NEW BOOKS 2006 - Goddess, myth, ancient history

(Brittany, Paris, France trip - fall 2004):

Les Feux de la Déesse: Rituals Villageois du Kerala (Inde du Sud) - Laurent Albert

Terres Inconnues: Enquête des derniers sites sauvages du monde - Roger Few (Editions Saint-André des Arts) - 20 euros

(UK (orig) Wild Places (London: Marshall Editions 2002, printed in Thailand) - 2-7434-222-3)

Le Kimono Blanc - Dominque Kopp, Pierre Mornet (Gautier-Languereau 2004) - 201392924.2 - for children

(Le chat de Gustav Klimt - Berénice Capatti, Octavia Monaco) - cute)

Jewels of Lalique / Les bijoux de Lalique - Yvonne Brunhammer (ed.) (Paris: Flammarion 1998) (NY: National Design Museum Feb 3 - April 12, 1998) - 2-08-012485-4 HB - checked

LOUVRE:

Le Maroc Andalou: À la dé couverte d'un art de vivre (Musée sans Frontières) EDDIF ÉDISUD 2000 - www.mwnf.org - Union Européenne - 9981-09-054-9 / 2-7449-0165-2 - 19.06 euros

Les Celtes - Venceslas Kruta (Chêne-Hachette Livre 2004) - (ph: Dario Bertuzzi, Werner Forman, Erich Lessing) - 284774809/34/1642/7-01 - 45.50 euros - fifth century - checked

L'Antiquité Retrouvée - Jean-Claude Golvin (Editions Errance 2003) - 3 87772 266 X - mostly Roman & Greek, but many Middle East & excellent reconstructions)

Aurel Stein on the Silk Road - Susan Whitfield (The British Museum Press 2004) - 0 7141 2416 8 - http://idp.bl.uk - www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk --> Stein Dunhuang
(German geographer, von Richtofen, coined the term 1877 "Siedenstrasse")

De Kaboul à Samarcande: Les archéologues en Asie centrale - Svetlana Gorshenina et Claude Rapin (Découvertes Gallimard 2001) - 2-07-076166-5 - 13 euros (small PB) - history of archaeology studies of Central Asia

PIER ONE:
Mille Merveilles du Monde - Friedemann Bedürftig (Cologne: Naumann & Göbel Verlagsgeselleschaft mbH 2002) - www.maxi-livres.com - 2-743-44156-9

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Lady of the Beasts: Ancient Images of the Goddess & Her Sacred Animals - Buffie Johnson 1990, PB 1994

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(Ireland goddess trip - May 2005)
From the Realm of the Ancestors: An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas - Joan Marler - 1997 PB
Medusa / Gordon = Sheila na gig

The Sacred Whore: Sheela, Goddess of the Celts - Maureen Concannon - 2004 PB

not on US Amazon:
Sheila na gigs: The Divine Hag of the Christian Celts - Jack Roberts (Bandia Publishing)
The Sacred Mythological Centres of Ireland - Jack Roberts

Ireland: A Sacred Journey - Michael Dames, Ted Smart (Boston: Element Books, Inc 2000)
1-86204-446-5 - Sept 2000 PB

not on US Amazon:
? Celtic Ritual - Alexei Kondratiev (Cork 2004)

Mythology: Myths, Legends & Fantasies - many authors, each section (UK: Grange Books, publisher: Gordon Cheers) 2003 - www.Grangebooks.co.uk - 64.99 / 19.99 euros - 1-84013-595-6 - GREAT PIX! - by Janet Parker (Editor), Julie Stanton (Editor) - I own??

Goddesses Knowledge Cards - Susan Eleanor Boulet Trust - Pomegrante, Box 6099, Rohnert Park, CA 94927 - I own??

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(Woodstock trip - August 2005)
children's book - Goddesses: A World of Myth and Magic - Burleigh Mutén - >> Illustrated by Rebecca Guay << - Sept 2003 HB

GREAT ILLUSTRATORS: find on web!
The Art of Faery 2003 - i.e. Linda Ravenscroft
The World of Faery 2005 - i.e. Hazel Brown
The Book of Fairies - Michael Hague - Oct 2000 HB
Land of Myth and Not - Amy Brown (Ireland goddess trip) - not on US Amazon, but there is: The Art of Amy Brown I & II

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OMEGA INSTITUTE BOOKSTORE (incredible):

CELTS:
The Counsels of Cormac - An Ancient Irish Guide to Leadership - Thomas Cleary - Sept 2004 HB
Advanced Celtic Shamanism - D. J. Conway - Sept 2000 - [bad reviews: If you are interested in Celtica, I recommend Celtic Heritage by Rees & Rees. For authentic Celtic rituals, try Kondratiev's Celtic Rituals. If you are interested in shamanism, try Vitebsky's book or Harner's The Way of the Shaman].
The Creatures of Celtic Myth - Bob Curran 2000 - Illustrator Andrew Whitson - PIX
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries - W. Y. Evans-Wentz 1911
> Taliesin - John Matthews 1991 <<<
King Arthur & the Goddess of the Land - Caitlin Matthews (born 1952) 2002
The Book of Druidry - Ross Nichols 1975 (1992 PB)
Anam Cara 1998 + Eternal Echoes 1999 - John O'Donohue
Celebrating the Season of Life: Beltane to Mabon - Ashleen O'Gaea 2005 (June 2004 PB)
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The Mystery of the Grail: Initiation & Magic in the Quest for the Spirit - Julius Evola (Italian, died 1974) 1996 --- SOUNDS GOOD <<<
Baron Julius Evola is an Italian philosopher of the first half of this century. He claims to belong to the Tradition, a kind of intuitive Initiation, as opposed to the rationalist, scientific approach of the contemporay world. His other major works include Revolt against the modern world and The Hermetic tradition.
Evola's main idea is the promotion of the Medieval "Ghibelline" ideology, which is developed in this book (the original title is "the Mystery of the Grail and the Ghibelline Imperial idea"). Both the Ghibelline ideology and the history of the Grail are, according to Evola, based on ancient pagan North-European or Indo-Iranian myths (including the Hero-Warrior and the King of the World), which he opposes to the Semitic, "Guelf" ideology, which is represented by Christianity.
The last part of the book discusses the Ghibelline heritage through the Templar Knights, the Rosicrucians and the Free-Masons. Evola shows how the latter have lost the traditional hermetic spirit of their origins after the French Revolution when they adopted modern positivism and materialism.
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It is a curious phenomenon of the Twentieth Century that first-rate, independent thinkers should emerge from obscurity only at its end. Many are the Evola titles which have only recently been translated and published for the first time in the English-speaking world. In "The Mystery of the Grail : Initiation and Magic in the Quest for the Spirit" Evola explains in his signature virile, scholarly, succinct, and yet accessible prose that the Holy Grail is far more than what we have been imparted by its Christianized versions. A remarkable book which throws open the doors of imagination, and restores the dignity and sacredness of the warrior.
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> Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses - R. J. Stewart 1990 (PB August 2006) - good PIX - + Roqueperteuse! <<<

> The Faery Faith: An Integration of Science with Spirit - Serena Roney-Dougal - Jan 2003 PB <<<

(Jean Markkale on Cathars) - not on Amazon US

? The Gods Remain: Old European Religion As Found In Greece, The Germanic Countries & Elsewhere - Thomas Sefton (Kronos Press) 2001 - Hmm, might be really good, see reviews <<<?
References: Eleusis;: Archetypal image of mother and daughter (Bollingen series) by Karl Kerényi

EGYPT AND ISRAEL:
By Ahmed Osman
Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion 1998 (VT: Bear & Co)
Moses & Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus 2002 PB
The Hebrew Pharoahs of Egypt : The Secret Lineage of the Patriarch Joseph 2003 PB
Jews in the House of the Pharoahs: The Essene Revelations on the Historical Jesus 2004 PB
* Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts: The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt - Jeremy Naydler (Inner Traditions) 2005 <<<

The Mysteries of Mithras:The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World - Payam Nabarz (Foreword: Caitlin Matthews) 2005
From bibliography:
The Roman Cult of Mithras - Manfred Clauss 2000
The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts - Marvin W. Meyer 1987
Mithraic Mysteries Restored & Modernized - Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie 1918 <<<
A Mithraic Ritual - G. R. S. Mead 1907
The Mysteries of Mithra - G. R. S. Mead 1907
The Mysteries of Mithra - Franz Cumont (orig 1903) ("IN THAT unknown epoch when the ancestors of the Persians were still united with those of the Hindus, they were already worshippers of Mithra..." -- Varuna = Ahura)



American Shaman: An Odyssey of Global Healing Traditions - Jeffrey A. Kottler & Jon Carlson, with Bradford Keeney - 2004 ! - BOUGHT PREVIOUSLY
Amazon also suggests:
Shaking Out the Spirits: A Psychotherapist's Entry into the Healing Mysteries of Global Shamanism (Paperback) by Bradford Keeney

Shamanism & Tantra in the Himalayas - Surendra Bahadur Shahi, Christian Rätsch, and Claudia Müller-Ebeling 2002 - www.InnerTraditions.com (orig German 2000)

*** Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path - David Freidel, Linda Schele, and Joy Parker - ("apply shamanistic belief and practice among modern Maya to interpretations of hieroglyphics and other archaeological remains.")
Xibalba = the "place of awe" - Dec 23, 2012

The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life - Robert O. Becker, M.D., & Gary Selden 1985 / PB 1998
? The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History - Howard Bloom 1995 (except: wrong about women)
Ubiquity: Why Catastrophes Happen - Mark Buchanan 2000 - earthquakes


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(Glastonbury trip - September 2005)

* The Ancient Secret: Fire From The Sun - Flavia Anderson (Northamptonshire: Thorsons 1987)
0-902103-13-X - BOUGHT

* Gods of Eden: Egypt's Lost Legacy & the Genesis of Civilization (London: Headline 1998) - 074727504 PB - BOUGHT ON RETURN

* African Wisdom - Owen Burnham (Judy Piatkus Ltd, publishers, 5 Windmill St, London, 2003) - www.piatkus.co.uk - 0-7499-2088-2 - 5.99 pounds PB - (especially Senegal) - US Sept 2000 PB [not Priatkus]

* Exploring the World of King Arthur - Christopher Snyder (Thames & Hudson 2000) - 0-500-05104-6 - 17.95 pounds HB

The Megalithic European: The 21st Century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe - Julian Cope (Hammersmith, London: Element - Harper Collins, 2004 / US Oct 2004) - www.thorsonselement.com - 0 00 713802 4 - $59.95 HB - !
Amazon also suggests:
The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain (Hardcover) by Julian Cope

The Archaeology of Nostalgia: How the Greeks Recreated Their Mythical Past - John Boardman (Thames & Hudson 2002 / US Feb 2003) - 0-500-05115-1

Ancient Egyptians: The Kingdom of the Pharoahs Brought to Life - Anton Gill (Hammersmith, London: Harper Collins Entertainment) - www.harpercollins.co.uk - 00 714399 0 - 20 pounds HB / US March 2004 - PIX! +

Mythology of the World - Neil Philip - www.kingfisherpub.com (Holborn London / US Oct 2004) - 0 7534 0964 X - 18.99 pounds HB - PIX !

(The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World - David Icke (Wildwood, MO: Bridge of Love Publications, 1999, 2001) - 0 9526147 66 - $29.95 PB - conspiracies?
The Children of the Serpent & The Reptilian Agenda - Credo Mutway (Zulu) Sanusi
The Earth Chronicles - Zecharia Stitchin - Anunnaki )


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(Southwest England trip - June 2006 - mostly Hay-on-Wye bookstores):

Rediscovering Ancient Egypt: Chronicles from National Geographic (Cultural and Geographical Exploration,) by National Geographic Society (U. S.), Arthur Meier Schlesinger, and Fred L. Israel (Hardcover - Dec 1999):
James Baikie - Vol XXIV, No. 9, Sept 1913
page 20-21 tomb inscriptions of the barons of Elephantine, who during the reigns of the sixth dynasty were the wardens of the Egyptian marshes on the southern frontier. / i.e. King Pepy II
"It was in the small pyramids reared by the kings of this and the preceding dynasty, and mainly opened by Maspero in the early 1980s, that there were found the so-called "Pyramid Texts," which have furnished us with most of our knowledge as to Egyptian religious beliefs in the earliest historical periods."
"the deceased king ascending to heaven as a fierce huntsman who lassoes the stars and devours the gods."
Also Vol XV, No. 4 - Feb 1904

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth - Walter Burkert 1986 -
Attis, Mithras, Dionysus - killing & eating as part of sacred initiation

The Highest Altar: The Story of Human Sacrifice by Patrick Tierney (Hardcover - Sep 14, 1989) (Bloomsbury 1989) - 0-7475-0498-9 - page 441 Paul version fits with cult of Attis (i.e. in Tarsus)
(but mostly personal account of sacrifice in Peru)

The Ancient Near East - Annie Caubet (Terrail 1997) - with color PIX

Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries - C. N. Reeves, Nicholas Reeves (A Year-by-Year Chronicle (Thames & Hudson 2000)
1799 Rosetta Stone (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Champollion 1808, 1818, 1822, 1824, 1836-1841, 1841-1844
born 1790, died 1832
1799--the year of Napoleon's Great Expedition and the first scientific survey of Egypt--to the excavation of the golden mummies at the Bahariya Oasis in 1999.
the Rosetta Stone,
the tomb of Ramesses the Great's consort Nefertari,
King Cheops' royal ships.
Neglected or little known:
the Ferlini Treasure with its superb gold finds
the jewels of Egyptian princesses unearthed at Dahshur.
Some of the most exciting finds come from the last few decades.
Research by Donald Redford at Thebes has unearthed the hidden remnants of Akhenaten's Great Temple, now being reconstructed on computer.
Geoffrey Martin's work at Saqqara has yielded up the tombs of Maya and Horemheb, Tutankhamun's treasurer and general.
Kent Weeks is exploring the extraordinary tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, the largest ever found in Egypt.
Jean-Yves Empereur has retrieved from the harbor at Alexandria part of the ancient Pharos, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.


Ancient Goddesses: The Myths and the Evidence by Lucy Goodison (Hardcover - Jan 1998) (British Museum Press) - 0 7141 1761 7


Ein Gev near Lake Tiberius is the oldest Middle East site.

The Hebrew Goddess - Raphael Patai 1967

The Jewish World: Revelation, Prophecy, and History (Paperback)
by Elie Kedourie (Editor) (Thames & Hudson 1979) - 2003 PB

Jewish Antiquities - Flavius Josephus, translated by William Whiston 1737

The City of Light - Jacob d'Anconee, translated by David Selbourne (London: Little, Brown & Co 1997) - 0 316 63968 0 - Italian Jew, traveled 1270-1273, just before Marco Polo.


Europe's Lost Civilization by Peter Marshall (Hardcover - May 4, 2004) - sailed between megaliths - Graham Hancock recs.

The Age of Stonehenge by Colin Burgess 1980 - (5000 - 1000 BC) - quite technical, but corrects romanticisms

Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson 2002

Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture by Leonard Barkan (Paperback - April 1, 2001)

Age of Discovery:
New Worlds, Ancient Texts - Anthony Grafton 1992, 1995
1550-1650 ceased to believe the ancient books

The Molecule Hunt - Martin Jones (Penguin 2001) - 0-713-99423-1 - DNA of extinct animals

Beyond 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy - A Complete Guide to End-of-time Predictions, Geoff Stray, Vital Signs Publishing 2005 (Wiltshire: Anthony Rowe) - 0-9550608 - 0 - X

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From other notes:
Twilight of the Celtic Gods: An Exploration of Britain's Hidden Pagan Traditions by David Clarke and Andy Roberts (Hardcover - Aug 1996) - ("This is a must-have for those who seek to follow a Celtic path of spirituality. It will not tell you how to be a neopagan-- it will show you how the remnants of ancient Celtic tradition are (or were, up until the 1970s) practised in rural parts of Great Britain-- and you can take it from there. It will give you insights into the essence of ancient Celtic spirituality as gleaned from living traditions, and a sprinkling of folklore, archeology, history and legend. This book will no doubt anger followers of "Celtic Wicca" and "Faery Wicca", as this book will disabuse its readers of any notion that these paths are in any way traditional Celtic paths.") - Sounds good <<<