Books published by Grey House in the Woods

All ritual is a focus. It makes you aware of the point at which you stand -- be that of a time of year, of day or night, of a moment of potential when the way forward becomes apparent or a possible future is revealed, of an instant when one cycle closing opens the next. It also makes you aware of the place where you stand, for none of the events celebrated by our rituals takes place in limbo. They happen in the real world, marking real and often intimate events of enormous consequence. And by marking these events, we allow them to mark us -- binding us to the sky, to the land, and to the sea from which they all derive. Along with sample rituals for the eightfold year and eight major rites of passage, it contains chapters on the nature of ritual and its place in our spiritual and everyday lives. There are also prayers and other workings.

Rendlesham Forest. 1980. Personnel from the nearby US Air Force base investigate unusual lights in the surrounding forest. They later make extraordinary claims about what they had seen.London. 2020. Alex Grant, ex SIS and Security Service operative, is handed a routine investigation. He soon finds he has wandered into the middle of the Cold War equivalent of a long abandoned minefield.What links the two events, forty years apart? What secret that old is worth killing to keep? To find the answers, Grant dusts off the skills he had hoped he no longer needed and finds himself back in a world where the virtue of allies is worth no more than the duplicity of enemies and where there is no way to tell one from the other.

Master Detective Nicely Strongoak is in need of a furlough, but when the Elfin Chief Executive of the Citadel High Council - Evermore Truelight, a.k.a. the 'King of Elfland' - calls, you answer. So Nicely drives his '57 Dragonette steam wagon to the exclusive elf enclave known as Tall Trees, where Widergard's best-dressed dwarf detective finds a whole new world of trouble.Mixed race steamy 'adult' pictures, apparently featuring Truelove's sister, lead to Milkwood and the glamorous world of rolling pictures, while Nicely's current case, involving 'celebrity dwarf' councillor Getgold Grounding's housekeeper's missing daughter leads to a sorcerous beauty parlour, a bodiless head and an Elf with No Name.The last thing Nicely need, especially with a date with gorgeous half-elf actress Elsira looming, is an enforced trip to the sun, but that's what he gets. A fairy with a broken wing, Goblin people traffickers and the biggest Dragon's Eye diamond ever, all combine to produce a case for Nicely that goes to the heart of what family is about in a multi-racial society that includes amorous dwarves and immortal elves.The new Detective Strongoak adventure from the author of the #1 Kindle Bestselling Detective Strongoak and the Case of the Dead Elf.

Torn from the sweet embrace of victory and freedom, Jeniche and Alltud find themselves once more in the clutches of the Occassans.They are borne across the ocean to the city of Amparo in the very heart of their enemy's territory. There, not knowing each other's fate, they are imprisoned by the Order and face an uncertain future.Yet in that darkness, Jeniche finally learns to unlock the power that others have torn the world apart to find. And as Occassus descends into civil conflict, she stands face-to-face with the ultimate enemy - herself.

In 1950, St Peter''s College, Saltley celebrated its centenary. The occasion was marked with a number of events, one of which was the publication of this book. A lively mixture of history and anecdote, it not only tells the story of the first hundred years of the College, but also offers something of the flavour of life at a much-loved establishment - the dedication of the staff, the humour of the students, and the sacrifices they all made in pursuit of their chosen profession and the protection of their country.

A study of the survival of primal Celtic shamanism in later folk-traditions of Gaelic speaking peoples. This is an insightful and intelligent academic study that brings together areas of study not normally combined in an accessible style.

This new edition was written out of the need to provide an introduction to the Druid Way based on a Celtic metaphysic. The authors bring a wide experience of druidic practice and thought to bear and present a work that will allow those new to the Way to take their first steps with confidence. However, it is also a book that will be of immense interest to those who are already Druid as it approaches the subject with a fresh vision and a passion that will inspire many to re-examine their roots. The book is divided, appropriately, into three sections. The first part, ''How the World Came To Be'', looks at ancestral Celts and Druids and examines not just the history of the Druid Way, but also the metaphysic that gives it continued life. The second part, ''The Shape of the World'', explores some of the philosophical concepts of the modern Druid Way as well as the importance of the Matter of Britain in understanding what it is to be Druid. The final part, ''Working in the World'', looks at some of the practical aspects of being Druid.

This is a comprehensive and thought-provoking exploration of some of the metaphysical notions that are the foundation of modern druidic thought and practice. It is a serious and informed contribution to an often-neglected area of the modern Druid Way in which past practice is all too often rekindled without an attendant understanding of past psychology or philosophical perceptions. In this, it is a manifesto for a Druid Way that is both true to its Celtic roots and responsive to the modern world.