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Tag Archives: philosophy
Guest Blog by Gordon Strong: James Joyce – Myth as Narrative
…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
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The Christ, Psychotherapy and Magic by Anthony Duncan
In 1533 Cornelius Agrippa remarked - “The outstanding question is this: why is it that although magic originally occupied the pinnacle of excellence in the judgment of all the ancient philosophers and was always held in the highest veneration by … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Anglican, Anthony Duncan, Christ, christian, christian cleric, Christian Mysticism, Church of England, Clairvoyance, cornelius agrippa, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Gareth Knight, Jewish Mysticism. British Mysticism, Kabbalah, Magic, Occult, philosophy, Prayer., Protestant, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Qabalah, Religion, sacred canons, spirituality, tarot, Theology, Tree of Life, Western Mystery Tradition
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The Way of Magic by Gordon Strong
“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
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Gordon Strong on Skylight Press
Born in the beautiful English country of Somerset, Gordon Strong is an author, teacher, musician, poet and Tarot reader. In his many and multifarious writings he delights in aspects of myth, philosophy, esoteric history, as well as various mystery traditions … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged ancient stone circles, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British fiction, Druids, east west bookshop, English fiction, esoteric, Esoteric History, fiction, Gordon Strong, holy grail, Literature, Magic, Magic Rite7, Magick, mystery traditions, Myth, mythology, neolithic monument, Novels, Occult, philosophy, Sacred Earth, Sacred Sites, Stanton Drew, Stones Circles, tarot, Western Mysteries, western mystery traditions, Wooden Books
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Anthony Duncan on Skylight Press
Anthony Duncan (1930-2003), the son of a Scots father and an English mother, was schooled for accountancy but soon discovered a dislike for office work. He joined the army and served in Germany and the Far East until resigning his … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, New authors
Tagged Anglican, Anthony Duncan, British Literature, British mysteries, Church of England, Comparative Religion, English history, English literature, esoteric, fiction, Gareth Knight, Literature, novel, Occult, philosophy, Religion, Spiritual, Western Mysteries
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Comparative Myth
Since the Presocratics, scholars and sages have sought to compare and contrast the mythological portents of various socio-religious cultures. More recently and most famously, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell have talked at length about shared psychological archetypes and the oft … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads
Tagged Anthropology, archetype, Carl Jung, Celtic, Ella Young, faery, Gaelic, Hugh Fox, Ireland, Jaguar, Joseph Campbell, Myth, mythology, philosophy, South America
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