Holythorn Press
Esoteric Publishers
A Labyrinth of Images:
W.B. Yeats and the Celtic Order
University College Cork - Study of Religions Research Seminar Series
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This seminar explored the secret order which Yeats founded in 1896 with the assistance of Maud Gonne, George Pollexfen, Æ, and fellow initiates of the Golden Dawn. Dr. North discussed the techniques Yeats used to contact the Tuatha de Danaan and the ancient Irish heroes using selected extracts from his unpublished “Explorations” and initiatory rituals.
The talk is available here
AE Russell, the Dublin Theosophists, and the Irish Avatar
University College Cork - Study of Religions Research Seminar Series
James North: AE Russell, the Dublin Theosophists and the Irish Avatar.
This talk considers the spiritual, political and cultural programme of 1890s Irish Theosophy. It shows how the vision of a spiritual awakening connected with the West of Ireland was of enduring importance AE, and how several remarkable and forgotten figures in the Dublin circle led by AE took the inspiration of Irish Theosophy from its cradle in Dublin as far as India and the West Coast of America.
The talk is now available on here
Q &A with Christian Gilson
​Author of A Path to the Grail
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Holythorn Press interviewed Christian Gilson, author of A Path to the Grail.
We asked questions which we thought prospective readers would like to know about his background, and how the book came to be written.
If there is something we haven't covered here, please get in touch with your queries and we will do our best to answer them.
Our questions are in bold, Christian's replies in ordinary text.
DF is Dion Fortune.
You can read the interview here