Tag Archives: mythology

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 | 8 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

‘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 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

Guest Blog by Gordon Strong: James Joyce – Myth as Narrative

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Daniel

…a brave man would invent something that never happened! Joyce In both Ulysses, Portrait of the Artist and the prototype of the latter – Stephen Hero – Joyce is concerned with the presenting of ‘truth’. Not only is … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads | Tagged Aristotle, books., British Literature, British Novel, Charles Tart, Dublin, Dubliners, Edwardian History, experimental literature, F.H. Bradley, fiction, Fred Alan Wolf, Gordon Strong, Greek Drama, Irish history, Irish literature, James Joyce, Literature, Michael Davis, Mikhail Bakhtin, Modernism, Myth, mythology, novel, philosophy, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Richard Kearney, Stephen Hero, T.S. Eliot, Tolkien, Ulysses, Victorian History, Werner Heisenberg | 1 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

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

The Chronicles of the Sidhe by Steve Blamires

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Daniel

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 | 2 Comments

Song of the Sea God by Chris Hill

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Daniel

“…Like we’d never shared in the sea’s flotsam and jetsam; the dead whales, a leather backed turtle once, big as a coffee table. The dead bodies even, now and then, stranded in sleep with water trickling lazily from silent terracotta … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged Allegory, Ballard, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, Chris Hill, Chris Moore, Daily Telegraphy, English literature, English novel, experimental fiction, fiction, God figure, History, humour, Imagination, Islands, John Fowles, Literature, Lord of the Flies, Metaphor, Michael Moorcock, mythology, novel, Religion, Religious allegory, Sea God, Sea Narrative, Seaside, Surrealism, Symbolism. Jesus Christ, Walney Island, William Golding, Yeovil Prize | 3 Comments

The Sacred Stone Circles of Stanton Drew by Gordon Strong

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Daniel

“The henge at Stanton Drew is thought to be older than Avebury or Stonehenge. Even with radio carbon dating, anomalies occur when attempting to establish an accurate date for any artefact. For the purposes of this study, parts of the … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged Ancient Britons, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Folklore, Ancient Maps, ancient stone circles, Antiquarian, Archeology, Astronomy, Avebury, Beaker People, Bristol Museam, British History, Calendar, Celts, Compass, Dowsers, Dowsing, Dragon energy, Druids, Earth Energy, esoteric, esotericism, Gordon Strong, great pyramid of cheops, Ley Lines, megaliths, mythology, neolithic monument, north somerset, Occult, occultism, pyramid of cheops, Sacred Earth, Sacred Geography, sacred geometry, Saxons, Shamanism, Somerset, Stanton Drew, Stone Circles, Stonehenge, Surveyors, Temple, Venus, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Wood Henges, Woodhenge | Leave a comment

The Way of Magic by Gordon Strong

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Daniel

“Magic is a calling that offers few rewards, mainly because any glory in the occult world is, by definition, hidden. Magic attracts those who were destined to be part of its ways from the beginning, and deters those who should … Continue reading →

Posted in Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged Ancient Egypt, ancient mystery schools, ancient stone circles, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, Astral Plane, Divination, Druids, Eastern Mysticism, Egyptology, esoteric, Esoteric History, Gordon Strong, holy grail, Magic, Magick, meditation, Mystery Schools, mystery traditions, Myth, mythology, neolithic monument. occult, Occult, philosophy, Qabalah, ritual magic, Sacred Earth, Sacred Sites, Shamanism, Stones Circles, tarot, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, western mystery traditions | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: mythology

Conversation with Alan Richardson

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

Guest Blog by Gordon Strong: James Joyce – Myth as Narrative

Treasures for your Solstice….

The Secret Tradition in Arthurian Legend by Gareth Knight

The Chronicles of the Sidhe by Steve Blamires

Song of the Sea God by Chris Hill

The Sacred Stone Circles of Stanton Drew by Gordon Strong

The Way of Magic by Gordon Strong

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