Author: Cyril Scott
Publisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Philip Carr-Gomm
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1590207602
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 550

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A guide to England’s rich history of magical lore and practice “for readers of works like Harry Potter who have grown up a bit into wanting to know more” (The Hermetic Library). Through experiments to try and places to visit, as well as a historical exploration of magic and interviews with leading magicians, The Book of English Magic will introduce you to the extraordinary world that lies beneath the surface. Magic runs through the veins of English history, part of daily life from the earliest Arthurian legends to Aleister Crowley to the novels of Tolkien and Philip Pullman, and from the Druids to Freemasonry and beyond. Richly illustrated and deeply knowledgeable, this book is an invaluable source for anyone curious about magic and wizardry, or for sophisticated practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge. “Playful and serious, respectful and amused . . . this will remain the standard work for years to come.” —The Sunday Telegraph “A magical mystery tour.” —The Times “Fabulous.” —Daily Express “Lucid and wonderfully easy to read . . . While it is indeed a perfect book for the ‘intelligent novice’ it’s far more than that—it’s a serious, in-depth survey of a massive topic.” —WitchVox “An accessible and immensely readable book . . . A fascinating insight into a hidden world.” —Booksquawk

Author: George Simmers
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244791333
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Rose Allatini is remembered today for writing 'Despised and Rejected', the only novel to be prosecuted under the Defence of the Realm Act during the Great War as 'liable to prejudice recruiting in His Majesty's forces. The book's positive depiction of homosexuals and conscientious objectors alarmed the wartime authorities. But Rose Allatini was also the author (under several disguises) of nearly forty other novels, over seven decades. This monograph sets out to dispel the myth that these other books were no more than romantic pot-boilers. The novels' themes include: critiques of the position of women in London and Vienna at the start of the twentieth century; an exploration of the experience of mental illness; warnings of the rise of Nazism in thirties Austria, depictions of the experiences of refugees in London during the Second World War; and speculations about spiritual healing. Rose Allatini was a novelist who went where many others did not care to venture.

Author: Jean Overton Fuller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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"Jean Overton Fuller's father, an Indian Army officer, was killed at the very beginning of the First World War in East Africa, before she was born. She led a rather peripatetic early life in England with her mother, in which her grandfather was for a time a guiding hand. She caught the attention of the national press when she was just seven for a collection of illustrations of coloured sounds hung at the Guildhall. While at school in London, she lived in hotels with her mother. They then moved to Brighton. She went to RADA and became a repertory actress. In the war she worked in Censorship in London." "She became a Theosophist, she has had paranormal experiences, she paints, she translates and writes poetry; she dotes on animals; she has been partner in a bookselling business; her range of published work covers subjects as diverse as Shelley and Madame Blavatsky, Swinburne and Krishnamurti, Sir Francis Bacon and Victor Neuburg (a lover of Aleister Crowley). But perhaps her most impressive contribution is her research into SOE. Her first, very successful, book was Madeleine, about Noor Inayat Khan, daughter of an Indian Sufi mystic and an American mother, who worked as an SOE radio operator, was betrayed and was shot in Dachau." "Noor's story raised a host of questions with the author about SOE and the German penetration of it; and she published several further books on the subject. One was her remarkable investigation into Henri Dericourt, the controversial French double agent (triple if you count his corrosive allegiance to himself), that makes for the oddest juxtaposition of author and subject but particularly won over reviewers. During the war in London she serves in the three-woman fire-fighting team of Pickaxe, Hose and Bucket (she is Pickaxe); and she passes her driving test after 277 lessons. Reading her book will not require the same tenacity."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Cyril Scott
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1594774986
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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The role of music in the evolution of humanity • Reveals how a hierarchy of initiates, evolved spiritual intelligences, and devas actively influenced the musical compositions of geniuses to transmit great truths through music • Explores the influence of the classical composers Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, and Strauss--from Beethoven’s influence on the creation of psychoanalysis to Chopin’s musical influence on the emancipation of women Composer and author Cyril Scott explores the role of music in the evolution of humanity and shows how it has pushed human evolution forward. He explains that music has a profound effect on history, morals, and culture and is a more potent force in the molding of character than religious creeds or moral philosophies. Whereas mediocre musicians reflect only their own times, inspired ones help determine the character of the future. Exploring the works of classical composers such as Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Wagner, and Strauss, Scott reveals how their compositions were actively influenced by a hierarchy of initiates, evolved spiritual intelligences, and devas to make the way fertile for human spiritual evolution. Scott explains how humans are composed not only of a physical body, emotional body, and a mental body but also a sensation body that acts as the bridge between the physical realm and the hierarchy of initiates. Scott shows how the music of great composers affects not only those listening but also society as a whole--from Beethoven’s influence on the creation of psychoanalysis to Chopin’s musical influence on the emancipation of women.

Author: Henri Déricourt
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Author: Sarah Siobhan Collins
Publisher:
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Category : Scott, Cyril
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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Musicological studies into the works of English composer, Cyril Scott (1879-1970), will almost ubiquitously include a brief and circumspect reference to his avowed “occult” interests. Considered for a time to be one of the most promising talents of the English Musical Renaissance, Scott is certainly a figure of great interest in the context of British music history; however, the fanatical nature of his personal activities and belief system have typically dissuaded researchers from venturing beyond a bare consideration of his music. The difficulties associated with approaching Scott’s belief system are similar to those regarding his biographical detail, including issues of authenticity, representation and “veiling.” As a result, much of Scott’s thinking has remained hidden in his sizable literary oeuvre, untouched by musicologists. Within his literary output is revealed a distinct line of developing aesthetic thought, culminating in a theory which he considered to have been his greatest achievement.

Author: Cyril Scott
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1609254597
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 85

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The author of the Initiate Trilogy reveals Jesus of Nazareth in a new light and gives the key to many of his “dark sayings” and teachings. Who was Jesus? The Indians say He was a great yogi, the occultists and Theosophists say He was a great initiate of the arcane science, while Spiritualists regard Him as a great medium or a very high guide. In this remarkable book, Cyril Scott reveals Jesus of Nazareth in a light unknown and unsuspected by many, providing the key to the “dark sayings” and subtle teachings of Jesus that have been misinterpreted and misunderstood by Christianity throughout the ages. While many people have interpreted the exoteric teachings of the bible over the years, Scott reveals some of the more esoteric teachings in his The Vision of the Nazarene.

Author: Elbert Hubbard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts and crafts movement
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: ARTHUR EAGLEFIELD. HULL
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033554531
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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