Journal of Geomancy vol. 2 no. 3, April 1978
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Thorsons Publishing are re-issuing the editor’s historical and kabbalistic book The Mysteries of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge in autumn this year. It has been out of print and totally unavailable since 1974. Enquiries to Thorsons Ltd., Denington Estate, Wellingborough, Northants.
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David Adams has founded the Watkins Society in Hereford, dedicated to exploring ley-lines, landscape geometry and earth
energies. Further details may be obtained from David Adams, Address, Hereford.
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No. 10 Troytowns in Germany. Michael Behrend’s translation of 1930s German material never before seen in English, by Sieber and Mössinger.
No. 11 Ritual Magic in the Church of England - the Consecration Rituals of Liverpool Cathedral (1924) compared with the western ritual magic and masonic traditions.
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Mike Collier’s map of the Stonegate Zodiac is reproduced here for the interest of readers of the Journal of Geomancy.
Later on this year, a full account of the zodiac will be published by the Institute of Geomantic Research.
The Institute gratefully thanks the following who have kindly donated funds towards our exhibit at the Festival for Mind
and Body at Olympia, London.
Paul Armitage, Michael Behrend, Rupert Pennick, Nigel Pennick and all those who have helped in other non monetary ways.
C.A.E. O’Brien’s work at Wandlebury, reviewed in an earlier edition of the Journal of Geomancy and recently featured in a Sunday Telegraph supplement, has been seriously challenged as to its accuracy and validity by the Warden of Wandlebury, Mr. Clark. We hope to cover this important issue in the next Journal.
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The layout of various towns and settlements in black Africa were done according to precise geomantic schemes many of which still are adhered to today. In the next issue Nigel Pennick writes on the numerous schemata which exist in the tribes of South Africa, the ruins of Zimbabwe and the results of the Mpisikidy in Madagascar.
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ANCIENT SKILLS AND WISDOM REVIEW (+ TERRESTRIAL ZODIACS NEWSLETTER) Book and magazine reviews of geomantic interest, news about zodiacs. From Paul Screeton, Address, Hartlepool, Cleveland, England. £2·00 p.a.
ESSEX DOWSER: Essex Dowsing Group’s sporadic newsletter. Financed by donations. From Frank Dineen, Address, Ingrave, Essex Postcode, England.
BALORYON KERNOW (CORNISH DIGGERS) NEWSLETTER. Digger and self-sufficiency activities/Human Birds, cultivation, earth nurturing, cosmo-anthropogenics etc. From David Stringer, Address, Fowey, Kernow (Cornwall). £2·00 p.a.
FORTEAN TIMES: Excellent documentation of unexplained and inexplicable phenomena. From Bob Rickard, Address, London Postcode, England. £3·00 p.a.
KORYTHALIA: Wilderness Sacrament of Feraferia. From Fred McLaurin Adams, Address, Eagle Rock, California, ZIP code, U.S.A.
LANTERN: Organ of the Borderline Science Investigation Group. Psychic phenomena, UFOs, geomancy, legends, folklore. From Ivan Bunn, Address, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk Postcode. 85p p,a.
LEY HUNTER: Ley line research after Alfred Watkins and his followers. From Paul Devereux, Address, London Postcode. £2·70 p.a.
MAPIT SKYWATCH: Publication of the Manchester Aerial Phenomena Investigation Team. UFO and psychical research in the northwest of England. From David L.Rees, Address, Stockport, Cheshire, Postcode, England.
PAGE RESEARCH NEWSLETTER: Unusual phenomena, UFOs etc. From Dennis Pilichis, Address, Cleveland, Ohio ZIP code, U.S.A. £2·00 p.a.
PULSAR: UFO, astronomical and geomantic connexions. From Kathryn J. Preston, Address, PreSton Postcode, Lancashire, England. £2·50 p.a.
PYRAMID GUIDE: Pyramidology, elementals, emergent energies, labyrinths, Atlantology etc. From Bill Cox, Life Understanding Foundation, Address, Santa Barbara, California, ZIP code, U.S.A.
PICWINNARD: Leys and folklore of Wessex. From Vince Russett, Address, Cheddar, Somerset Postcode, England. £2·00 p.a.
RES BUREAUX BULLETIN: Inexplicable events and phenomena. From Mr X, Address, Kingston, Ontario, Postcode, Canada.
STONEHENGE VIEWPOINT: Astroarchaeology, geomancy and the theories of Isaac Newton Vail. From Address, Bournemouth, Dorset, Postcode, England. £1·00 p.a.
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The following publications are available from the Institute by post. Please add the following for postage: Below £1, 10p, thereafter 10% . Where there is a price in brackets, this is discount price for IGR members. Trade discounts apply. Overseas customers paying in foreign currency please add 50p for bank charges. Send orders to Address, Bar Hill, Cambridge Postcode, England.
Issues as follows: Vol 1, Nos. 1,2,4. Vol. 2. No 1 and 2. @ 60p per copy.
| 1. | The Landscape Geometry of Southern Britain by Michael Behrend | 75p |
| 2. | Ancient Hill Figures of England by Nigel Pennick | 60p |
| 4. | W.H. Black - Pioneer geomantic researcher * | 40p |
| 5. | Stanton Drew by C.W. Dymond * | 40p |
| 6. | The Round Church of Orphir, Orkney by Ian Worden | 35p |
| 8. | The Hurlers – Cornish Stone Circles by C.W.Dymond | 60p |
| 9. | The Ongar Zodiac by Jim Kimmis | 85p |
The Geomancy of Cambridge. Edited by Nigel Pennick, Contributors: Michael Behrend, Prudence Jones, Ann Pennick, Nigel Pennick, John Cann. The sacred geometry, ley-lines, mystical history and unusual facts about the city and university of Cambridge and their purlieus. £1·25 (£1)
Terrestrial Zodiacs in Britain by Nigel Pennick and Robert Lord. This major work covers zodiacs in general, the discoveries of K.E. Maltwood, with detailed descriptions and maps of the Nuthampstead and Pendle Zodiacs. £2·90 (£2·20)
The Holderness Zodiac by Philip Heselton. Full description of this Yorkshire terrestrial zodiac, with fold-out map and diagrams. 25p
Skyways and Landmarks by J.A.D. Wedd. Orthotenies in Southern England. 5p
The Ley Hunter’s Manual by Alfred Watkins. The definitive guide to ley-hunting by the best-known geomantic researcher. £2:25
| 2. | Holy Sepulchre The ancient round churches of England | 30p |
| 6. | Lost Towns* The lands lost to mankind off England | 30p |
| 7. | East Anglian Geomancy* | 30p |
| 8. | Madagascar Divination The magic and geomancy of the Malagasy. | 30p |
| 9. | Deneholes & Subterranea Manmade underground structures of England. | 30p |
| 11. | Geomancy of Glastonbury Abbey. | SPECIAL OFFER 12p |
| 12. | New England Witchcraft Seventeenth century religious lunacy | 30p |
| 13. | Regent’s Park – Town Planning or Geomancy? | 25p |
| 14. | Sacred Geometry Comprehensive introduction to this fascinating art | 30p |
Principles of Prehistoric Sacred Geography by Josef Heinsch. Translated from the German by Michael Behrend. The definitive translation of a rare but essential work on the landscape arts of antiquity. With diagrams by Lockyer, Heinsch and Behrend. 50p
Kentish Megaliths and Alignments by F.J. Bennett. Reprint of a little-known 1904 paper by a surveyor who worked on alignments of churches and megaliths 17 years before Alfred Watkins. 40p
Geomancy by Nigel Pennick. The best and most comprehensive guide available on alignments, sacred geometry, landscape modification, earth energies. 60p
Life & Death of the English Town by Henry Bosanquet. The disaster of modern town planning and its remedy. With drawings and photographs. 35p