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Tag Archives: William Sharp
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
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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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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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Steve Blamires on Skylight Press
Steve Blamires comes from the heart of Robert Burns country, the port town of Ayr on the Firth of Clyde in the south-west of Scotland, where Celtic culture and the Gaelic language still thrives. On a very clear day in … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors
Tagged British Literature, British mysteries, celtic history, Celtic Literature, Celtic Mythology, Celtic traditions, Company of Avalon, Company of Hawkwood, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Faery Lore, Fairy tales, Fiona Macleod, folklore, Gaelic studies, Gareth Knight, Golden Dawn, Irish history, Irish mythology, mythology, national geographic expedition, Occult, Ogham, Sacred Sites, Scottish history, travel, Tree Alphabet, Tree lore, WB Yeats, Western Mysteries, Western Mystery Tradition, western mystery traditions, William Sharp
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