'Once in a blue moon a book comes out that you get a feeling is going to be a classic. Within minutes of receiving an advance copy, the Treadwell’s staff all got that prickly feeling on the back of the neck. . .’
How did the one small island of Britain, and the country of England in particular, become so steeped in magical practices across the centuries, and why has it given birth to the finest magical stories ever written? English authors such as J.R.R.Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Terry Pratchett, and J.K.Rowling dominate the world of magic in fiction, but from the earliest times England has also acted as home to generations of eccentrics and scholars who have researched and explored every conceivable occult art, and now more people practice magic in England than at any time in her history.
The Book of English Magic, authored by Philip Carr-Gomm & Druid grade member Sir Richard Heygate, surveys England’s magical past from the moment the first humans inhabited her shores to our present-day fascination with all things magical. Historical explorations, biographies of leading figures, guides to magical fiction and practical exercises are combined with interviews with modern-day magicians which reveal the extent to which magic is alive and well in England in the 21st century. In this beautifully produced illustrated volume of 562 pages the authors trace the story of magic as it developed through the worlds of the Druid and Anglo-Saxon sorcerer, the Alchemist and Witch, the Cunning Folk and the High Magician. In this journey through time, a world that is complex and fascinating reveals itself . . .
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Journeys of the Soul
The Life & Legacy of a Druid Chief by Philip Carr-Gomm
With the Selected Poetry, Letters, Travel Diaries, Watercolours and Drawings of Ross Nichols, Foreword by Christina Oakley Harrington
Ross Nichols was one of the key figures in the revival of interest in Druidry and Celtic Spirituality in modern times. The Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, which he founded, is now the largest Druid group in the world. Journeys of the Soul vividly describes Nichols’ journey through life in the first complete biography of this enigmatic and influential Druid Chief, allowing us an intimate and controversial glimpse into the life and mind of one of the founding figures of the modern Pagan movement.
Photographs, sketches and colour reproductions of his watercolours are included with the letters and diary excerpts of Nichols’ own journeys, continuing the theme of Philip's biography with stories of travel in evocative places: by the pyramids in Egypt, in the mountains of Bulgaria, in the 'House of Mysteries' at Pompeii.
In these travel journals, Nichols weaves impressions of the countryside and the people with historical and archaeological information, psychic impressions, anecdotes, jokes and poetry. As we follow a historian and spiritual teacher on his journeys, we too are taken on journeys of the soul.
Illustrated 220pp privately published hardback signed by the author (Only available through the Order of Bards Ovates & Druids).
Damh's latest CD - Welcome traveller. It’s a beautiful Summer’s day, just right to sit here in this field of corn and listen to the voices of the past...
These songs (apart from the Green Fields of France and Wild Mountain Thyme) are modern interpretations of classic folk songs. The source of these songs lay with the great folk song collectors such as Cecil Sharp, Francis James Child, and the Copper family. These are songs that were transmitted through word of mouth, songs of the lower classes, music with no known composer.
309 page volume of outstanding contemporary research in Druidism.
Contents:
Introduction – Philip Carr-Gomm
Origins of Modern Druidry - Professor Ronald Hutton
Druidry: Exported Possibilities and Manifestations - Gordon Cooper
Phallic Religion in the Druid Revival - John Michael Greer
Question, Answer and the Transmission of Wisdom in Celtic and Druidic Tradition - Caitlin Matthews
Universal Majesty, Verity and Love Infinite - Dr Adam Stout
Working with Animals - Professor Roland Rotherham
I Would know my Shadow and my Light - Philip Carr-Gomm
Entering Faerie: Elves, Ancestors and Imagination - James Warren Maertens Ph.D
From a reader: “I have now read half the lectures in this book and I have to say, their relevance to the Bardic grade is astounding - one coincidence falls over the next one! I recommend this book to anyone who is studying this course - it truly opens the mind further to the ideas in the Gwers and fuels a deeper understanding - especially when you are studying the elements and the male/female principles! This book is a magical world of ideas, passion and inspiration - a cauldron of a book!” Magma.
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