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Tag Archives: Religion
The Groundlings of Divine Will by Daniel Staniforth
“We are the collective pronoun not to be named; the sacred amalgam, the response harbingers around the fringes of refinery. We are informers and fetishists, sycophants and revolutionaries, the pliant in the trenches of experience, the silent mummers in supplication … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New books, Poetry
Tagged alchemy, Ancient Britain, Ben Johnson, British Literature, British poetry, Cathars, Catholicism, Christianity, Christopher Marlowe, Church, Church history, conspiracy, Daniel Staniforth, Drama, Elizabethan History, Emmanuel Swedenborg, English history, English literature, English poetry, esotericism, Globe, Gordiano Bruno, Gospels, Heresy, History, Holinshed, John Dee, Literary Criticism, Literature, Magic, Masons, Montaigne, Mystery Schools, Occult, Orthodoxy, Plays, Playwrights, poetry, postmodern, Religion, ritual, Rosicrucians, Seneca, Shakespeare, Shakespearean Criticism, Swan, Templars, theatre, Theology, Tudor History, Walter Raleigh, Western Mysteries, William Shakespeare, Witchcraft
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The Forgotten Faith: The Witness of the Celtic Saints by Anthony Duncan
It must be said at once that there is no such thing as ‘Celtic Christianity’ as something other than the Christian Faith as it is properly handed down to us. What there is, however, is a Celtic Spirituality which is … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Albion, Anglican Church, Anglo Saxon, Anthony Duncan, Arthuriad, Asaph, Augustine, Bishops, British History, Bueno, Cadog, Celtic, Celtic Christianity, Celtic Church, celtic saints, celtic spirituality, Christianity, Church, Columba, David, Early Church, England, English history, Gildas, History, Illtyd, Ireland, Jesus Christ, Kentigern, Mabinogion, Maelrubba, Melangell, Monasteries, Monks, Ninian, Padarn, pagan, Patrick, Paulinus, Religion, Roman Catholic, Sacred places, Saint Augustine, Saints, Samson, Saxon, Scotland, spirituality, Synod, Teilo, Theology, Tysilio, Wales
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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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Scourging and Buffeting: Jurors in the Court of Torture and Blame!
Anyone who has seen Mel Gibson’s films will know that he is quite fond of accentuating torture scenes – almost to the point of fetishisation. Whether it’s Detective Riggs, William Wallace, or an emaciated Jesus Christ, we have become accustomed … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged ancient stage, Apocrypha, Blame, Buffeting and Scourging, canonical sources, Catholicism, Christian history, Christianity, Church, Church history, Complicity, Dark Ages, Drama, Gospels, Jesus Christ, Jewish history, mediaeval, Medieval, Mel Gibson, Mystery Plays, Passion of the Christ, Passion Plays, Religion, Revisionist history, Roman History, theatre, torture, torture scenes, Towneley Cycle
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A Tribute to the Late Hugh Fox
A Tribute to the Late Hugh Fox by Daniel Staniforth The small press king is dead – long live his unending fox-trot. Long strut the dance of his unquenchable quill, and that clack-clack clog-riffing through the sweet meanders of … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged academia, American fiction, American literature, American novel, American Poetry, Anias Nin, Anthropology, Archeology, avant garde, beat generation, Beat poetry., Bukowski, Catholicism, Chicago, Cosmep, experimental literature, fiction, Fullbright Scholar, Ghost Dance, History, Hugh Fox, Judaism, Kerouac, Latin American History, lit zine, Literary Criticism, Literature, Michigan, Mythography, mythology, novel, poetry, Publishing, Pushcart prize, Religion, small press, Small Press Publishing
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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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