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Tag Archives: Celtic Mythology
Treasures for your Solstice….
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient texts, Anthony Duncan, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British History, British mysteries, Celtic Mythology, Dion Fortune, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, folklore, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Gordon Strong, Grimoire, inner light, John Matthews, Lodges, Magic, Magical Ceremony, Magical Traditions, mediaeval history, Mike Harris, mystery traditions, mythology, Occult, pagan, Peregrin Wildoak, qabala, Rebecca Wilby, ritual magic, Sacred Earth, Steve Blamires, tarot, W.G. Gray, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Wicca
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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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Steve Blamires on Skylight Press
Steve Blamires comes from the heart of Robert Burns country, the port town of Ayr on the Firth of Clyde in the south-west of Scotland, where Celtic culture and the Gaelic language still thrives. On a very clear day in … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors
Tagged British Literature, British mysteries, celtic history, Celtic Literature, Celtic Mythology, Celtic traditions, Company of Avalon, Company of Hawkwood, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Faery Lore, Fairy tales, Fiona Macleod, folklore, Gaelic studies, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Irish history, Irish mythology, mythology, national geographic expedition, Occult, Ogham, Sacred Sites, Scottish history, travel, Tree Alphabet, Tree lore, WB Yeats, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, western mystery traditions, William Sharp
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Merlin and the Grail Tradition by Gareth Knight
Few figures from myth and legend have impressed the imagination like that of Merlin, Archmage of the land of Logres, whose shadowy, compelling presence plays a key part in the tales of Arthurian legend and the Quest of the Holy … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged archetype, Arthurian Legends, British History, Brythonic Literature, celtic history, Celtic Mythology, chrétien de troyes, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, faery tradition, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Tradition, Hawkwood, Inklings, Jungian theory, Lectures, Magic, Malory, Masonic, Merlin, merlin and the grail tradition, Occult, qabala, quest of the holy grail, ritual, spirituality, tarot, Western Mystery Tradition
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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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