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Tag Archives: Western Mysteries
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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Gareth Knight’s ‘Son of Hermes’
Beginning in November 2015, Gareth Knight posted a series of blogs under the heading ‘Son of Hermes.’ Part one is reprinted below and you can read the following instalments at the Gareth Knight Blogspot page. Skylight Press has published various new … Continue reading
The Curve of the Land by Diana Durham
“The small crevice that formed the only entrance showed no evidence of the light which must be entering through the other gaps in the stones. It was black as if opening directly into the depths of the earth; an entrance … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged 1980s, Ancient History, Ancient Stones, Avebury, Britain, British fiction, British History, British Literature, British Novel, Cornwall, Diana Durham, Ecology, England, English history, Environment, environmentalism, esoteric, Esoteric novel, faery, fiction, folklore, Great Britain, Highlands, Lake District, Literature, Megalithic sites, megaliths, mysticism, new age, novel, Novelist, occult fiction, Pennines, Pericles, poet, Quoit, Rollright stones, Shakespeare, Skylight Press, South West Britain, standing stones, Stone Circles, Stonehenge, The Curve, Underworld, Wales, West Penwith, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition
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du Lac by Alan Richardson
“So I cannot say for sure how old I am because I cannot see my beginnings. When I try to look, I’m peering into the lake bottom which is my genesis: things are stirred up, rising like muddy, formless wraiths … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Adept, Alan Richardson, Aleister Crowley, Angela Carter, archeytpe, Arthur, Arthuriad, Arthurian, British fiction, British History, British Literature, British Novel, Christine Hartley, del acqs, Dion Fortune, du lac, English history, English literature, esoteric, Experimental novel, faery, Fairy, Fairy tales, Fee, Fey, fiction, Folk tales, Grail Lore, Hoffman, Holly Ricioppo, holy grail, initiation, Kafka, lac, Lake, Lancelot, Legends, Magic, Magick, Myth, mythology, novel, Occult, occult fiction, satire, Secret Society, Swift, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, William 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
Posted in Esoteric, New books, Recommended reads
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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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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“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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Magical Imagination by Nick Farrell
“Imagination is our inner vision, our human skill to see different realities. It can take us to the throne of God, it can connect us to the stream of infinity and enable us to see the universe for what it … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Literature, Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Astral Plane, Chic Cicero, Druidry, Druids, esoteric, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, hermetic order of the golden dawn, hermeticism, Imagination. Western Mystery Tradition, Inner Kingdom, inner landscape, Magic, magic mirror, magical pathworking, meditation, mystery traditions, Nick Farrell, Occult, pagan, Paganism, Pathworking, Peregrin Wildoak, qabala, ritual magic, Shamanism, spirituality, Tabitha Cicero, Talismans, Visualization, Western Mysteries, world dimensions
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The Faery Gates of Avalon by Gareth Knight
The Faery Gates of Avalon is the first of four books originally published by R.J. Stewart Books to be reissued imminently through Skylight Press. The other three to follow are The Little Book of the Great Enchantment by Steve Blamires, … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Arthuriad, Arthurian Tradition, Breton, Celtic, celtic myth and legend, chrétien de troyes, Chretian de Troyes, esoteric, Faery Lore, faery tradition, Fairy Tale, folklore, french manuscripts, Gareth Knight, Grail Romance, janet farrar, Knights of the Round Table, legent, Magic, mediaeval, Medieval History, mythology, Occult, R.J. Stewart, R.J. Stewart Books, ritual magic, Steve Blamires, Stewart Farrar, Symbolism, Troubadour, Trouvere, Welsh, Western Mysteries, western mystery traditions
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