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Tag Archives: Anthropology
Geordie’s War by Alan Richardson
“This is the story of one man who served throughout the Great War, at the very front of the Fronts in the most brutal battles in history, and achieved that most astonishing feat of all – he survived. His name … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, Ancestry, Anglo Saxon, Anthropology, Biography, Britain, British History, British Soldier, Coal Miners, England, first world war, Flanders, Genealogy, Geordie, Geordie Safety Lamps, George Matthew Richardson, Grandfather, great war, Haddaway, Howay, Jacobite rebellion, Military, Military Medal, Miners, National Memory, Newcastle, No Man's Land, Northumberland, over the topTrench War, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Soldier, Somme, Sting, Time, Tommy, Toon, Trench Warfare, war, Watch, Wor Geordie, working-class Britain, World War One
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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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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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Immortal Jaguar by Hugh Fox
As Richard Morris attests – “Hugh Fox is an American original. There is no one else writing like him today.” One could add that this poet, novelist, renowned academic, and living small press icon is an ‘American original’ in the … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, Esoteric, New books
Tagged American literature, Anthropology, Bolivia, Epic, esoteric, fiction, Gilgamesh, Hallucinogens, Hugh Fox, Literature, Myth, Mythography, mythology, novel, Shamanism, South America, Sumerian, Tiawanaku, William Burroughs
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Comparative Myth
Since the Presocratics, scholars and sages have sought to compare and contrast the mythological portents of various socio-religious cultures. More recently and most famously, Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell have talked at length about shared psychological archetypes and the oft … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads
Tagged Anthropology, archetype, Carl Jung, Celtic, Ella Young, faery, Gaelic, Hugh Fox, Ireland, Jaguar, Joseph Campbell, Myth, mythology, philosophy, South America
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Other books by Skylight Authors!
It is our great privilege to bring you new work by these wonderful authors but we would like to take some time to honour some of their past achievements. As they are quite a prolific bunch it was hard to … Continue reading
Posted in Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, Anthropology, esoteric, Gareth Knight, Hugh Fox, Literature, Magic, Margaret Randall, Occult, poetry, Wendy Berg
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