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Tag Archives: Witchcraft
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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Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch’s Gramarye by Michael Howard
“Many traditional witches regard themselves as the stewards or guardians of ancient sites near where they live, such as stone circles, burial mounds, standing stones and hill-figures. They meet for rituals at remote crossroads or near the prehistoric trackways, ‘green … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Arthuriad, Arthurian Tradition, Covens, Cunning Folk, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Faeries, Faery Lore, Gemma Gary, Gramarye, Heathen, Magic, Michael Howard, Neo-Pagan, Occult, occultism, Paganism, ritual magic, Ronald Hutton, Sacred Landscape, Seasonal Rituals, Spells, The Cauldron, Trad Craft, Traditional Craft, Traditional Witchcraft, Triumph of the Moon, Wheel of the Year, Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft
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Michael Howard on Skylight Press
Michael Howard is an Anglo-Irish writer, historical researcher and editor. His work has become well-known and much respected after some 38 books on witchcraft, paganism and western occultism, including various tomes on the Norse-Germanic runes, folk traditions, angelic magic, faery … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, New authors
Tagged Angelology, Ben Fernee, Cunning Folk, esoteric, esotericism, Evan John Jones, Faery Lore, Feri, folk, Folklore Society, Gerald Gardner, History, Julia Philips, Magic, magic ritual, Magick, Michael Howard, Modern Wicca, Museum of WItchcraft, mythology, Nigel Jackson, Norse, Occult, occultism, pagan, Pagan Dawn, Pagan Federation, Pagan Front, Paganism, Pan Pacific Alliance, ritual, Robert Cochrane, Robert Cochrane Witchcraft Tradition, Ronald Hutton, secret societies, The Cauldron Magazine, Traditional Witchcraft, Tubal Cain, Wicca, Witchcraft
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A Couple of Recent Reviews…
Here are a couple of recent reviews of Skylight books… Review by David James: Stewart Farrar – Writer on a Broomstick A biography by Elizabeth Guerra and Janet Farrar “Whilst he might not have had the cache of … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged A Bad Witch's Blog, Alex Sanders, David James, Elizabeth Guerra, esoteric, Gerald Gardner, Gordon Strong, janet farrar, Lucya Starza, megaliths, Occult, Sacred Earth, Stanton Drew, Stewart Farrar, Stone Circles, Stones, Twisted Tree, Wicca, Witchcraft
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Skylight Press to publish a series of William G. Gray Books
“Magicians are not made, they make themselves.” Skylight Press is pleased to announce that it will be publishing a series of out-of-print and possible new books by William G. Gray over the next three years. The series will commence in … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, New books
Tagged Alan Richardson, Aleister Crowley, Ceremonial magician, Dion Fortune, esoteric, esotericism, Gareth Knight, Gerald Gardner, Magic, Magician, Marcus Claridge, mythology, Occult, occultism, Paganism, qabala, Qabalah, ritual magic, Robbie Cochrane, Rollright stones, Sangreal Sodality, Skylight Press, tarot, Victor Neuburg, western mystery traditions, William G. Gray, Witchcraft
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Stewart Farrar: Writer on a Broomstick by Elizabeth Guerra and Janet Farrar
Stewart Farrar was a World War II veteran, an accomplished script writer and a journalist who worked for many prominent and respected media companies such as Reuters and the newspaper Reveille. As a world traveler, Stewart had the opportunity to meet … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Esoteric, New authors, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Alex Sanders, Alexandrine Witchcraft, books., Christopher Penczak, Elizabeth Guerra, esoteric, fiction, Gavin Bone, Gerald Gardner, janet farrar, Literature, Magic, Margot Adler, Novels, Occult, Phyllus Curott, R.J. Stewart, R.J. Stewart Books, ritual magic, Ronald Hutton, Science Fiction, science fiction novels, Stewart Farrar, The Craft, Wicca, Wiccan, Witchcraft, Witches
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Elizabeth Guerra & Janet Farrar on Skylight Press
Born in New York City, Elizabeth Guerra grew up with a family from varying ethnic and spiritual backgrounds. Her father was born in Puerto Rico, as was her paternal grandmother, who was an Espiritista (Spiritualist) specializing in exorcisms. Her maternal grandmother … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Esoteric, New authors
Tagged Alex Sanders, Alexandrine Tradition, Book of Shadows, Craft, degree initiation, Drawing down the Moon, Ecstatic ritual, Elizabeth Guerra, esoteric, Espiritista, Gavin Bone, Gerald Gardner, Goddess, Healing, janet farrar, janet farrar and gavin bone, Kabbala, Magic, magic ritual, Magick, Margot Adler, Maxine Sanders, Neopaganism, Occult, pagan, Paganism, Progressive Witchcraft, Prophesy, qabala, R.J. Stewart, spiritualism, spiritualist movement, Stewart Farrar, Teampall Na Callaighe, Trance, Trance Possession, Wicca, Witchcraft
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The Groundlings of Divine Will by Daniel Staniforth
“We are the collective pronoun not to be named; the sacred amalgam, the response harbingers around the fringes of refinery. We are informers and fetishists, sycophants and revolutionaries, the pliant in the trenches of experience, the silent mummers in supplication … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New books, Poetry
Tagged alchemy, Ancient Britain, Ben Johnson, British Literature, British poetry, Cathars, Catholicism, Christianity, Christopher Marlowe, Church, Church history, conspiracy, Daniel Staniforth, Drama, Elizabethan History, Emmanuel Swedenborg, English history, English literature, English poetry, esotericism, Globe, Gordiano Bruno, Gospels, Heresy, History, Holinshed, John Dee, Literary Criticism, Literature, Magic, Masons, Montaigne, Mystery Schools, Occult, Orthodoxy, Plays, Playwrights, poetry, postmodern, Religion, ritual, Rosicrucians, Seneca, Shakespeare, Shakespearean Criticism, Swan, Templars, theatre, Theology, Tudor History, Walter Raleigh, Western Mysteries, William Shakespeare, Witchcraft
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