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Tag Archives: philosophy
Darryl Sloan on Skylight Press
It has been a while since we presented a new author to the wider public so it is a great thrill and privilege to introduce Darryl Sloan – an author, musician, technician, and all around thespian who has developed quite … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Music, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews, Uncategorized
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To Think Without Fear by Anthony Duncan
“To think without fear is to occupy a position from which the mind can be led into an ever more profound participation in Mind Itself. This is the quest, not for Knowledge, or even for Understanding, but for Wisdom. Wisdom … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Aliens, Angels, Anthony Duncan, archetype, Astrobiology, Avatar, Christ, christian, Cosmology, Esoteric Christian, Extraterrestrial, Fear, Folk Memory, ghosts, Humanoid, Incarnation, mysticism, paranormal, philosophy, Psychology, Quantum Physics, Species, The Fall, Visitation
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A De-fencing of Agnosticism amid the Imprisoning Structures of (Ir)Religious Semantics
There is a certain well-known social media site where one is asked to declare ‘religious status,’ giving one the opportunity to ‘come out’ in a spiritual sense and hoist a particular creedo flag in all its splendour. Of course, many … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute Truth, Agnostic Pagan, Agnosticism, Agnostics, atheism, Atheists, Belief, Buddhism, Buddhists, Church, Daniel Staniforth, Deism, Deists, doubt, Enlightenment, Epistemology, Escapism, esoteric, Facebook, Faith, Fence, Gnosis, gnosticism, Gnostics, God, human existence, humanism, Humanist, Knowledge, Labels, Occult, Ontology, pagan, Pagan Agnostics, Paganism, Paradox, philosophy, Pragmatism, Rationalism, Realism, Reason, Religion, Science, Secular, Secularism, Semantics, Spiritual, Theology, Thomas Henry Huxley, Truth
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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
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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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The Savoy Truffle by Patrick Harpur
The kitchen was narrow and dark, so it was difficult to see what damage the bluebottle – if it had been a bluebottle, which was by no means certain – it might not have been a fly at all – … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, Beatles, Britain, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, character development, character study, Chocolates, comedy, Depth Psychology, dickensian, Divorce, English history, Family, fiction, George Harrison, Literature, Mackintosh chocolates, Marriage, Mod, nostalgia, novel, Patrick Harpur, philosophy, Post-war era, Rockers, Savoy Truffle, Surrey, Tennis Clubs, Thriller, Truffles
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Patrick Harpur on Skylight Press
Born in Windsor, Patrick Harpur began writing professionally in 1983, aged 33. Previously, he had travelled for a year in Africa before going to St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, to read English. Subsequently he did much of the reading and research … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, Apparitions, BBC, Bigfoot, British Literature, Cambridge, Daimonic Reality, Daimons, Depth Psychology, Elves, English literature, esoteric, Faery Lore, fiction, folklore, Forteana, ghosts, Graham Hancock, Greek Mythology, hermeticism, Jacques Vallee, jung, Kabbalah, Literature, Magic, Marian, Mercurius, Michael Talbot, Monsters, Neoplatanism, novel, Occult, Patrick Harpur, philosophy, Platonism, poetry, Renaissance magic, Romantic Poetry, Science, Scientism, Shamanism, spiritualism, Stigmata, The Guardian, Thriller, tribal ritual, UFOs, West Dorset, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, western mystery traditions, writer
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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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The Christ, Psychotherapy and Magic by Anthony Duncan
In 1533 Cornelius Agrippa remarked – “The outstanding question is this: why is it that although magic originally occupied the pinnacle of excellence in the judgment of all the ancient philosophers and was always held in the highest veneration by … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican, Anthony Duncan, Christ, christian, christian cleric, Christian Mysticism, Church of England, Clairvoyance, cornelius agrippa, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Gareth Knight, Jewish Mysticism. British Mysticism, Kabbalah, Magic, Occult, philosophy, Prayer., Protestant, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Qabalah, Religion, sacred canons, spirituality, tarot, Theology, Tree of Life, Western Mystery Tradition
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The Way of Magic by Gordon Strong
“Magic is a calling that offers few rewards, mainly because any glory in the occult world is, by definition, hidden. Magic attracts those who were destined to be part of its ways from the beginning, and deters those who should … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Egypt, ancient mystery schools, ancient stone circles, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, Astral Plane, Divination, Druids, Eastern Mysticism, Egyptology, esoteric, Esoteric History, Gordon Strong, holy grail, Magic, Magick, meditation, Mystery Schools, mystery traditions, Myth, mythology, neolithic monument. occult, Occult, philosophy, Qabalah, ritual magic, Sacred Earth, Sacred Sites, Shamanism, Stones Circles, tarot, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, western mystery traditions
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Gordon Strong on Skylight Press
Born in the beautiful English country of Somerset, Gordon Strong is an author, teacher, musician, poet and Tarot reader. In his many and multifarious writings he delights in aspects of myth, philosophy, esoteric history, as well as various mystery traditions … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient stone circles, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British fiction, Druids, east west bookshop, English fiction, esoteric, Esoteric History, fiction, Gordon Strong, holy grail, Literature, Magic, Magic Rite7, Magick, mystery traditions, Myth, mythology, neolithic monument, Novels, Occult, philosophy, Sacred Earth, Sacred Sites, Stanton Drew, Stones Circles, tarot, Western Mysteries, western mystery traditions, Wooden Books
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