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Dion Fortune’s RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN (PAPERBACK EDITION!)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Daniel

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 →

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Dion Fortune’s RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN – edited by Gareth Knight

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Daniel

“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 →

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PRE-ORDER!! DION FORTUNE’S RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN: limited edition hardback

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Daniel

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 →

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Limpley Stoke: A Dion Fortune Connection

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Daniel

During July, Daniel and I were lucky enough to have a guided tour of the Limpley Stoke valley with the wonderful Alan Richardson, author of Dion Fortune’s biography Priestess. A magical area in its own right, and full of faery … Continue reading →

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One-day Conference on the Life and Work of DION FORTUNE – Saturday, 30 March 2013

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Daniel

Come and see Skylight Authors Wendy Berg and Mike Harris, along with other wonderful authors, speak at the Dion Fortune conference. Also, Skylight Press will have a table at the back – so bring some spending money for books.  Here … Continue reading →

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What Skylight Authors are Reading

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Daniel

It’s always fascinating to see what writers read, where they find sustenance and inspiration for their own work. A few Skylight authors have graciously agreed to let us in on what they are currently reading, whether for guilty pleasure or … Continue reading →

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The Magical Battle of Britain: The War Letters of Dion Fortune

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Daniel

“Let us meditate upon angelic Presences, red-robed and armed, patrolling the length and breadth of our land. Visualise a map of Great Britain, and picture these great Presences moving as a vast shadowy form along the coasts, and backwards and … Continue reading →

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Dion Fortune on Skylight Press

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Daniel

Skylight Press is thrilled to reissue the work of one of the most important voices in the Western Mysteries canon.  For the purposes of introduction we defer to our own Gareth Knight, not only an expert on her great lineage … Continue reading →

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