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Tag Archives: Gordon Strong
A Couple of Recent Reviews…
Here are a couple of recent reviews of Skylight books… Review by David James: Stewart Farrar – Writer on a Broomstick A biography by Elizabeth Guerra and Janet Farrar “Whilst he might not have had the cache of … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged A Bad Witch's Blog, Alex Sanders, David James, Elizabeth Guerra, esoteric, Gerald Gardner, Gordon Strong, janet farrar, Lucya Starza, megaliths, Occult, Sacred Earth, Stanton Drew, Stewart Farrar, Stone Circles, Stones, Twisted Tree, Wicca, Witchcraft
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Windleroot by Gordon Strong
“Windleroot was permanently a wasps’ nest of rumour and scandal. Gobbets of gossip continually dripped from the awnings of the establishments in Lowe Street. An innocent remark made at the top end became a slanderous accusation by the time it arrived at the … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged 27th Dimension, Allegory, Arthurian Legends, British fiction, British Literature, comedy, Dickens, esoteric, Esoteric Fiction, Fantasy, fiction, Gordon Strong, humour, Literature, novel, Occult, occult fiction, p g wodehouse, Qabalah, ritual magic, satire, Stone Circles, tarot, Tom Sharpe, Wodehouse
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Smatterings & Offerings
We are always interested in what our authors are doing, whether with Skylight or with other great presses. Here is a smattering of recent new release offerings from various places… IAIN SINCLAIR: Ghost Milk: Recent Adventures Among the Future Ruins … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, Australian Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, American Poetry, Asia, British History, British Literature, Celtic, Dioscuri Press, Ebury Digital, esoteric, Essay Press, Essays, Faber & Faber, fiction, Golden Dawn, Gordon Strong, History, iain sinclair, John Matthews, Kerubim Press, Literature, London, Magic, Margaret Randall, Martin Anderson, Megalithica Books, megaliths, Mutus Liber Books, mythology, Nick Farrell, novel, Occult, Olympics, Peregrin Wildoak, poetry, Post-colonial, Rhizome, Shamanism, Shearsman Books, tarot, Western Mystery Tradition, Will Alexander, Wings Press
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Guest Blog by Gordon Strong: James Joyce – Myth as Narrative
…a brave man would invent something that never happened! Joyce In both Ulysses, Portrait of the Artist and the prototype of the latter – Stephen Hero – Joyce is concerned with the presenting of ‘truth’. Not only is … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads
Tagged Aristotle, books., British Literature, British Novel, Charles Tart, Dublin, Dubliners, Edwardian History, experimental literature, F.H. Bradley, fiction, Fred Alan Wolf, Gordon Strong, Greek Drama, Irish history, Irish literature, James Joyce, Literature, Michael Davis, Mikhail Bakhtin, Modernism, Myth, mythology, novel, philosophy, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Richard Kearney, Stephen Hero, T.S. Eliot, Tolkien, Ulysses, Victorian History, Werner Heisenberg
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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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Guest Blog by Gordon Strong: British involvement in the American Civil War
Many, including a great proportion of Americans, are ignorant of the motives behind the Civil War. The extent of British involvement in the conflict is also generally unknown. Received opinion assigns the emancipation of the slaves as a reason for … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British Literature, Essays
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American History, American South, British History, Civil War, Civil War History, Confederacy, English history, Gordon Strong, History, Lancashire, Lancashire Cotton Mills, Lincoln Memorial, Liverpool Ship yards, London, politics, Slavery, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Union Army, US History, Virginia
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A Review of The Sacred Stone Circles of Stanton Drew – by Sue Vincent
When an author writes with a real passion for his subject it shines through every word. This is not the first book that Gordon Strong has published on the wonderful sacred landscape of Stanton Drew, but it is, I feel, … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Literary Criticism, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Ancient Folklore, Ancient sites, Archeology, Book Reviews, books., British History, Celtic, England, English history, esoteric, Gordon Strong, Great Britain, Literature, Megalithis, Occult, sacred geometry, SC Vincent, Somerset, Stanton Drew, Stone Circles, Sue Vincent, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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The Sacred Stone Circles of Stanton Drew by Gordon Strong
“The henge at Stanton Drew is thought to be older than Avebury or Stonehenge. Even with radio carbon dating, anomalies occur when attempting to establish an accurate date for any artefact. For the purposes of this study, parts of the … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient Britons, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Folklore, Ancient Maps, ancient stone circles, Antiquarian, Archeology, Astronomy, Avebury, Beaker People, Bristol Museam, British History, Calendar, Celts, Compass, Dowsers, Dowsing, Dragon energy, Druids, Earth Energy, esoteric, esotericism, Gordon Strong, great pyramid of cheops, Ley Lines, megaliths, mythology, neolithic monument, north somerset, Occult, occultism, pyramid of cheops, Sacred Earth, Sacred Geography, sacred geometry, Saxons, Shamanism, Somerset, Stanton Drew, Stone Circles, Stonehenge, Surveyors, Temple, Venus, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Wood Henges, Woodhenge
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A Strong Case for Magic – Review by Sue Vincent
I have just finished reading The Way of Magic. I read it twice, once quickly, once to actually absorb what Gordon Strong had written. The book is presented as broad chapters divided into specific sections, which makes it very easy … Continue reading
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