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Tag Archives: Magick
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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Michael Howard on Skylight Press
Michael Howard is an Anglo-Irish writer, historical researcher and editor. His work has become well-known and much respected after some 38 books on witchcraft, paganism and western occultism, including various tomes on the Norse-Germanic runes, folk traditions, angelic magic, faery … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New authors
Tagged Angelology, Ben Fernee, Cunning Folk, esoteric, esotericism, Evan John Jones, Faery Lore, Feri, folk, Folklore Society, Gerald Gardner, History, Julia Philips, Magic, magic ritual, Magick, Michael Howard, Modern Wicca, Museum of WItchcraft, mythology, Nigel Jackson, Norse, Occult, occultism, pagan, Pagan Dawn, Pagan Federation, Pagan Front, Paganism, Pan Pacific Alliance, ritual, Robert Cochrane, Robert Cochrane Witchcraft Tradition, Ronald Hutton, secret societies, The Cauldron Magazine, Traditional Witchcraft, Tubal Cain, Wicca, Witchcraft
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Esoteric Training in Everyday Life by Gareth Knight
“The task of the neophyte is to render himself sensitive to the impressions available to him from his inner teacher. These may be in the form of actual teachings to be disseminated to others, or of actions to perform in … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Alfred Noyes, British mysteries, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Coleridge, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Esoteric Training, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Guide, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Magical Practice, Magical Ritual, Magick, meditation, mysticism, Occult, occultism, Open Centre, Pathworking, philosophy, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Quadriga, ritual, tarot, Teachers, Teaching, Theology, Western Mystery Tradition
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Elizabeth Guerra & Janet Farrar on Skylight Press
Born in New York City, Elizabeth Guerra grew up with a family from varying ethnic and spiritual backgrounds. Her father was born in Puerto Rico, as was her paternal grandmother, who was an Espiritista (Spiritualist) specializing in exorcisms. Her maternal grandmother … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Esoteric, New authors
Tagged Alex Sanders, Alexandrine Tradition, Book of Shadows, Craft, degree initiation, Drawing down the Moon, Ecstatic ritual, Elizabeth Guerra, esoteric, Espiritista, Gavin Bone, Gerald Gardner, Goddess, Healing, janet farrar, janet farrar and gavin bone, Kabbala, Magic, magic ritual, Magick, Margot Adler, Maxine Sanders, Neopaganism, Occult, pagan, Paganism, Progressive Witchcraft, Prophesy, qabala, R.J. Stewart, spiritualism, spiritualist movement, Stewart Farrar, Teampall Na Callaighe, Trance, Trance Possession, Wicca, Witchcraft
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Conversation with Alan Richardson
As my conversation with Gareth Knight was so well received last month I decided to try and have a similar confab with his friend and somewhat younger colleague, Alan Richardson. Alan has written extensively on Paganism, Celtic and Faery lore, … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, Reviews
Tagged Alan Richardson, Aleister Crowley, Arthurian Traditions, British Fiction. Literature, Celtic, Charles Seymour, Christine Hartley, D.H. Lawrence, Dion Fortune, esoteric, esotericism, faery, fiction, Gareth Knight, great war, Literature, Magic, Magician, Magick, megaliths, mythology, Newcastle United, novel, Occult, Paganism, qabala, Skylight Press, Sting, Templars, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray, Wiltshire, WW1
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Nick Farrell on Skylight Press
Nick Farrell is an esoteric author and journalist who has dedicated his life to the Western Mystery Tradition. Joining the Builders of the Adytum in New Zealand at age 17, he started to read everything he could find on the Golden … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Literature, British Literature, Esoteric, New authors, New books
Tagged Aurora Aurea, Chic Cicero, Colin Robertson, David Goddard, Dion Fortune, Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, Druidic order, Druids, Eqyptology, esoteric, Esoteric Order of the Golden Dawn, esotericism, fiction, Golden Dawn, Great Britain, hermetic order of the golden dawn, HorusHathor, Israel Regardie, Journalism, Journalist, Lupa, Magic, Magick, mysticism, New Zealand, Nick Farrell, novel, Occult, occultism, Paganism, Pat Zalewski, Pendragon, Peregrin Wildoak, Pharos, Rome, Samuel Mathers, Servants of the Light, Shamanism, Skylight Press, Tabatha Cicero, Talismans, tarot, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, Whare Ra, William Wynn Wescott
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Through the Skylight 