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Tag Archives: Western Mysteries
Conversation with Alan Richardson
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
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Nick Farrell on Skylight Press
Nick Farrell is an esoteric author and journalist who has dedicated his life to the Western Mystery Tradition. Joining the Builders of the Adytum in New Zealand at age 17, he started to read everything he could find on the Golden … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Literature, British Literature, Esoteric, New authors, New books
Tagged Aurora Aurea, Chic Cicero, Colin Robertson, David Goddard, Dion Fortune, Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, Druidic order, Druids, Eqyptology, esoteric, Esoteric Order of the Golden Dawn, esotericism, fiction, Golden Dawn, Great Britain, hermetic order of the golden dawn, HorusHathor, Israel Regardie, Journalism, Journalist, Lupa, Magic, Magick, mysticism, New Zealand, Nick Farrell, novel, Occult, occultism, Paganism, Pat Zalewski, Pendragon, Peregrin Wildoak, Pharos, Rome, Samuel Mathers, Servants of the Light, Shamanism, Skylight Press, Tabatha Cicero, Talismans, tarot, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Whare Ra, William Wynn Wescott
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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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One-day Conference on the Life and Work of DION FORTUNE – Saturday, 30 March 2013
Come and see Skylight Authors Wendy Berg and Mike Harris, along with other wonderful authors, speak at the Dion Fortune conference. Also, Skylight Press will have a table at the back – so bring some spending money for books. Here … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Events, Events
Tagged Alpha et Omega, Aquarian Age, Atlantis, Cabala, Clun Memorial Hall, Cosmic Doctrine, David Benton, Demon Lover, Dion Fortune, esoteric, fiction, Fraternity of Inner Light, Geraldine Beskin, Glastonbury, Goat-foot God, Goddess, Golden Dawn, hermeticism, Literature, Magic, Moon Magic, Mystical Qabala, Novels, Occult, occultism, Pagan Federation, Psychic Self-Defence, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Sea Priestess, Servants of the Light, Shropshire, Skylight Press, Stella Matutina, tarot, Theosophy, Tim Entwistle, Violet Firth, Wales, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Winged Bull
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Magical Images and the Magical Imagination by Gareth Knight
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
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Treasures for your Solstice….
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December 22, 2012
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
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The Secret Tradition in Arthurian Legend by Gareth Knight
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
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The Chronicles of the Sidhe by Steve Blamires
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
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A Review of The Sacred Stone Circles of Stanton Drew – by Sue Vincent
When an author writes with a real passion for his subject it shines through every word. This is not the first book that Gordon Strong has published on the wonderful sacred landscape of Stanton Drew, but it is, I feel, … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Literary Criticism, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Ancient Folklore, Ancient sites, Archeology, Book Reviews, books., British History, Celtic, England, English history, esoteric, Gordon Strong, Great Britain, Literature, Megalithis, Occult, sacred geometry, SC Vincent, Somerset, Stanton Drew, Stone Circles, Sue Vincent, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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