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Tag Archives: Scottish Literature
Foam of the Past by Fiona Macleod (Ed. Steve Blamires)
“…Fiona Macleod was clearly a gentlelady of breeding and intellect. She could be trusted. She was almost ‘one of us’ – but not quite. It was this slight difference that allowed her to deal with dark and frightening characters and … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Ancient Folklore, British Isles, British Literature, British mysteries, British poetry, Celtic, Celtic Otherworld, Celtic twilight, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Early Church, Faeries, Faery Lore, fin-de-siècle, Fiona Macleod, Folk tales, folklore, Gaelic, Golden Dawn, Gothic, Hebrides, hermetic order of the golden dawn, Highlands, Iona, Literature, macgregor mathers, Magic, Mystical, mythology, Nature, Occult, Political polemics, Realm of Faery, scottish highlands, Scottish Literature, Scottish poetry, Skylight Press, Steve Blamires, Victorian, Victorian literature, W.B. Yeats, Western Mystery Tradition, William Sharp
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Fiona Macleod on Skylight Press
Much is still uncertain and undiscovered about the Scottish writer, William Sharp. Born in Paisley on the 12th September 1855, William Sharp passed away on the 12th of December 1905. He was buried within Castello di Maniace in Sicily, Italy at fifty … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Anthology, British History, British Literature, Celtic, celtic history, Celtic Literature, Celtic twilight, dante gabriel rossetti, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, Fable, fiction, Fiona Macleod, folklore, Gaelic Literature, Gaelic studies, Glasgow, Maude Gonne, mythology, PreRaphaelites, Scottish history, Scottish Literature, Steve Blamires, story collection, Swinburne, Victorian, Walter Scott, William Sharp, Yeats
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The Little Book of the Great Enchantment by Steve Blamires
Skylight Press is pleased to reissue The Little Book of the Great Enchantment by Steve Blamires, originally published by R.J. Stewart Books in 2008. This follows the author’s two previous titles with us, The Irish Celtic Magical Tradition and The … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged British Literature, Celtic, celtic magical tradition, dante gabriel rossetti, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, Fiona Macleod, Gaelic, Golden Dawn, hermetic order of the golden dawn, Literature, macgregor mathers, magic. goddess, mythology, Occult, order of the golden dawn, pagan, R.J. Stewart, Rosetti, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Steve Blamires, Victorian, William Sharp, Yeats
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Take a Wee Tour of Scotland with author, Steve Blamires
Steve Blamires has published two books with Skylight Press, including the recent Chronicles of the Sidhe about the enigmatic Scottish writer, Fiona Macleod. Steve is originally from the Isle of Arran in the west of Scotland where the Gaelic and … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Recommended reads, Uncategorized
Tagged Celtic, Cruise, expedition cruise ship, Gaelic, glen tarsan, Hebrides, Inner Hebrides, international travel industry, Isle of Arran, Isle of Iona, Isle of Mull, Isle of Staffa, National Geographic, Scotland, Scottish history, Scottish Literature, Steve Blamires, Tourism, travel, Treshnish Isles, Wee Tour Company
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The Chronicles of the Sidhe by Steve Blamires
Forth from his breast the old man drew A lute that once on a rowan-tree grew: And, speaking no words, began to play “Over the hills and far away.” For a thirteen-year period, the reclusive Scottish writer Fiona Macleod enthralled … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged authoritative biography, Avalon, British Literature, Celtic Christianity, Celtic Mythology, Celtic traditions, Celtic twilight, Chanelling, Early Church, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, Faery Realms, Fiona Macleod, folklore, Gaelic, george orwell, Goddess, Golden Dawn, Hebrides, Highlands, Invocation of Peace, Iona, island landscape, Literature, mythology, Occult, poetry, Scottish history, Scottish Literature, Steve Blamires, The Little Book of the Great Enchantment, Victorian History, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William Sharp
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Interview with Dee Sunshine
“I think you are right to call it a demon. It is very similar to being possessed by a malevolent entity. When I was younger I was consumed by my desire to be a writer and artist, and, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Abstract Expressionism, art website, artwork, author interview, avant garde, British Literature, British poetry, Dee Sunshine, drowning man, Experimental Art, experimental literature, Literature, poetry, Scottish art, Scottish Literature, Scottish poetry, spiritual awakening, spiritualism, Surrealism, Visions of the Drowning Man, writing
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Visions of the Drowning Man by Dee Sunshine
I have lost these bones/ scattered them in mad patterns like a lunatic shaman/ out of his mind on iboga, trying to pull polar-opposite hemispheres together again. Visions of the Drowning Man is the third book of poetry from Glaswegian … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Art, avant garde, Baudelaire, British Literature, British Novel, British poetry, charcoal drawings, consummate craftsman, d m thomas, Darkwave, Dee Sunshine, Drawing, ecole des beaux arts, edinburgh college of art, Experimental Art, experimental literature, fiction, Glasgow, Gothic literature, hieronymus bosch, Marc Chagall, mercurial nature, Painter, Painting, poetic muse, poetry, poetry reader, poetry zine, Rimbaud, Romantic Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Scottish Novel, Scottish poetry
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Dee Sunshine on Skylight Press
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Dee Sunshine came to poetry at a young age, winning the Lochaber High School poetry competition in 1979. Soon after he liaised with an active London poetry scene and published a couple of chapbooks. Always interested … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, avant garde, Baudelaire, British Literature, British Novel, British poetry, charcoal drawings, Darkwave, Dee Sunshine, Drawing, ecole des beaux arts, edinburgh college of art, Experimental Art, experimental literature, fiction, Glasgow, Gothic literature, Marc Chagall, Painter, Painting, poetry, poetry zine, Rimbaud, Romantic Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Scottish Novel, Scottish poetry
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