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Tag Archives: Ancient History
The Fairy Realm by Ronan Coghlan
“…Some folklorists contend that even in pagan times a fairy host was believed in alongside the gods and, when Christianity became prevalent, their numbers were buttressed by an influx of gods; but they were always believed to be there. An … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged ancient gods, Ancient History, Angels, Arthurian Legends, Atlantis, Big Foot, brownies, compendium, Cottingley, Cryptids, Cryptozoology, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia, esoteric, faery, Fairy, Fairy Realm, Fairy Tale, Fay, Fey, folklore, ghosts, giants, glossary, Irish Myth, kelpie, Literature, mermaids, Mothmen, mythology, ogres, pagan, Pantheon of gods, paranormal, puca, Ronan Coghlan, Sasquatch, Science, trolls, wildmen
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The Curve of the Land by Diana Durham
“The small crevice that formed the only entrance showed no evidence of the light which must be entering through the other gaps in the stones. It was black as if opening directly into the depths of the earth; an entrance … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged 1980s, Ancient History, Ancient Stones, Avebury, Britain, British fiction, British History, British Literature, British Novel, Cornwall, Diana Durham, Ecology, England, English history, Environment, environmentalism, esoteric, Esoteric novel, faery, fiction, folklore, Great Britain, Highlands, Lake District, Literature, Megalithic sites, megaliths, mysticism, new age, novel, Novelist, occult fiction, Pennines, Pericles, poet, Quoit, Rollright stones, Shakespeare, Skylight Press, South West Britain, standing stones, Stone Circles, Stonehenge, The Curve, Underworld, Wales, West Penwith, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Conversation with Wendy Berg
Author of two Skylight books on the Arthurian mysteries (Red Tree, White Tree and Gwenevere & the Round Table) Wendy Berg is an experienced practitioner in the Western Mystery Tradition and practical ritual magic. She is an authority on Egyptian, … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, alternative health care, Ancient History, Arthuriad, Arthurian, Celtic, Chinese Medicine, Christian Mysticism, Egyptian, England, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, Finland, folklore, Gareth Knight, Grail, Great Britain, hermeticism, Hieroglyphs, Inner realms, Ironmongery, Kalevala, Legends, Magic, Magic Symbolism, magical fraternity, Magical Traditions, mediaeval, Melusine, Mike Harris, Musician, mythology, Northern Lights, Occult, Old Straight Track, pagan, Pianist, Polarity Magic, Priest, Priestess, qabala, Qabalah, Sacred Earth, skylight books, Tibet, Watkins, Wendy Berg, Western Mystery Tradition, writing
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Tarot & Magic: The Treasure House of Images by Gareth Knight
In recent commentary and conjecture the Tarot is so often presented solely, or at least principally, as a means for fortune-telling and psychic readings. One glance at Gareth Knight’s Tarot & Magic will expose that approach is a gross reduction of what the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient History, Ancient mysteries, archetype, Cards, Decks, Divination, Egyptian History, esoteric, face cards, Fortune telling, gaming, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Gypsies, high renaissance, History of the Tarot, Kabbalah, Lesser Arcana, Magic, Major Arcana, mediaeval history, meditation, Mystical Schools, mythology, Occult, Pathworking, Persian History, qabala, Renaissance, renaissance period, ritual magic, tarot, Theatre of the Suits, Trumps, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Sacred Earth Walks with Rebsie
There is no doubt that Skylight Press has a deep interest in ‘Sacred Earth’ mysteries, as evidenced by Alan Richardson’s geo-psychic novel On Winsley Hill, Margaret Randall’s array of sacred Landscapes in Something’s Wrong with the Cornfields, Hugh Fox’s internal … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literature, Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, Albion, Ancient History, Britain, British History, Celts, Cheltenham, Cheltonia, Cotswolds, England, English history, esoteric, Folksongs, Gloucestershire, iain sinclair, Landscape, Malverns, mythology, Nature, Psyche Folk, Psychogeography, Rebecca Wilby, Rebsie Fairholm, Romans, Sacred Earth, Sacred Geography, Saxons, Somerset, Southwest England, Sulis Manouevre
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