The Book of English Magic
|
Written by Simon
|
|
Sunday, 07 June 2009 20:07 |
|
I received notification about this extremely interesting book via the Contact Us button. [Good to see that folk are already making use of it but if you really want to increase the spped and certainty of getting something mentioned on pQ.com then register and use the Quick Links to submit your own news items.] I will endeavour to find out some more about it but in the meantime here is the backgrounder from one of the authors.
The Book of English Magic is a 562 page hardback book which will be published by John Murray on 11th June 2009.
The image of the magician is exciting and tantalising, and familiar to us all. Think of Merlin or Gandalf and we think of excitement, mystery and adventure. But what do we feel or even know about real magicians – those figures who throughout history have practiced the kind of magic that for centuries was a forbidden art?
|
Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 June 2009 20:10 )
Read more:The Book of English Magic
Details of Psychic Questing Weekender 2009 Announced!
|
Written by Simon
|
|
Sunday, 07 June 2009 19:40 |
|
This was undoubtedly one of the Questing highlights of last year. Those of you who read my review will know that I was so buzzed up after it I actually got a speeding ticket (and I'm usually described as driving like a 90-year old granny). Anyway, details have been anounced by Andrew Collins of the plans for this year's event. Make sure you get in there quickly as places are very limited.
|
Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 June 2009 19:42 )
Read more:Details of Psychic Questing Weekender 2009 Announced!
Adam McLean: Exploring Alchemical Emblems
|
Written by Simon
|
|
Sunday, 07 June 2009 18:56 |
|
I'm a big fan of Adam McLean's work and I have his Alchemical Emblems Foundation course which I'd highly recommend. He has sent word that a complementary study course is now available. Here is what he says:
"My study course on Exploring Alchemical Emblems is now available on CD-Rom. To a great extent it complements my Foundation study course on Alchemical Symbolism. It consists of a series of twenty four audio visual presentations for the Windows operating system, approximately five to ten minutes long. The total running time for the entire course is about three and a half hours, with 210 megabytes of data on the disc.
In each of these presentations, you are guided through an emblem by my commentary. The software zooms into areas and explores each emblem in exhaustive detail. The commentary teases out all the puzzling components of the emblem, providing you with insights into how emblems were structured and the narrative or message they contain.
If you were to study a presentation each week, you should, at the end of six months, have become very familiar with the ways in which the alchemists presented their ideas in emblematic form.
The course provides penetrating insights into the obscurities of these elaborate alchemical emblems. It does not repeat the standard, boring, simplistic, vague, new-age esoteric interpretations, but instead forensically examines the structure of the emblems and allows us to see again the original intention of their creators. Each emblem is looked at in its own proper context.
These emblems are among the great treasures of the alchemical tradition.
One need not merely admire them for their delightful form, but through this course come to see what they mean.
Just go to this page for information and a short sample."
|
Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 June 2009 19:04 )
|
Written by Simon
|
|
Sunday, 07 June 2009 18:20 |
|
Catching up on some old stories here that got queued behind the website makeover...
First off (and still the most current edition) is The Temple Booklet Issue 13. This edition contains the following articles:
- The Real Treasure Chest of Tradition, Philip Gardiner.
- Love, Magick and the Tree of Life, Gordon Strong.
- Gwyn ap Nudd: A First and Frame Deity, Angelika Heike Rüdiger.
- The Cameley Head, Juliet Faith
Always worth a read, you can find more details by clicking here.
|
Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 June 2009 19:06 )
|
Written by Simon
|
|
Thursday, 09 April 2009 20:42 |
|
Louise Langley of "Sacred Quest" and "Ahqulieah" fame, is appearing on Edge Media TV this weekend. The slot is 13:00 on Sunday 9th on Nick Ashron's Lightworkers' Guide to the Galaxy. Edge Media TV (or Controversial TV as it's now known) is on SKY channel 200. It aired originally today at noon but I was snowed under and never got around to either highlighting it on pQ.com or watching it myself, so now I have set my timer and intend to make sure I catch it.
(As an aside I heartily recommend Louise's Videodiary from Tintagel that you can see on YouTube - she beams out energy and it buzzes you up just watching it.)
|
Dan Green Youtube explains Rennes-le-Chateau and the Lincoln Cathedral Code
|
Written by etidorpha
|
|
Thursday, 09 April 2009 20:42 |
|
For those who enjoy following the adventures of British author Dan Green and his individual take on the mystery of Rennes-le-chateau and its conclusion at Lincoln Cathedral, you can see Dan explaining his long term involvement with RLC in a three part Youtube interview from phil Gardiners SKY TV show at; www.youtube.com/greenren07 |
Major Website Re-vamp Planned
|
Written by Simon
|
|
Wednesday, 22 October 2008 23:22 |
psychicQuesting.com has been running now for over four years and although specific pieces of functionality have been added (or, more rarely, removed), the overall structure and design hasn't changed at all since day one.
To rectify this I am planning a major site revamp between now and the New Year. I have some fairly clear ideas about the design and structure of the new site (as well as some pretty exciting new content...but more on that another time) but I'm very eager to hear what you, the actual users of the site, enjoy, find frustrating, want to see more of, want to see less of.... I'm soliciting opinion on all aspects of the site - design, structure, content - even technical aspects for those techies amongst you.
It would help enormously if you posted your comments - the good, the bad, the ugly all gratefully accepted - in reply to this forum thread - http://www.psychicquesting.com/ftopicp-1051.html#1051 that I've set up for the purpose of gathering feedback.
Many thanks for your support so far and hopefully with your assistance I can take the site to the next level. |
|
Written by webmaster
|
|
Thursday, 16 October 2008 23:55 |
A few threads have recently woven together into a little knot surrounding the use of ancient megalithic sites that I feel is worth highlighting. As mentioned in my review of the Psychic Questing weekender (below), the venue this year was Avebury and one of the visualisation exercises we performed was to float back in time and see how whether we could catch a glimpse of the past at this site.
 I had rather an odd image come to mind that was of warriors with swords hacking down in what I can only describe as "in an industrial rhythm". Two groups of men lining up and striking something (unseen) in between with every second man moving in synch (and hence half a turn out of sync with the people on each side of them) - giving a piston-like precision to the strokes.
In fairness I can claim no originality as Andrew Collins had previously been vocal about the possibility of these sites as a focus for death cults or funerary rites so the suggestion had already been planted. Still the image was a striking one and it lasted with me long after the weekend had ended.
[Click on the "Read More" link below to continue.] |
Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 May 2009 20:44 )
Read more:Bloodsport for All!
Review: Psychic Questing Weekender
|
Written by webmaster
|
|
Monday, 06 October 2008 10:46 |
 It's been just over two weeks now since I returned from Andrew Collins' Psychic Questing Weekender (PQW08) and my brain still feels as if someone buzz-sawed off the top of my head, reached inside and polished up my brain until it squeaked.
I had previously attended a number of QuestCons, starting in 2000, and while I had initially enjoyed the big set-piece lectures from high-profile authors, I began turning more and more to what were then classified as the "fringe lectures". With PQW08, everything else has been jettisoned and the "fringe" is now centre stage. [Click on the "Read More..." link to continue]
|
Last Updated ( Friday, 22 May 2009 00:31 )
Read more:Review: Psychic Questing Weekender
Bega and The Sacred Ring: Blogged!
|
Written by Simon
|
|
Saturday, 04 October 2008 20:50 |
 "Bega and The Sacred Ring" is a classic Psychic Questing text which has, unfortunately, been out of print for many years. I'm glad to report that its author, Alex Langstone, is now serialising the entire book on his Psychic Questing website - Esoteric Explorer. It's been running for a little while now so the Introduction, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are currently online.
I also wholehearedly recommend subscribing to Alex's Spirit of Albion newsletter so that you will know when the following upcoming items appear:
From the archives of ASH Magazine, an interview with Andrew Collins (Black Alchemist era)
Details of the long awaited publication of brand new psychic questing book Spirit Chaser by Alex Langstone |
|
Since spotting an advertisement for her first book, The Sacred Quest, in a Sunday paper a couple of years ago, I have been mesmerised by Louise Langley's one-woman revolution.