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Tag Archives: Spiritual
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
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, Recommended reads
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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Review of “By Names and Images” by Gareth Knight
The following review, entitled Bringing the Golden Dawn to Life, was plucked (with permission) from Gareth Knight’s blog (written on April 9, 2012): Bringing the Golden Dawn to life! Our perceptions of the Golden Dawn system have come a long … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New authors, New books, Reviews
Tagged Book Review, Chic and Tabatha Cicero, esoteric, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, hermetic order of the golden dawn, hermeticism, Israel Regardie, Magic, Magic of the Ordinary, Nick Farrell, Occult, Peregrin Wildoak, Spiritual, Wester Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Awen, The Quest of the Celtic Mysteries by Mike Harris
Awen is a Welsh word often translated as “inspiration”. However, in its fullness it has a much deeper meaning, an irradiation of the soul from paradisal origins. In the context of the Celtic folk-soul it casts the paradisal pattern by … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Anthropology, British History, Brythonic History, Celtic, celtic history, Celtic Mythology, Celts, Dion Fortune, esoteric, folklore, Gereth Knight, Golden Dawn, Mabigonion, Magic, Mike Harris, Myth, mythology, Occult, ritual, Spiritual, spirituality, Welsh History, Welsh Literature, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Mike Harris on Skylight Press
Explore the burial chambers of Bryn Celli Ddu and Barclodiad y Gawres and learn the secrets of the initiation rites of the ancient Celts. Sit in the gloom of these places of pilgrimage and hear the words of Taliesin and … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New authors, New books
Tagged Anthropology, British History, Brythonic History, Celtic, celtic history, Celtic Mythology, Celts, Dion Fortune, esoteric, folklore, Gereth Knight, Golden Dawn, Mabigonion, Magic, Mike Harris, Myth, mythology, Occult, ritual, Spiritual, spirituality, Welsh History, Welsh Literature, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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Anthony Duncan on Skylight Press
Anthony Duncan (1930-2003), the son of a Scots father and an English mother, was schooled for accountancy but soon discovered a dislike for office work. He joined the army and served in Germany and the Far East until resigning his … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, New authors
Tagged Anglican, Anthony Duncan, British Literature, British mysteries, Church of England, Comparative Religion, English history, English literature, esoteric, fiction, Gareth Knight, Literature, novel, Occult, philosophy, Religion, Spiritual, Western Mysteries
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