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Tag Archives: ritual magic
Beyond the Sun by Nick Farrell
Nick Farrell is a prolific esoteric author and journalist who has dedicated his life to the Western Mystery Tradition. He joined the Builders of the Adytum in New Zealand at age 17 and then started to read everything he could find … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads
Tagged Beyond the Sun, esoteric, Esoterica, Golden Dawn, Magic, Magical Order, Magical Order of Aurora Aurea, Nick Farrell, Occult, Peregrin Wildoak, ritual magic, Rituals, Robert Felkin, Second Order, W.B. Yeats, Western Mysteries, western mystery traditions, Where Ra
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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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Seasonal Occult Rituals by William G. Gray
…By looking for what might be called the soul of nature, mankind has eventually found out many secrets about its body. Maybe this has taken a long time historically, and undoubtedly we are still a long way from learning all … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleister Crowley, Ancient rites, Aquarian Press, Bill Gray, Dion Fortune, Doreen Valiente, Druidry, esoteric, Gareth Knight, Magic, Magic Circle, meditation, Nature, Occult, Occult Rituals, occultism, pagan, rites, ritual, ritual magic, Ritual scripts, Robert Cochrane, Sacred Earth, Sangreal Sodality, Seasonal rites, Seasonal Ritual, Seasons, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William G. Gray, Witchcraft
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Gareth Knight with Skylight Press
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Tagged Arthuriad, Arthurian Mysteries, Biography, British mysteries, Dion Fortune, English Mythology, esoteric, Esoteric Christian, esotericism, Faery Lore, fiction, folklore, French Mythology, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Grail, Inklings, Literature, Magic, mediaeval, Medieval, Melusine, Mysteries, poetry, Qabalah, ritual magic, Skylight Press, tarot, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch’s Gramarye by Michael Howard
“Many traditional witches regard themselves as the stewards or guardians of ancient sites near where they live, such as stone circles, burial mounds, standing stones and hill-figures. They meet for rituals at remote crossroads or near the prehistoric trackways, ‘green … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Arthuriad, Arthurian Tradition, Covens, Cunning Folk, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Faeries, Faery Lore, Gemma Gary, Gramarye, Heathen, Magic, Michael Howard, Neo-Pagan, Occult, occultism, Paganism, ritual magic, Ronald Hutton, Sacred Landscape, Seasonal Rituals, Spells, The Cauldron, Trad Craft, Traditional Craft, Traditional Witchcraft, Triumph of the Moon, Wheel of the Year, Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft
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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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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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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
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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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Through the Skylight 