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Tag Archives: Dion Fortune
The Cosmic Doctrine: Essays Inspired by Dion Fortune’s The Cosmic Doctrine
Dion Fortune’s The Cosmic Doctrine is a spiritual work that resulted from a psychic experiment between two friends in Glastonbury, 1923. It has since become one of the most important works in modern esoteric literature and a constant source of inspiration and … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Robinson, Christian Gilson, Dale Kendrick, Derek Thompson, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Glastonbury, Gwen Blythe, Holly Mulhern, Inner Plane, J.R. Petrie, James North, M. E. Beardsley, Magic, Occult, Religion, Science, Skylight Press, Stuart Delacey, The Cosmic Doctrine, Wendy Berg
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Gareth Knight’s ‘Son of Hermes’
Beginning in November 2015, Gareth Knight posted a series of blogs under the heading ‘Son of Hermes.’ Part one is reprinted below and you can read the following instalments at the Gareth Knight Blogspot page. Skylight Press has published various new … Continue reading
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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Letters of Light: The Magical Letters of William G. Gray to Alan Richardson
“When it comes to that curmudgeonly mage William G. Gray, put aside what you may have plucked from a less-than-accurate, holier-than-thou, insufferably superior but dried-up grapevine. Whatever his faults – and he had many – he never stinted on passing … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Adepti, Adepts, Alan Richardson, Bildungsroman, Bill Gray, Ceremonial Magic, Cheltenham, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Esoterica, Greece, initiation, Khem, Letters, Light, Magic, Magical Groups, Magick, Magus, novel, Occult, Occult Studies, postmodern, Qabalah, ritual magic, Rosicrucian, Sex Magic, Skylight Press, W.G. Gray
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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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Seasonal Occult Rituals by William G. Gray
…By looking for what might be called the soul of nature, mankind has eventually found out many secrets about its body. Maybe this has taken a long time historically, and undoubtedly we are still a long way from learning all … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Aleister Crowley, Ancient rites, Aquarian Press, Bill Gray, Dion Fortune, Doreen Valiente, Druidry, esoteric, Gareth Knight, Magic, Magic Circle, meditation, Nature, Occult, Occult Rituals, occultism, pagan, rites, ritual, ritual magic, Ritual scripts, Robert Cochrane, Sacred Earth, Sangreal Sodality, Seasonal rites, Seasonal Ritual, Seasons, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray, Witchcraft
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Gareth Knight with Skylight Press
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads
Tagged Arthuriad, Arthurian Mysteries, Biography, British mysteries, Dion Fortune, English Mythology, esoteric, Esoteric Christian, esotericism, Faery Lore, fiction, folklore, French Mythology, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Grail, Inklings, Literature, Magic, mediaeval, Medieval, Melusine, Mysteries, poetry, Qabalah, ritual magic, Skylight Press, tarot, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch’s Gramarye by Michael Howard
“Many traditional witches regard themselves as the stewards or guardians of ancient sites near where they live, such as stone circles, burial mounds, standing stones and hill-figures. They meet for rituals at remote crossroads or near the prehistoric trackways, ‘green … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Arthuriad, Arthurian Tradition, Covens, Cunning Folk, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Faeries, Faery Lore, Gemma Gary, Gramarye, Heathen, Magic, Michael Howard, Neo-Pagan, Occult, occultism, Paganism, ritual magic, Ronald Hutton, Sacred Landscape, Seasonal Rituals, Spells, The Cauldron, Trad Craft, Traditional Craft, Traditional Witchcraft, Triumph of the Moon, Wheel of the Year, Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft
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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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The Talking Tree by William G. Gray
Exactly what were the Qabalists seeking? Their main objective was the same as other Mystery Schools, namely the discovery and knowledge of the Elements of Existence in terms of Fundamental Energies, and the codification of Consciousness as the Pattern (or … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Reviews
Tagged Alan Richardson, archetype, Bill Gray, Bobbie Gray, Consciousness, Dion Fortune, esoteric, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Gray, Hebrew, Hebrew letters, hermetic order of the golden dawn, hermeticism, Llewellyn, Magic, magic ritual, Major Arcana, Marcus Claridge, Mystery Schools, Occult, occultism, Paths, Pathworking, qabala, Qabalah, R.J. Stewart, Society of Inner Light, Talking Tree, tarot, Tree of Life, W.G. Gray, Weiser, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray
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Through the Skylight 