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Tag Archives: chrétien de troyes
A Writer’s Day: Working on the Lost Book of the Grail (Part VII)
Skylight Press will be publishing The Lost Book of the Grail: Restoring the Voices of the Wells, Gareth Knight’s new translation of the 13th century Elucidation of the Grail with commentary by much respected Arthurian scholars and teachers, Caitlín Matthews and John Matthews. The Elucidation is a 13th … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Ancient texts, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British Folk, Caitlin Matthews, castle, chrétien de troyes, Count Philip, David Jones, Elucidation, English Mythology, esoteric, Fairy tales, folklore, French Mythology, friends, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Lore, holy grail, icing sugar, Indiana Jones, John Matthews, King Amangons, King Arthur, lemon, Lost Book, Magic, Meliant de Lis, Michael Moorcock, mysticism, mythology, Old French, Philip of Flanders, prophet Isaiah, Richard III, Robert Graves, tarot, the Grail, the Grail castle, The Lost Book, translation, Walter de Merton
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A Writer’s Day: Working on the Lost Book of the Grail (Part VI)
Skylight Press will be publishing The Lost Book of the Grail: Restoring the Voices of the Wells, Gareth Knight’s new translation of the 13th century Elucidation of the Grail with commentary by much respected Arthurian scholars and teachers, Caitlín Matthews and John Matthews. The Elucidation is a 13th … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient texts, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British Folk, Caitlin Matthews, castle, chrétien de troyes, Count Philip, David Jones, Elucidation, English Mythology, esoteric, Fairy tales, folklore, French Mythology, friends, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Lore, holy grail, icing sugar, Indiana Jones, John Matthews, King Amangons, King Arthur, lemon, Lost Book, Magic, Meliant de Lis, Michael Moorcock, mysticism, mythology, Old French, Philip of Flanders, prophet Isaiah, Richard III, Robert Graves, tarot, the Grail, the Grail castle, The Lost Book, translation, Walter de Merton
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A Writer’s Day: Working on the Lost Book of the Grail (Part V)
Skylight Press will be publishing The Lost Book of the Grail: Restoring the Voices of the Wells, Gareth Knight’s new translation of the 13th century Elucidation of the Grail with commentary by much respected Arthurian scholars and teachers, Caitlín Matthews and John Matthews. The Elucidation is a 13th … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient texts, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British Folk, Caitlin Matthews, castle, chrétien de troyes, Count Philip, Elucidation, English Mythology, esoteric, Fairy tales, folklore, French Mythology, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Lore, holy grail, icing sugar, John Matthews, King Amangons, King Arthur, lemon, Lost Book, Magic, Michael Moorcock, mysticism, mythology, Old French, Philip of Flanders, prophet Isaiah, Robert Graves, tarot, the Grail, the Grail castle, The Lost Book, translation, Walter de Merton
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A Writer’s Day: Working on the Lost Book of the Grail (Part IV)
Skylight Press will be publishing The Lost Book of the Grail: Restoring the Voices of the Wells, Gareth Knight’s new translation of the 13th century Elucidation of the Grail with commentary by much respected Arthurian scholars and teachers, Caitlín Matthews and John Matthews. The Elucidation is a 13th … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient texts, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British Folk, Caitlin Matthews, chrétien de troyes, Count Philip, Elucidation, English Mythology, esoteric, Fairy tales, folklore, French Mythology, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Lore, holy grail, icing sugar, John Matthews, King Amangons, lemon, Lost Book, Magic, Michael Moorcock, mysticism, mythology, Old French, Philip of Flanders, prophet Isaiah, Robert Graves, tarot, the Grail, The Lost Book, translation
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A Writer’s Day: Working on the Lost Book of the Grail (Part III)
Skylight Press will be publishing The Lost Book of the Grail: Restoring the Voices of the Wells, Gareth Knight’s new translation of the 13th century Elucidation of the Grail with commentary by much respected Arthurian scholars and teachers, Caitlín Matthews and John Matthews. The Elucidation is a 13th … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient texts, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British Folk, Caitlin Matthews, chrétien de troyes, Elucidation, English Mythology, esoteric, Fairy tales, folklore, French Mythology, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Lore, holy grail, icing sugar, John Matthews, King Amangons, lemon, Lost Book, Magic, Michael Moorcock, mysticism, mythology, Old French, prophet Isaiah, Robert Graves, tarot, The Lost Book, translation
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The Faery Gates of Avalon by Gareth Knight
The Faery Gates of Avalon is the first of four books originally published by R.J. Stewart Books to be reissued imminently through Skylight Press. The other three to follow are The Little Book of the Great Enchantment by Steve Blamires, … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Arthuriad, Arthurian Tradition, Breton, Celtic, celtic myth and legend, chrétien de troyes, Chretian de Troyes, esoteric, Faery Lore, faery tradition, Fairy Tale, folklore, french manuscripts, Gareth Knight, Grail Romance, janet farrar, Knights of the Round Table, legent, Magic, mediaeval, Medieval History, mythology, Occult, R.J. Stewart, R.J. Stewart Books, ritual magic, Steve Blamires, Stewart Farrar, Symbolism, Troubadour, Trouvere, Welsh, Western Mysteries, western mystery traditions
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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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Faery Loves & Faery Lais: A Collection of Breton Lais as told by Gareth Knight
“The Breton lai is a relatively short narrative poem, usually accompanied by music, that appeared in France some time about the middle of the 12th century, spread by travelling musicians and story tellers called ‘jongleurs.’ What we find important about … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, Music, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Arthurian legend, breton lai, Breton lais, Brittany, Celtic, Celtic revival, Celtic twilight, chrétien de troyes, Cornwall, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Ella Young, English history, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, fairytale, Fantasy, Fiona Macleod, Folktale, French History, Gareth Knight, George Russell, Henry II, Ireland, jongleurs, Laurence Harf-Lancner, Literature, Marie de France, mediaeval history, mediaeval literature medieval literature, Middle French, Myth, mythology, Pierre Gallais, R.J. Stewart, short narrative poem, W.B. Yeats, Wales, Wendy Berg
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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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