Books published by Skylight Press

A deep exploration of the Brythonic Celtic mysteries, focusing on the cult of Taliesin, the legends of King Arthur, the tales of the Mabinogion, and how the bardic symbolism of stellar constellations relates to the Welsh landscape.

A practical guide to the Golden Dawn system of magic, providing detailed and clear instructions for the visualisations, spiritual connections and energetic practices required for every major practice and ritual, as well as several unpublished techniques.

The third collection of poetry by Sunshine, a Glaswegian artist and poet whose work has been described as the poetic equivalent of Hieronymus Bosch.

A lyrical novel of ecstatic sexual and sensual metamorphosis rendered through a poetic alchemy of Brazilian gemstones.

An entertaining burlesque of modern magic and Arthurian archetypes, the fat git of Strathnaddair has his work cut out being a Merlin and weaving the age-old patterns amid the tangle of contemporary life.

The weekly war letters of Dion Fortune to her Society of the Inner Light.

A collection of essays tracing the historical importance and esoteric influence of Merlin and the Grail tradition, from its mythological beginnings right down to its relevance in modern magical practice.

A series of teachings on the use of magical images in practical occultism, based around the construct of an inner plane Abbey.

The life and work of a ritual magician in his own words.

John Faversham comes across a volume of poems by a little known 19th century poet and is astonished to learn that this poet lived in his house and shared a very specific dream. Thus opens a psychic porthole through which protagonist and reader are transported.

Previously serialised in various journals, this is the first collection of these personal and historical vignettes in alternating prose and poetry, from an artist who moves from London's East End to Black Mountain College to the New York Art scene.

A story collection focusing on immigrant life in the USA, with increasing absurdity.

A previously unpublished work by the late W.G. Gray, comprising a course in modern Hermetic ritual magic and practical Qabalah.

Based on the work of a 1920s French novelist, the medieval legend of the Faery Melusine of Lusignan is brought to the English-speaking world in a new retelling.

A diverse history of the thought, philosophy and evolution of consciousness which has shaped the Western Mystery Tradition and the practice of modern ritual magic.

The Rollright Ritual is a powerful initiatory rite for attuning oneself to a personal path of spiritual growth, presented here with an explanatory text and a discussion of the spiritual lives and practices of the stone circle builders of Great Britain.

The raw and poetic odyssey of a sand blind woman, Rosanna Galvez, spoken through a rich incantatory diary.

An account of Fox's awakening as a shaman through his experience with sacred hallucinogens in Peru, and the rush of ancient knowledge of "the immortals" which came with it. The result is a discovery of the origins of the "Sun-King" found in ancient myths around the world.

Biography of William G. Gray, the British occultist and magician whose pioneering work on the Qabalah and ritual magic contributed enormously to the modern pagan and wiccan revivals.

A collection of poems by Margaret Randall which she describes as her "impossible poems" - the ones which speak of things that can't be said.

A course in Christian Qabalistic Magic, first published in 1975 and providing a comprehensive overview of the history and practice of magic from a broadly Christian perspective. Includes practical exercises and methods of inner plane communication.

The selected letters of Gareth Knight from 1969 to 2010. These letters were written to some 70 recipients, from learned discourse with academics, through exchanges of strange experiences with esoteric colleagues, to providing general answers and advice to seekers looking for their path.

A novel by American poet and scholar Hugh Fox. When Miriam's husband is killed by terrorists in Tel Aviv she moves to Paris in search of a spiritual path, only to find herself victim of another devastating attack. The novel follows her inner monologue and outer journey through historic France.

In the trenches of WW1, two disaffected young subalterns struggle to find humour and purpose in a rapidly disintegrating world. In another time and place, Katherine is startled when she starts to recover someone else's memories of the first world war trenches. These involuntary glimpses lead her to search for the historical truth behind the vision.

The works of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams and Owen Barfield have had a profound impact on the contemporary world. The Magical World of the Inklings reveals how each of these writers created a 'magical world' which initiates the reader into hidden and powerful realms of the creative imagination.

An anthology of work by the Irish writer Ella Young, featuring her poems, prose and mythical storytelling.