Beyond the Narratives: Essays on Occultism and the Future
Studies on druidry, Jungian psychology, politics, history and the time ahead

In 2003 John Michael Greer became the seventh Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA), an initiatory organization teaching Celtic nature spirituality which was founded in 1912. The outcome was that his writings began to stray into territory very far from the Hermetic occult philosophy that had been the previous focus of his career. The essays included in this volume chronicle some of the themes he explored as a result: Druidry, Jungian psychology, politics, history, and the shape of the future in a society in decline.

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Beyond the Narratives: Essays on Occultism and the Future
Studies on druidry, Jungian psychology, politics, history and the time ahead

In 2003 John Michael Greer became the seventh Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA), an initiatory organization teaching Celtic nature spirituality which was founded in 1912. The outcome was that his writings began to stray into territory very far from the Hermetic occult philosophy that had been the previous focus of his career. The essays included in this volume chronicle some of the themes he explored as a result: Druidry, Jungian psychology, politics, history, and the shape of the future in a society in decline.

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Beyond the Narratives: Essays on Occultism and the Future

Beyond the Narratives: Essays on Occultism and the Future

by John Michael Greer
Beyond the Narratives: Essays on Occultism and the Future

Beyond the Narratives: Essays on Occultism and the Future

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Studies on druidry, Jungian psychology, politics, history and the time ahead

In 2003 John Michael Greer became the seventh Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA), an initiatory organization teaching Celtic nature spirituality which was founded in 1912. The outcome was that his writings began to stray into territory very far from the Hermetic occult philosophy that had been the previous focus of his career. The essays included in this volume chronicle some of the themes he explored as a result: Druidry, Jungian psychology, politics, history, and the shape of the future in a society in decline.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781912807598
Publisher: AEON BOOKS LTD
Publication date: 10/26/2020
Series: The Brain Injuries Series
Pages: 290
Sales rank: 1,067,085
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

John Michael Greer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including 'The New Encyclopedia of the Occult', 'The Druidry Handbook', 'The Celtic Golden Dawn', and 'Circles of Power: An Introduction to Hermetic Magic'. An initiate in Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, Greer served as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) for twelve years. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Sara. Greer is also the author of eleven fantasy and science fiction novels and ten nonfiction books on peak oil and the future of industrial society, and also blogs weekly on politics, magic, and the future at www.ecosophia.net.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Druidry

Phallic religion in the Druid Revival 3

William Blake and the Druid Revival 19

The myth of Einigan 31

The Coelbren of the Bards 43

The fourth quaternio 61

The god from the house of bread 75

The hidden church of the Golden Dawn 85

The place of mingled powers 97

Politics, War, and Magic

Getting beyond the narratives 119

Magic and the end of history 139

Asymmetric tactical shock: a first reconnaissance 153

Fascism and the future 165

The Road Ahead

How civilizations fall 183

The long road down 199

The falling years 213

The Next Ten Billion Years 227

The coming of the Post-Axial Age 235

Toward the deep future 253

Index 269

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