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Tag Archives: faery
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 Fairy Realm by Ronan Coghlan
“…Some folklorists contend that even in pagan times a fairy host was believed in alongside the gods and, when Christianity became prevalent, their numbers were buttressed by an influx of gods; but they were always believed to be there. An … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged ancient gods, Ancient History, Angels, Arthurian Legends, Atlantis, Big Foot, brownies, compendium, Cottingley, Cryptids, Cryptozoology, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia, esoteric, faery, Fairy, Fairy Realm, Fairy Tale, Fay, Fey, folklore, ghosts, giants, glossary, Irish Myth, kelpie, Literature, mermaids, Mothmen, mythology, ogres, pagan, Pantheon of gods, paranormal, puca, Ronan Coghlan, Sasquatch, Science, trolls, wildmen
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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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Melusine of Lusignan and the Cult of the Faery Woman by Gareth Knight
First published by R.J. Stewart Books in 2010, Melusine of Lusignan and the Cult of the Faery Woman is now reissued with extra illustrations, following on from our 2011 edition of The Romance of the Faery Melusine, which offered the author’s … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Andre Lebey, Arthuriad, Arthurian Tradition, esoteric, European History, faery, Faery Lore, Faery Melusine, Fairy, folklore, French History, Gareth Knight, Goddess traditions, Jerusalem, Lade of the Lake, legend, Lore, Lusignan, Magic, mediaeval, Medieval, medieval French, Melusine, middle-east, Occult, R.J. Stewart, Reissue, Tyler Tichelaar, Wendy Berg
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Limpley Stoke: A Dion Fortune Connection
During July, Daniel and I were lucky enough to have a guided tour of the Limpley Stoke valley with the wonderful Alan Richardson, author of Dion Fortune’s biography Priestess. A magical area in its own right, and full of faery … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, Events
Tagged Alan Richardson, Ancient Monuments, Avalon Group, Bath, Bradford-on-Avon, Church, Daniel Staniforth, Dion Fortune, England, English history, esoteric, faery, Great Britain, Limpley Stoke, Llandudno, Occult, Pre-Christian, Rebsie Fairholm, sarah jane smith, Saxon, Sea Priestess, Skylight Press, Society of the Inner Light, Somerset, st mary the virgin, St. Mary's, Violet Firth, Wiltshire
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“Now We are Three” by Gareth Knight
Now we are three. That is to say – three years old. And we are Skylight Press. A brain child of my daughter Rebecca (AKA Rebsie) along with kindred spirit Daniel Staniforth, based in the USA, and we recently got together … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Events, Literature, Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, Anthony Duncan, Archeology, Arthurian Tradition, authors, Bath, Birthday, Book Design, books., Celtic, Christian Mystical Tradition, Daniel Staniforth, Dion Fortune, England, esoteric, faery, fiction, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Graphic Design, Helios Books, hermeticism, Hugh Fox, iain sinclair, Israel Regardie, literary, Literature, Magic, magical ritual methods, Margaret Lumley Brown, mediaeval history, Memoir, Merlin, Mystical, mythology, Nick Farrell, novel, Occult, occult fiction, Peregrin Wildoak, Peter Ackroyd, poetry, press, Psycogeography, Publisher, qabala, Rebecca Wilby, Rebsie Fairholm, ritual magic, Skylight Press, Society of Inner Light, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray, Writers
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Conversation with Wendy Berg
Author of two Skylight books on the Arthurian mysteries (Red Tree, White Tree and Gwenevere & the Round Table) Wendy Berg is an experienced practitioner in the Western Mystery Tradition and practical ritual magic. She is an authority on Egyptian, … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, alternative health care, Ancient History, Arthuriad, Arthurian, Celtic, Chinese Medicine, Christian Mysticism, Egyptian, England, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, Finland, folklore, Gareth Knight, Grail, Great Britain, hermeticism, Hieroglyphs, Inner realms, Ironmongery, Kalevala, Legends, Magic, Magic Symbolism, magical fraternity, Magical Traditions, mediaeval, Melusine, Mike Harris, Musician, mythology, Northern Lights, Occult, Old Straight Track, pagan, Pianist, Polarity Magic, Priest, Priestess, qabala, Qabalah, Sacred Earth, skylight books, Tibet, Watkins, Wendy Berg, Western Mystery Tradition, writing
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The Little Book of the Great Enchantment by Steve Blamires
Skylight Press is pleased to reissue The Little Book of the Great Enchantment by Steve Blamires, originally published by R.J. Stewart Books in 2008. This follows the author’s two previous titles with us, The Irish Celtic Magical Tradition and The … Continue reading
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Tagged British Literature, Celtic, celtic magical tradition, dante gabriel rossetti, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, Fiona Macleod, Gaelic, Golden Dawn, hermetic order of the golden dawn, Literature, macgregor mathers, magic. goddess, mythology, Occult, order of the golden dawn, pagan, R.J. Stewart, Rosetti, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Steve Blamires, Victorian, William Sharp, Yeats
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