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Tag Archives: qabala
A Few Recent Reviews of Skylight Books
Kaleidoscopic Omniscience by Will Alexander “Vermillion shades of astral haunts abound as Alexander takes his readers through a psychedelic romp that leaves the consciousness reeling. There’s nothing usual about Alexander’s visionary take on history: the contemporary, the ancient, and the … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Richardson, Alexander, American Poetry, Anthony Duncan, avant garde, Book Reviews, British fiction, British Literature, British poetry, Charles Olson, Christ, christian, Daniel Staniforth, David Caddy, Dion Fortune, dr john dee, esoteric, experimental fiction, fiction, Gareth Knight, Garry Craig Powell, Hamlet, HTML GIant, iain sinclair, John Dee, Lipstick & Politics, Literature, Magic of the Ordinary, Michael S. Judge, novel, Occult, Patrick James Dunagan, Paula Mendoza, Peregrin Wildoak, Persian Gulf, Plutarch, poetry, qabala, Reviews, Robert Duncan, Shakespeare, Sting, Surrealism, Tears in the Fence, UAE, Will Alexander, William Blake, World War One
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The Talking Tree by William G. Gray
Exactly what were the Qabalists seeking? Their main objective was the same as other Mystery Schools, namely the discovery and knowledge of the Elements of Existence in terms of Fundamental Energies, and the codification of Consciousness as the Pattern (or … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Reviews
Tagged Alan Richardson, archetype, Bill Gray, Bobbie Gray, Consciousness, Dion Fortune, esoteric, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Gray, Hebrew, Hebrew letters, hermetic order of the golden dawn, hermeticism, Llewellyn, Magic, magic ritual, Major Arcana, Marcus Claridge, Mystery Schools, Occult, occultism, Paths, Pathworking, qabala, Qabalah, R.J. Stewart, Society of Inner Light, Talking Tree, tarot, Tree of Life, W.G. Gray, Weiser, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray
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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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Dion Fortune’s RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN (PAPERBACK EDITION!)
NEW Paperback version now available! Dion Fortune encoded much practical magical lore within her novels, leaving it up to the reader to work out how to make use of it. Behind the novels were two major rituals, the Rite of … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged British fiction, British Literature, Ceremonial Magic, Cosmic Doctrine, Dion Fortune, Divine Feminine, esoteric, fiction, Gareth Knight, Goat-foot God, Goddess, Golden Dawn, Israel Regardie, Magic, Magic Rite, Magician, Moina MacGregor Mathers, Moon Magic, mysticism, Novels, Occult, occultism, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Rite of Isis, rite of pan, ritual magic, Sea Priestess, Skylight Press, Society of Inner Light, tarot, Violet Firth, Winged Bull
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Dion Fortune’s RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN – edited by Gareth Knight
“The clearest, simplest – and best – analysis and explanation of what magic is and how it works that I have ever come across. Gareth Knight shows that DF’s novels are initiatory and were intended to be so. He supplements his exposition with … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged British fiction, British Literature, Ceremonial Magic, Cosmic Doctrine, Dion Fortune, Divine Feminine, esoteric, fiction, Gareth Knight, Goat-foot God, Goddess, Golden Dawn, Israel Regardie, Magic, Magic Rite, Magician, Moina MacGregor Mathers, Moon Magic, mysticism, Novels, Occult, occultism, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Rite of Isis, rite of pan, ritual magic, Sea Priestess, Skylight Press, Society of Inner Light, tarot, Violet Firth, Winged Bull
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PRE-ORDER!! DION FORTUNE’S RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN: limited edition hardback
A special hardback edition, bound in plain blue cloth with a gold-stamped spine. Limited to 250 individually numbered copies, of which the first 100 are signed by Gareth Knight. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE Signed copies will be supplied while stocks … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Events, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged British fiction, British Literature, Ceremonial Magic, Cosmic Doctrine, Dion Fortune, Divine Feminine, esoteric, fiction, Gareth Knight, Goat-foot God, Goddess, Golden Dawn, Israel Regardie, Magic, Magic Rite, Magician, Moina MacGregor Mathers, Moon Magic, mysticism, Novels, Occult, occultism, Psychology, qabala, Qabalah, Rite of Isis, rite of pan, ritual magic, Sea Priestess, Skylight Press, Society of Inner Light, tarot, Violet Firth, Winged Bull
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Skylight Press to publish a series of William G. Gray Books
“Magicians are not made, they make themselves.” Skylight Press is pleased to announce that it will be publishing a series of out-of-print and possible new books by William G. Gray over the next three years. The series will commence in … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, New books
Tagged Alan Richardson, Aleister Crowley, Ceremonial magician, Dion Fortune, esoteric, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Gerald Gardner, Magic, Magician, Marcus Claridge, mythology, Occult, occultism, Paganism, qabala, Qabalah, ritual magic, Robbie Cochrane, Rollright stones, Sangreal Sodality, Skylight Press, tarot, Victor Neuburg, western mystery traditions, William G. Gray, Witchcraft
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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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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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