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The Independence of the Celtic Church in Ireland
Kerr's The Independence of the Celtic Church in Ireland This book is available now on CD-ROM or floppies for $19.95 plus shipping. This fabulous work, out of print for many decades, covers the audacious attacks on the independence of the Celtic Church by the Roman Catholic Church, ever greedy for more power and money. Interesting anecdotes include the ritual shunning practices of the Celtic Christians towards the Romans and the refusal of the Roman pope to act against the Cistercians who were beating up the Celtic monks and who said that to kill an Irishman was no worse than killing a dog.
Bishops at Large
The weighty tome Bishops at Large by Peter Anson is also now ready for purchase for $49.95 USD plus shipping. This classic work attempting to put Independent clergy "in their place" is available on CD-ROM.
Incubation
We're extremely excited to be laying plans to begin releasing fabulous out-of-print works which cover Christo-Pagan material. Our first planned release will be Incubation or The Cure of Disease in Pagan Temples and Christian Churches by Mary Hamilton. It seems she used a pseudonym to publish, probably afraid of the criticism publishing such controversial material would be. You can read some about this work on these pages:
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GrailLight: The Avalonian Catholic Chantbook
First version is being prepared. It will be available on CD-ROM and contain audio files and purty pitchers (color graphics). Anticipated release date is October, 2005.
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Incan Prophecies
The Final Equinox-2000 by Daniel Adam Millar. Christian Astrological Eschatology.
The Ordination of Women
Ordination of Women on the Avalonian Catholic Church Website
Christian Astrology and Celestial Magic
48) Gloriana's Astrology Page Intro to Medieval Attitudes Towards Astrology older mirror site This is good, because the former has a nasty Amazon popup, meaning that older browsers cannot properly read the page: Shame on you!
49) Stars for Signs: Astrology in the Christian Bible, an article by astrologer Michael Star
50) Christian Astrology: The Signs of the Disciples an article by Tiara Starr. Those of you using older browsers may need to view the source code to read this.
51) Astro-Theology Articles by astrologer Rollan McCleary, including Christian Astrology, The Stars of Pentecost, The Jesus Papyrus and More About the Magi, The True Horoscope of John Paul II. More on his site, including articles combatting the assertion the Bible condemns astrology: Check it out!
52) The Gift of the Magi: Christmas for a New Millenium excerpt from Rick Levine's book about the astrological origins of Christianity.
Consecutive Conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn from BC 185 to AD 114 by Garry T. Stasiuk. A short paper asking if the Magi knew Kepler's method for determining great world events, and how they would have interpreted what they saw if they did.
Mystery Shrouds the Adoration of the Magi article by Rodolpho Carrasco. While the author misses a few things (which we'll be examining later on the Celestial Magic page), this short article raises a few things worthy of consideration.
Brief summary of Laura Ackerman Smoller's History, and the Stars: The Christian Astrology of Pierre d'Ailly, 1350-1420, where you can also buy a copy.
Brief summary of Richard Kay's Dante's Christian Astrology, where you can also buy a copy. Same here.
Spiritus Mundi Traditional Astrology E-Group Page When they say "traditional", they mean it! They prounounce an anathema on the use of outer planets, etc., as being "heretical". A pay-as-you-go course is available: Learn to make your own charms to gid rid of your rodents! Interesting general intro to Renaissance astrology.
"Traditional" Catholic Stuff
Issues Surrounding the Validity of the Novus Ordo Rite of Roman Catholicism
Apostolic Succession and Holy Orders by Bishop Jon Ryner includes Saepius Officio
Apostolicae Curae: On the Nullity of Anglican Orders A bull promulgated by Pope Leo XIII
Evils of the Roman Catholic Church
Who's on First? The Identity of the First Roman Catholic "Pope"
Who He's Not: St. Peters Tomb in Jerusalem
The Real First Pope!
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Miscellaneous Roman Catholic Monstrosities
Works by Joseph McCabe The stuff on Pacelli and Hitler is more damning than any of the recent works the Vatican is so angered by, but then again, McCabe had been on the inside!
Independent Catholic Material
Why I Am an Independent Catholic and Why You Should Consider It As a Serious Spiritual Path by Bishop Jon Ryner
Bishops at Large by Peter F. Anson, Introduction
Independent Catholic Scandals
More Independent Catholic Scandals
Even More Independent Catholic Scandals
The same author has a few references to these incidents posted here, here, and here.
Interesting page about phoney hermits, though I wonder about a hermit with a Webcam?! ;) Also, that tireless researcher of kookdom, the Rev. Ivan Stang, says that, in his experience, it's the less-balanced people who resort to capitalising whole words.
The "Old Religion"
The Golden Bough by Sir James George Fraser (unfortunately not the unexpurgated version!)
7) God of the Witches by Margaret Alice Murray
The Witch Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Alice Murray
a few observations about Murray's work
The Fair Folk, Elves, Fairies, etc.
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans Wentz
Tam-Lin Org a whole lotta relevant stuff!
Dispersionism
The Missionary Work of the Early Church
Where Did the 12 Apostles Go?
The White Welsh Indians: Saintly Prince Madoc and His Tribe
The Canton of Madoc's Keep "A Medieval Reenactment and Fantasy Live Action Roleplaying game", named after the prince.
Legend of Prince Madoc and the White Indians He's even written a book on the subject, which he sells on this site.
Madoc1170 They're even forming a society, with hopes to make a major motion picture, do a lecturing tour, etc.
A History of the Mandan Native Americans has nice pics, including scans of old paintings of them.
Extremely short page about Olson's book, but mentions another one, which has a chapter devoted to the Prince's colonization efforts.
Introductory info and excerpts from an article by Jayne Wanner
The complete article by Jayne Wanner, A Consideration: Was America Discovered in 1170 by Prince Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd of Wales?
Georgia's Ft. Mountain and Prince Madoc of Wales includes a map, a photo of the area, and contact info if you'd like to visit, as well as info on the Welsh style forts in the southern U.S.A.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources page on Ft. Mountain State Park Lists activities you can do, local attractions, accomodations, a map, etc. If you go (They even have cabins...), please be respectful and do not disturb any archaeological finds you may come across or you may get a nasty surprise! (Just ask people who have disturbed similar sites, taking articles home with them, etc.)
The Story of Prince Madoc at Celtic Mist
Pagan Orthodoxy
Articles from Byzantine Magic, edited by Henry Maguire (in .pdf format)
Pagan Catholicism
The Two Babylons by The Rev. Alexander Hislop (no plates unfortunately, but whatd'ya want for nuthin'?!)
the same
A Resource Page for this work
The Two Babylons: A Case Study in Poor Research Methodology by Ralph Woodrow
The Clan of the Bear Women Pagan Shamanic practices in a Catholic convent--with live bears! Of course, the druids are involved... Seriously, more weird stuff than we can possibly relate is on this lady's site, which has many more pages of such zany wackiness, and books you can buy. Truly awesome!
Pagan Altars in Christian Churches?
Sex in Church!
As if the above wasn't strange enough, we now delve into the strange sexual fetishes found in and around many Christian churches. Old habits die hard (no pun intended)...
St. Priapus: An Account of Phallic Survivals within the Christian Church and Some of Their Pagan Origins Other useful excerpts from this company's books (which you can buy) can be found here.
Potency and Sin: Ireland and the Phallic Contintuum by Anthony Weir. Talk about big idols! Fabulous photos and insightful material dominates this page and the others in this fabulous site. Of particular interest on this page is the material on how these old fetishes would be "Christianized" by simply adding a cross to them, and St. Peter holding his namesake. Great info on the connections between Native American and Irish practices, like the sweat lodge page . They look a lot like hobbit houses, for you Tolkien fans. He sells a 25-megabyte CD-ROM version of this Website that should prove quite worthwhile.
The Victorian elements that Weir discusses are still with us, as these rules sponsored by Northern Virginia Carvers amply shows. These folks are worried about kids carving obscene or offensive pieces, which may be removed by command of the competition chairman if they appear. (Competition Rules #15) Since the rules are so complete, it's quite strange and potentially discriminatory that these terms are not defined.
Sheela-na-gigs by Jack Roberts Great minds think alike! Excellent info here on the folk practices surrounding these gals. When one compares the power imputed to these images with that of the wise women, both given identical names, as well as the still-surviving practice of rubbing of the image at Ireland's Castlemagner, the rather preposterous theories of people like Anthony Weir and James Jerman, who wrote Images of Lust, are totally destroyed!
47) Where did these things come from? Maybe from swarthy men from the East? Read about The Black Men of Biddle
Speaking of the East, even Hindu brahmins are alleged to deny the existence of obscene carvings in their temples! Read about it here.
60) Obscene Carvings in Christian Churches: Why? The beginning of a penetrating probe by Bishop Jon.
Pagan Christianity
Gerald Massey's Lectures Includes a Foreword and Introduction about him and his work, The Historical Jesus and Mythical Christ, Paul the Gnostic Opponent of Peter, not an Apostle of Historic Christianity, The Logia of the Lord or Prehistoric Sayings Ascribed to Jesus the Christ, Gnostic and Historic Christianity, The Hebrew and Other Creations Fundamentally Explained, In Reply to Professor A. H. Sayce, The Devil of Darkness in the Light of Evolution, Luniolatry, Ancient and Modern, Appendix Greek Mythology and the God Apollo, Man in Search of His Soul During Fifty Thousand Years and How He Found It!, The Seven Souls of Man and Their Culminations in Christ, The Genuine Gnostic, The Coming Religion.
Sacred Soporifics
Cannabis: The Philosopher's Stone
Part 1: The Knights Templar and Cannabis
Part 2: Sufi Alchemists and the Grail Myth
Part 3: The Alchemist Monk Francois Rabalais
Part 4: Medieval Alchemists and Cannabis
Part 5: The Hashish Club
Cannabis and the Christ: Jesus Used Marijuana
Kaneh Bosm: The Hidden Story of Cannabis in the Old Testament
James Arthur's site: A veritable treasure trove of enthnomycology and entheobotany!
Forgery in Christianity by Joseph Wheless
Is It God's Word? An Exposition of the Fables and Mythology of the Bible and of the Impostures of Theology by Joseph Wheless
Occult Biblical Exegesis A really short (for now!) introduction to the Avalonian Catholic Church's approach to biblical interpretation.
Celtic Christianity
The Bond Files Works by Frederick Bligh Bond, including The Gate of Remembrance and An Architectural Handbook to Glastonbury Abbey.
The Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church by F. E. Warren
St. Melor's (Melchior's?) Healing Skull and Flowering Staff (which causes water to flow)
Modern Faces of the Horned God has Saint Cornely (the horned patron saint of horned animals) of Carnac, Brittany, The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance (a spiral dance, with the antlers kept in the church until the next year), etc.
Surveying the Saints: Reflections on Recent Writings on 'Celtic Christianity' by Donald Meek
Trying to Reconnect with an Inaccessible Past by Donald E. Meek
A Celtic Christianity? by Gilbert Markus
The Case for 'The Celtic Church': Further Considerations by Allison Veronica Carroll
Pelagius: To Demetrius by Deacon Geoffrey Ready Evidence for the Orthodoxy of Pelagius and the Heretical Nature the Teachings of Augustine and Jerome!
Historical and Theological Studies of the Celtic and Old English Churches A number of interesting and useful articles
The Real Theological Division Downplays the significance of the Synod of Whitby in favor of the greater theological heresies raised by later Western scholasticism.
Coptic Connections
On the Trail of the Seven Monks of Egypt: Links Between Coptic Orthodox Christianity and the Early Irish Church by Abba Seraphim
Gnostic Theology
Prophetic Themes in the Orthodox Ecclesiology of Fr. John Romanides Includes the Orthodox teaching of how all are saved: The judged just experience different aspects of the Pleroma of Christ, depending on their predisposition, which in turn depends on their inner character!
The Gnostic Catechism by Tau Stephanus I
The Gnostic Witch Bible "This is a site of Gnosis, meaning to know; the Witch, a practioner in the Craft of the wise; and the Bible, a compilation of small books. Taken together, it means that this site is a study into the Yin energy of the planet, that is the feminine energy. What She reveals to the world has been villainized for millenia, and is not what many wish to hear. The viewpoints expressed here are definitely not mainstream, neither within the Wiccan nor Christian communities. This site is not about Satanism. Satanism is the recognition of an evil masculine energy that is a psychological, composite "Devil" made up of many pagan deities (Cernunnos, Pan, Artemis-Diana, Lucifer, Ishtar-Astarte, Set, Ahriman, and others) which is strictly a part of the orthodox Christian system. That being said, this site is about Lucifer as our missing, androgynous Goddess, whose existence can be linked back to the gnostic Pistis Sophia. This site traces back the Goddess energy to before the ascension of the Church of Rome. Leave conventional definitions and opinions aside, please, until after hearing the Gnosis."
Grailology (Study of the Holy Grail)
The Grail in the Stones: The Mysteries of Alchemy and the Grail in the Temples of Western Europe by Hank Harrison. This was on the now-defunct Website of his publishing company, Arkives Press. There are and will be dead graphics links because he used subfolders to store images, which led to him not getting them all right. (Of course we also might have missed some, too!). Also, some seem to have been misnamed. Hank tells me that he recently spent over $3000 to travel to the tomb of the anonymous author of Perlesvaus and is working on a new book about his most recent discoveries.
From Ritual to Romance by Jesse L. Weston
Decay, Dismemberment, and Bodily Continuity in Saint Erkenwald, Pearl, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Lawrence Warner
Alchemy
The Monastery LinkArticle about monastic alchemists
The Gnostic Science of Alchemy, Chapter 12also deals with monastic alchemists.
The Alchemy Web Site and Virtual Library has over 90 megabytes of online info on all aspects of this Art.
Medical Files
The Monastery of Herbs Custom made herbals for health care professionals.
Malpractice by the Modern Medical Establishment
Golden Dawn et al.
The Hermetic Library has within its dangerous pages some gems relating to the Knights Templar, magical Catholicism, etc., including The Golden Dawn Library Project, which has the infamous (and forged!) Cipher Manuscript and the Tarot Trumps of the G.D. Major Arcana from the Whare Ra Temple.
Other Weblinks Pages
Magia Christiana: Internet Resources for the Christian Magus
Order of the Astral Star, Inc. Weblinks page
The Hollyfeld Esoteric Archives
Other Organizations
Ordo Arcanorum Gradalis The original high-church Christo-Pagans (not very Christian, though--after all, it was originally called GrailQuest Wicca!)
The Order of the Astral Star, Inc. A Society of High Ceremonial Christian Magicians and Mystics
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