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Celtic Mythology - Faery Contact - Earth Light & Power - MagicChanges at R.J. Stewart Books:

New Titles And Reprints From R J Stewart Books: 2006- 2008

1. The Spirit Cord: book and CD: R J Stewart 2006 (New title) Published. Based on the practices and workshops developed and taught by R J Stewart, for using a Spirit Cord in ritual, vision, and ceremony. This material has been taught in the USA, Canada, and Britain, and forms the foundation for much of the advanced magical work of R J Stewart. (Vol 2, The Cord of Life and Death, will be published in 2008)

2. Witches were for Hanging (witchcraft novel) Patricia Crowther October 2007 (Revised edition) Published. Remarkable novel containing rituals, traditional witchcraft motifs and practices, set in 17th century England at the time of the witch hunter Matthew Hopkins. Patricia Crowther is the world's most senior Gardnerian High Priestess, initiated by Gardner, and heiress to a traditional Scottish witchcraft tradition.

3. Graeme Goes Home: a children's book about death, Maggie Pitkethly, 2007 (new title) Published. Intended for children in a hospice environment, this short and deeply moving story is exquisitely illustrated, describing the metamorphosis of death in simple loving terms.

4. Principles of Spiritual Discernment: Anastacia Nutt, early 2008. (New title) A short precise treatise that goes beyond the usual hack "psychic protection" themes into the essence and practice of positive spiritual discernment, this book is based on courses developed by the author and taught in the Path of the Ceremonial Arts program at The StarHouse, Boulder.

5. The Sphere of Art (vol 1) R J Stewart (foreword by Gareth Knight) winter 2007 (New title). Based in part on the verbal teachings and influence of the late A R Heaver (1900-1980), the hidden Glastonbury adept, and including the most advanced practices taught to experienced students by R J Stewart. The Sphere of Art describes a focused form of sacromagical practice that produces powerful results and links to remarkable inner contacts.

6. The Sphere of Art (vol 2) R J Stewart Spring 2008: Merging the Arthurian and Arimathean Mysteries. Explores the ancient Mysteries of Blood and Seed, revealing the telluric power of the Red and White Dragons as initiatory forces that we may use in our magical work.

7. Writer on a Broomstick: Biography of Stuart Farrar, by Elizabeth Guerra, with Janet Farrar: February 2008 (New title). This is the official biography of one of the most influential modern witchcraft mentors, the author, play-write, magician and mystic, Stewart Farrar. This true life account reads like a British adventure novel infused with magical forces, especially in the heat of the 1960's consciousness revolution. Essential reading for anyone interested in the development of modern witchcraft and paganism, and contains accounts of many well-known witches, pagans, and occultists.

8. The Little Book of the Great Enchantment: Biography of William Sharp/Fiona Macleod. Steve Blamires: Spring 2008 (New title). The long awaited in-depth biography of the mysterious Fiona Macleod (William Sharp) whose work profoundly influenced generations of occultists from W B Yeats to Dion Fortune. Steve Blamires is a Scottish author, with several acclaimed books on Celtic and magical traditions.

9. Troy Town Dances (new magical novel) Caitlin Matthews Spring 2008. This major novel by one of the leading writers on Celtic tradition is packed with magical themes, ritual elements, folkloric magic, and the mysteries of reincarnation fusing sexual and spiritual love. This is a magical novel with hidden initiatory depths, comparable to the multi-level consciousness of Dion Fortune's Sea Priestess, though very different in style and content.

10. The Immortal Hour: academic thesis on Fiona Macleod's most famous work. Laura Wilson: Spring 2008. A new thesis on the most significant work of Fiona Macleod, the ritual drama of The Immortal Hour. Part of our ongoing series of new books on Fiona Macleod, this thesis is an essential reference source.

11. Windsmith: The Well Under The Sea A new magical novel by Kevan Manwaring 2008. Describes the adventures of a World War 1 airman who is shot down, and finds himself in another world, but one which influences our own. The Well Under The Sea is the third book of the Windsmith series, by a British author who has already published and edited a number of books, writing in the grand British tradition of occult and mystical fiction.

12. The Book of the Bardic Chair: illustrated anthology from the Bardic Chair of Bath with essays, poems, and tributes by many well known authors. Edited by Kevan Manwaring: early 2008. Also lists Bardic Chairs around the world, and how to start and run a Bardic Chair organization.

13. The Spiritual and Faery Magic of Fiona Macleod (vol 1), R J Stewart, spring 2008. Based on workshops and classes taught from 1997 to the present day, this book reveals the hidden system of spiritual magic in the poems and dramas of Fiona Macleod, the Celtic mystic, seer/seeress, and ritual magician. Volume 1, The Horizontal Dimension reveals the ground-plan of all Fiona Macleod magical texts, including The Immortal Hour and many of the stories.

14. The Spiritual and Faery Magic of Fiona Macleod (vol 2) R J Stewart, autumn 2008. The Vertical Dimension: reveals the effective working of FM's Nine Runes of Power and the purpose and dedication of sustaining an on-going invocation of the Tuatha De Dannan in modern magic. This on-going invocation was re-initiated, out of ancient sources, by W B Yeats, Wm Sharp, and other 19th century occultists as a process of liberation from political and military oppression and supremacy.

15. The Vision Keys: Cards and booklet: Orion Foxwood early 2008. A new edition of the emblematic cards designed by Orion Foxwood, with superb full color artwork by Martin Bridge

16. Forty Years with the Fairies: The Collected Visionary writings of Daphne Charters: Vol 1, early 2008. Daphne Charters was a British seeress, who wrote many accounts of her communion with the faery and spirit realms, in the mid 20th century. This is volume 1 of her collected writings, highly illustrated, with a substantial faery/fairy bibliography, notes and resources. Edited by Michael Pilarski.
    
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17. The Well of Light: book and CD: R J Stewart 2006 (Revised edition) Published

18. The Faery Teachings: Orion Foxwood 2006 (Revised edition) Published

19. Robert Kirk, Walker Between Worlds R J Stewart 2007. The only modern edition of Kirk's Secret Commonwealth of Elves Fauns and Faeries (1692) with detailed commentary on the magical traditions and practices of the Scottish fairy tradition. (Revised edition) Published

20. Advanced Magical Arts: R J Stewart 2007 (Revised edition, new Foreword) Published

21. A Fairy Tale Reader: anthology, ed John and Caitlin Matthews: A Collection of story, lore and vision. Contributors include: Lewis Spence, Joseph Campbell, W.B.Yeats, Wirt Sikes, Alfred Nutt, Ella Young, Edmund Spenser, Mark Twain, Fiona Macleod, and Lord Dunsany. Foreword by R J Stewart. (Revised edition) Spring 2008

22. Music Power Harmony: R J Stewart (revised edition with substantial new Foreword). R J's long lost second book on music, consciousness, and Elemental Chanting, suppressed by the original publisher shortly after publication in the 1980's. Now available again in an updated new edition. Winter 2007.

23. The Complete Merlin Tarot: R J Stewart. A revised reprint of the major book on the best-selling Merlin Tarot. The Merlin Tarot has been in print for more than 20 years in many editions, and has been translated into French, German, and Japanese. The substantial handbook has long been unavailable, but this new edition puts it back into print with a new Foreword and many revisions and new appendices. Spring 2008.