediaeval, poetry, Prose poems, Richard Froude, Rikki Ducornet, Scottish poetry, Skylight Press, Surrealism, Symbolism | Leave a comment

Skylight Fiction for the Holidaze?

Image | Posted on December 6, 2012 by Daniel | Tagged Alan Richardson, Allegory, American fiction, Anthony Duncan, Australian Fiction, British fiction, Chris Hill, Christmas Presents, Daniel Staniforth, Esoteric Fiction, experimental fiction, Experimental novel, fiction, Gareth Knight, Garry Craig Powell, Hugh Fox, iain sinclair, Kirk Marshall, Labyrinthine, literary fiction, Literature, Magic Realism, Margaret Lumley Brown, Martin Anderson, Metafiction, novel, postmodern, postmodernism, Rebecca Wilby, satire, Skylight Press, Surrealism, Will Alexander | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Gareth Knight

Conversation with Alan Richardson

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

Conversation with Gareth Knight

What Skylight Authors are Reading

HAWKWOOD – by Rebsie Fairholm

Magical Images and the Magical Imagination by Gareth Knight

Treasures for your Solstice….

The Secret Tradition in Arthurian Legend by Gareth Knight

In Defence of Poesy: A Skylight Selection

Skylight Fiction for the Holidaze?

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