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Tag Archives: British fiction
The Curve of the Land: Review by Kevan Manwaring
The Curve of the Land: Diana Durham – a review By Kevan Manwaring This thin novel by American-based British writer Diana Durham is weighty with ideas – like narrow uprights supporting the monumental capstone of a cromlech. It charts a contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Ancient Britain, Book Review, Britain, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, Cornwall, Cromlech, Curve of the Land, Diana Durham, Dion Fortune, Durham, Earth Mysteries, Ecology, Environment, environmentalism, fiction, Kevan Manwaring, Megalith, novel, review, Sacred Earth, Skylight Press, standing stones, Stone Henge
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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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du Lac by Alan Richardson
“So I cannot say for sure how old I am because I cannot see my beginnings. When I try to look, I’m peering into the lake bottom which is my genesis: things are stirred up, rising like muddy, formless wraiths … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Adept, Alan Richardson, Aleister Crowley, Angela Carter, archeytpe, Arthur, Arthuriad, Arthurian, British fiction, British History, British Literature, British Novel, Christine Hartley, del acqs, Dion Fortune, du lac, English history, English literature, esoteric, Experimental novel, faery, Fairy, Fairy tales, Fee, Fey, fiction, Folk tales, Grail Lore, Hoffman, Holly Ricioppo, holy grail, initiation, Kafka, lac, Lake, Lancelot, Legends, Magic, Magick, Myth, mythology, novel, Occult, occult fiction, satire, Secret Society, Swift, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray
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Diana Durham on Skylight Press
Diana Durham is a fascinating writer and poet who has been involved in the collective life of intentional community in England, the United States and Canada over the past thirty years. In the early 1980’s she was among a grouping … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads, Uncategorized
Tagged 3 Voices, Angels of Fire, Arthur, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, Attunement, British fiction, British Literature, British mysteries, British poetry, CD Baby, Christos Vayenas, Chrysalis Poetry, Curve of the Land, David Bohm, Diamond Press, Diana Durham, Discovery Channel, fiction, holy grail, Literature, megaliths, mythology, New Hampshire, Northwoods Press, novel, Perceval, poetry, Skylight Press, Sonnet, Sonnets, Unfolding Meaning, University College London, VoiceBox, Women's Healing, Women's Studies
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A Few Recent Reviews of Skylight Books
Kaleidoscopic Omniscience by Will Alexander “Vermillion shades of astral haunts abound as Alexander takes his readers through a psychedelic romp that leaves the consciousness reeling. There’s nothing usual about Alexander’s visionary take on history: the contemporary, the ancient, and the … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Richardson, Alexander, American Poetry, Anthony Duncan, avant garde, Book Reviews, British fiction, British Literature, British poetry, Charles Olson, Christ, christian, Daniel Staniforth, David Caddy, Dion Fortune, dr john dee, esoteric, experimental fiction, fiction, Gareth Knight, Garry Craig Powell, Hamlet, HTML GIant, iain sinclair, John Dee, Lipstick & Politics, Literature, Magic of the Ordinary, Michael S. Judge, novel, Occult, Patrick James Dunagan, Paula Mendoza, Peregrin Wildoak, Persian Gulf, Plutarch, poetry, qabala, Reviews, Robert Duncan, Shakespeare, Sting, Surrealism, Tears in the Fence, UAE, Will Alexander, William Blake, World War One
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Before the Dawn by Rupert Copping
In the beginning, the elders told him, there was neither light nor darkness, because in the beginning nothing existed. But then, for reasons that were unclear, the Holy Source had awakened like a person from sleep. When the Holy Source … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged American History, Americas, Arayana, Art, British fiction, British Literature, Colonialism, conquistadors, Cultural heritage, culture, fiction, Folktale, Heritage, History, Holy Source, Identity, Indigenous culture, Indigenous peoples, Invasion, Landscape, Modernization, novel, Purini, Radiant War, Religion, Revolution, Revolutionary War, Rupert Copping, South America, South American History, spirituality, Tribal life, war
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Rupert Copping on Skylight Press
Rupert Copping was born in London into an eccentric and bohemian family. As in infant, in the early fifties, he was taken to Ecuador by his mother and stepfather – the latter being, among other things, a herpetologist. As a … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, New authors, Uncategorized
Tagged Abstract art, Abstract Expressionism, Alpujarrra, Art, Before the Dawn, Bohemian, British fiction, Candle-making, Denmark, Ecuador, Experimental Art, Exploding Galaxy, fiction, Figurative, Granada City, Indigenous tribes, Isle of Skye, Jungle, Landscape, Literature, London, Merchant Navy, Mexico, Morocco, novel, Oxford University, Painting, Portugal, Rainforest, Rupert Copping, Scotland, Scottish Fiction, scottish highlands, Skye, Spain, Text Book writer, traveller
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Dion Fortune’s RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN (PAPERBACK EDITION!)
NEW Paperback version now available! Dion Fortune encoded much practical magical lore within her novels, leaving it up to the reader to work out how to make use of it. Behind the novels were two major rituals, the Rite of … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged British fiction, British Literature, Ceremonial Magic, Cosmic Doctrine, Dion Fortune, Divine Feminine, esoteric, fiction, Gareth Knight, Goat-foot God, Goddess, Golden Dawn, Israel Regardie, Magic, Magic Rite, Magician, Moina MacGregor Mathers, Moon Magic, mysticism, Novels, Occult, occultism, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Rite of Isis, rite of pan, ritual magic, Sea Priestess, Skylight Press, Society of Inner Light, tarot, Violet Firth, Winged Bull
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Dion Fortune’s RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN – edited by Gareth Knight
“The clearest, simplest – and best – analysis and explanation of what magic is and how it works that I have ever come across. Gareth Knight shows that DF’s novels are initiatory and were intended to be so. He supplements his exposition with … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged British fiction, British Literature, Ceremonial Magic, Cosmic Doctrine, Dion Fortune, Divine Feminine, esoteric, fiction, Gareth Knight, Goat-foot God, Goddess, Golden Dawn, Israel Regardie, Magic, Magic Rite, Magician, Moina MacGregor Mathers, Moon Magic, mysticism, Novels, Occult, occultism, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Rite of Isis, rite of pan, ritual magic, Sea Priestess, Skylight Press, Society of Inner Light, tarot, Violet Firth, Winged Bull
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Windleroot by Gordon Strong
“Windleroot was permanently a wasps’ nest of rumour and scandal. Gobbets of gossip continually dripped from the awnings of the establishments in Lowe Street. An innocent remark made at the top end became a slanderous accusation by the time it arrived at the … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged 27th Dimension, Allegory, Arthurian Legends, British fiction, British Literature, comedy, Dickens, esoteric, Esoteric Fiction, Fantasy, fiction, Gordon Strong, humour, Literature, novel, Occult, occult fiction, p g wodehouse, Qabalah, ritual magic, satire, Stone Circles, tarot, Tom Sharpe, Wodehouse
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