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Tag Archives: ritual
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 Irish Celtic Magical Tradition by Steve Blamires
“There are dozens of legends that contain the germ of the Celtic tradition but I will concentrate on the ancient Irish legend of The Battle of Moytura. This legend, as will be shown, contains within it the essence of the … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient literature, Battle of Moytura, British Literature, British mysteries, British poetry, Celtic, Celtic folklore, celtic history, Celtic legend, celtic magical tradition, Dagda, esoteric, faery, Fir Bolg, folklore, Fomoire, Ireland, Irish history, irish legends, Irish literature, Irish poetry, irish texts society, King Nuanda, Magic, mediaeval, meditation, Morrigan, mythology, Occult, Otherworld, ritual, spiritual enhancement, Steve Blamires, Tuatha de Dannan, 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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Awen, The Quest of the Celtic Mysteries by Mike Harris
Awen is a Welsh word often translated as “inspiration”. However, in its fullness it has a much deeper meaning, an irradiation of the soul from paradisal origins. In the context of the Celtic folk-soul it casts the paradisal pattern by … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Anthropology, British History, Brythonic History, Celtic, celtic history, Celtic Mythology, Celts, Dion Fortune, esoteric, folklore, Gereth Knight, Golden Dawn, Mabigonion, Magic, Mike Harris, Myth, mythology, Occult, ritual, Spiritual, spirituality, Welsh History, Welsh Literature, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Mike Harris on Skylight Press
Explore the burial chambers of Bryn Celli Ddu and Barclodiad y Gawres and learn the secrets of the initiation rites of the ancient Celts. Sit in the gloom of these places of pilgrimage and hear the words of Taliesin and … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New authors, New books
Tagged Anthropology, British History, Brythonic History, Celtic, celtic history, Celtic Mythology, Celts, Dion Fortune, esoteric, folklore, Gereth Knight, Golden Dawn, Mabigonion, Magic, Mike Harris, Myth, mythology, Occult, ritual, Spiritual, spirituality, Welsh History, Welsh Literature, Western Mysteries, 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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Working with Inner Light: a new book by W.G. Gray
It’s been almost nineteen years since the veteran Qabalist and occult writer William G. Gray passed away at his Cheltenham home (coincidentally only a mile up the road from the Skylight Press offices). And it’s been forty-six years since he … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New books
Tagged esoteric, inner light, Occult, Qabalah, rite, ritual, ritual magic, W.G. Gray, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray
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