John Michell

The John Michell Reader

Writings and Rants of a Radical Traditionalist

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Produktbeschreibung

Deepest thoughts and musings of a 1960s countercultural icon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• 2nd Edition, New of Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781620554159
• ISBN-10: 1620554151
• Artikelnr.: 41238329

Autorenporträt

John Michell (1933-2009), educated at Eton and Cambridge, was the pioneer researcher and specialist in the field of ancient, traditional science. Author of more than twenty-five books, his work has profoundly influenced modern thinking, including The Sacred Center, The Dimensions of Paradise, The New View Over Atlantis, Secrets of the Stones, and The Temple of Jerusalem: A Revelation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction “A Prophetic Vision” by Joscelyn Godwin
Pa r t I
The Good Old Days
1 Why Are We So Short of Time?
2 Fireside Wisdom
3 The Deserted Village
4 Fear and Loathing of the Greens
5 Staying Put and Rushing About
6 Victoria’s Enchanted Realm
7 A Good Protestant? How and Why
8 Kings of Glory
9 Drink, Drugs, and the Art of Conversation
10 Manx Fairies
11 Nothing to Sing About
12 Population Control and Feng Shui, Again
P a r t II
Albion
13 Albion, the Spirit of the Party
14 A Lost Cause
15 The Re-Conversion of England
16 Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
17 Brassy Britain
18 The Centre of Britain
19 Citizens of Stonehenge
20 Sacred Monarchy
21 Taking the St. Michael
22 A Musical Enchantment
23 A Dream of Old Tracks
24 When Jesus Came to England
Pa r t III
Phenomena
25 Abductions
26 UFO Abductions and the End of Innocence
27 Bogus Social Workers
28 Just a Coincidence
29 Just Another Coincidence
30 The Persistence of Crop Circles
31 Dreams of Ape-Men
32 Roll Your Own Superstitions
33 Demonic Reality
34 The Demons among Us
35 Lost and Found
36 The Flight from Reason
P a r t I V
People
37 Beyond the New Age
38 A Man You Can Trust
39 The Philosopher’s Ideal Woman
40 Our Silent Queen
41 Building the Future
42 Enoch Powell and the West Indians
43 Science for Us Simple Folk
44 Sheldrake and the Revolution
45 New Light on Old Stones
46 A Rad-Trad Englishman, and an Italian
47 Bruce Chatwin’s Glimpse of Truth
48 How Can Jesus Be God?
P a r t V
Sacred Cows
49 Television, Degradation, and the Ideal
50 Cannabis and the Law
51 The Demon of Sex Obsession
52 Down with School
53 A Good Irish Education
54 Outliving the Experts
55 A Rotten Genius
56 Freudian Analysis
57 The Bohemian Myth
58 Art, Money, and Revolution
59 The Art of Going to Hell
60 A Fox’s View of Foxhunting
P a r t V I
Science
61 The Missing Link Fantasy
62 Darwin and the Damage
63 The State Myth
64 Stopping the Unstoppable
65 Too Noisy and Violent
66 Collisions with God
67 A Shiver of Cold Fusion
68 The Agribusiness Racket
69 How Talking Began
70 Who Settled America?
71 Geller, Adler, and Beyond
72 Don’t Worry, It’s All Taken Care Of
P a r t V II
Modern Madness
73 Jews, Christians, and the Heavenly Jerusalem
74 The Temple at Jerusalem
75 Two Dogs and a Bone
76 God’s Flower Garden
77 A Multicultural Dream
78 The New Crusaders
79 The Crusade Against Islam
80 The Matter of Ireland
81 The Burning of a Prophet
82 Bringing Light to Europe
83 The Closed Loop
84 Evil Conspiracies
Pa r t V III
Apocalypsis
85 The Modern Illusion
86 Chasing the Millennium
87 The End Is Nigh-ish
88 What of the Future, My Friend?
89 Millennial Prognostications
90 The Beast in Man
91 Old Boys, New Agers, and Sacred Order
92 The Horror That Spoils Breakfast
93 Horrors and Real Horror
94 After Blair, the Antichrist
95 Six-Six-Six and the Coming of the Beast
96 Prophets, Saviours, and Fanatics
P a r t I X
Paradise of the Philosophers
97 Turn On and Tune In to God’s Kingdom
98 What Is the Point of Love?
99 What Good Manners!
100 Life, the Universe, and Everything
101 How to Be Lucky
102 Platonic National Service
103 Visions of Heaven and Hell
104 Mirrors of Celestial Harmony
105 Totally Stoned
106 More Tea, Vicar?
107 Buried Treasures
108 Finding Firm Ground
Appendix Dynamic Symmetry in the Work of Maxwell Armfield
About John Michell