The Anthropology of Magic reviewed
Back in December, I rashly promised a review of Susan Greenwood’s new book The Anthropology of Magick. I’m playing around with the “Now Reading” wordpress plug-in at the moment, so the review can be found here.
Archive for the category ‘Announcements’
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Watkins Bookshop: 1897-2010
On the 23rd February it was announced that Watkins Bookshop – London’s oldest esoteric bookshop – went into administration, with 11 members of staff being made redundant. Unless a buyer for the business emerges by 25th March, the business will be liquidated. Continue reading »
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New Interview
I’ve just been interviewed (via email) by Christopher Blackwell of the Alternate Religions Education Network. The interview is part of the Networks’ Imbolc newsletter (which also features interviews with other interesting folk) and can be found here.
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Haiti’s Terrible Earthquake is the Wrath of God, Says Tele-Evangelist
US tele-evangelist Pat Robertson has said, in a television interview over the last couple of days, “Something happened in Haiti a long time ago that people may not want to talk about… they got together a pact with the Devil. Continue reading »
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The Anthropology of Magic
My old friend Dr Susan Greenwood of Sussex University has just had a new book published – The Anthropology of Magic – available from Berg. Hopefully I’ll get round to reviewing it in the not-too-distant future, but in the meantime, here’s an interview with Susan from the excellent Pagans for Archeology blog. Susan will be giving a lecture on her work at Treadwells Bookshop on the 14th April, next year.
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Old wine in new bottles
Original Falcon Press will be re-issuing The Pseudonomicon, Condensed Chaos and Prime Chaos – the latter with a new introduction. Continue reading »
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Abraxas Journal
I’m very pleased to announce that I have an article in the forthcoming inaugural edition of Abraxas – a new esoteric journal which is a collaborative venture by Treadwells Bookshop and Fulgur Ltd – so it will be both full of fascinating content and look fantastic to boot! Other contributors include Stephen Grasso, James Butler, John Callow, Daniel Schulke and Sarah Penicka-Smith. My own contribution is based on my Treadwells lecture from September 2008 – The Third Eye: The Fantastic World of Lobsang Rampa. There will be a launch party for Abraxas at Treadwells on the 30th October.
