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Category Archives: Essays
I, Universe by Darryl Sloan
“The search for truth is not for everyone. It is not for those who accept without question the beliefs they inherited by accident of birth. It is not for those whose natural tendency is to mimic the thoughts and attitudes of their peers. … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Uncategorized
Tagged Agnosticism, Anton Levey, atheism, Christianity, Church, Cosmology, Darryl Sloan, Eckhart Tolle, esoteric, esotericism, Evangelical, I Universe, Internet, Magic, Monism, new age, Numinous, Occult, Philisophy, Protestantisn, Psychology, Religion, Science, Skylight Press, spirituality, Telekinesis, Theology, Youtube
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Darryl Sloan on Skylight Press
It has been a while since we presented a new author to the wider public so it is a great thrill and privilege to introduce Darryl Sloan – an author, musician, technician, and all around thespian who has developed quite … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Music, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Agnosticism, Art, atheism, British, Buddhism, Christianity, Computer Programming, Darryl Sloan, Education, esoteric, fiction, Horror Movies, I Universe, irish, Magic, New authors, New books, Northern Ireland, Occult, philosophy, Protestant, Psychokinesis, Religion, Satanism, Science, Skylight Press, spirituality, Telekinesis, Ulster, Video Games, writing, Youtube
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The Cosmic Doctrine: Essays Inspired by Dion Fortune’s The Cosmic Doctrine
Dion Fortune’s The Cosmic Doctrine is a spiritual work that resulted from a psychic experiment between two friends in Glastonbury, 1923. It has since become one of the most important works in modern esoteric literature and a constant source of inspiration and … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Robinson, Christian Gilson, Dale Kendrick, Derek Thompson, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Glastonbury, Gwen Blythe, Holly Mulhern, Inner Plane, J.R. Petrie, James North, M. E. Beardsley, Magic, Occult, Religion, Science, Skylight Press, Stuart Delacey, The Cosmic Doctrine, Wendy Berg
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Who the Hell is Jan Karon? Books and the Temporality of value
Like many bibliophiles I’m well acquainted with all the nooks and crannies by which one might come across used books at a bargain. Indeed, my house is well insulated with walls of books mostly found at jumble shops, thrift stores, … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged Annie Rice, Best sellers, Book shops, books., Bookstores, commercial fiction, commodity, Dan Brown, Dean Koontz, Jan Karon, Janet Evanovich, Marketing, print-run, publishers, Publishing, shelf life, Used Books
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Gareth Knight’s ‘Son of Hermes’
Beginning in November 2015, Gareth Knight posted a series of blogs under the heading ‘Son of Hermes.’ Part one is reprinted below and you can read the following instalments at the Gareth Knight Blogspot page. Skylight Press has published various new … Continue reading
De-fleshing out Characters in the Modern Novel
As we live in an age where we are producing novels and stories en masse it would seem that we should be somewhere near to perfecting the art of characterization in our fictions. Any writer worth their salt will know … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Moore, Alan Richardson, Aristotle, British Literature, British Novel, character, character development, character study, characterisation, coil, contemporary novel, corporeal, Daniel Staniforth, Dark Light, David Mitchell, disembodiment, E. M. Forster, English literature, English novel, essence, fiction, Ghostwritten, History, intelligence, Literature, Modern Novel, narrative, novel, personality, plot, severed heads, Storytelling, The Collector Collector, Tibor Fischer, Tom Jones, voice, Voice of the Fire
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A De-fencing of Agnosticism amid the Imprisoning Structures of (Ir)Religious Semantics
There is a certain well-known social media site where one is asked to declare ‘religious status,’ giving one the opportunity to ‘come out’ in a spiritual sense and hoist a particular creedo flag in all its splendour. Of course, many … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, Recommended reads
Tagged Absolute Truth, Agnostic Pagan, Agnosticism, Agnostics, atheism, Atheists, Belief, Buddhism, Buddhists, Church, Daniel Staniforth, Deism, Deists, doubt, Enlightenment, Epistemology, Escapism, esoteric, Facebook, Faith, Fence, Gnosis, gnosticism, Gnostics, God, human existence, humanism, Humanist, Knowledge, Labels, Occult, Ontology, pagan, Pagan Agnostics, Paganism, Paradox, philosophy, Pragmatism, Rationalism, Realism, Reason, Religion, Science, Secular, Secularism, Semantics, Spiritual, Theology, Thomas Henry Huxley, Truth
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Esoteric Training in Everyday Life by Gareth Knight
“The task of the neophyte is to render himself sensitive to the impressions available to him from his inner teacher. These may be in the form of actual teachings to be disseminated to others, or of actions to perform in … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Alfred Noyes, British mysteries, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Coleridge, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Esoteric Training, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Guide, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Magical Practice, Magical Ritual, Magick, meditation, mysticism, Occult, occultism, Open Centre, Pathworking, philosophy, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Quadriga, ritual, tarot, Teachers, Teaching, Theology, Western Mystery Tradition
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Through the Skylight 