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Tag Archives: Early Church
Foam of the Past by Fiona Macleod (Ed. Steve Blamires)
“…Fiona Macleod was clearly a gentlelady of breeding and intellect. She could be trusted. She was almost ‘one of us’ – but not quite. It was this slight difference that allowed her to deal with dark and frightening characters and … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient Folklore, British Isles, British Literature, British mysteries, British poetry, Celtic, Celtic Otherworld, Celtic twilight, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Early Church, Faeries, Faery Lore, fin-de-siècle, Fiona Macleod, Folk tales, folklore, Gaelic, Golden Dawn, Gothic, Hebrides, hermetic order of the golden dawn, Highlands, Iona, Literature, macgregor mathers, Magic, Mystical, mythology, Nature, Occult, Political polemics, Realm of Faery, scottish highlands, Scottish Literature, Scottish poetry, Skylight Press, Steve Blamires, Victorian, Victorian literature, W.B. Yeats, Western Mystery Tradition, William Sharp
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Christ and Qabalah by Gareth Knight and Anthony Duncan
Me Myself (of which I make so great a fuss) is a mere, brittle spike of consciousness on the circumference of being; a tiny terminal of an unplumbed depth. This opening stanza, read in the quiet nave of an old … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Anglican, Anglican Curate, Anthony Duncan, Biography, Browning, Christ, Christ & Qabalah, Christianity, Christina Rosetti, Church history, Church of England, Cloud of Unknowing, Collaboration, Corbridgem, Devotional, Dion Fortune, Early Church, Emily Bronte, English poetry, esoteric, Friendship, Gareth Knight, Highnam, History, Julian of Norwich, Kathleen Raine, Magic, mysticism, Newcastle, Occult, Parkend, poetry, Qabalah, Richard Rolle, Society of Inner Light, Tennyson, Tewkesbury, Victorian, Warkworth, Whitley Mill
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The Forgotten Faith: The Witness of the Celtic Saints by Anthony Duncan
It must be said at once that there is no such thing as ‘Celtic Christianity’ as something other than the Christian Faith as it is properly handed down to us. What there is, however, is a Celtic Spirituality which is … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Albion, Anglican Church, Anglo Saxon, Anthony Duncan, Arthuriad, Asaph, Augustine, Bishops, British History, Bueno, Cadog, Celtic, Celtic Christianity, Celtic Church, celtic saints, celtic spirituality, Christianity, Church, Columba, David, Early Church, England, English history, Gildas, History, Illtyd, Ireland, Jesus Christ, Kentigern, Mabinogion, Maelrubba, Melangell, Monasteries, Monks, Ninian, Padarn, pagan, Patrick, Paulinus, Religion, Roman Catholic, Sacred places, Saint Augustine, Saints, Samson, Saxon, Scotland, spirituality, Synod, Teilo, Theology, Tysilio, Wales
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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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A History of White Magic by Gareth Knight
Originally published by Mowbrays of Oxford, then reissued as Magic of the Western Mind by Llewellyn, A History of White Magic was an attempt by a then up-and-coming author (in his words) to “explain to the intelligent layperson that an interest … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New books
Tagged alchemy, Classical literature, Coleridge, Early Church, esoteric, Gareth Knight, hermeticism, Magic, Medieval, Neoplatonism, Occult, Religion, Renaissance, Science, Western Mystery Tradition
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