VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE, that after a year of pre-production, I will be part of the investigation team for a new documentary film 'The Beast of Loch Ness'. This dynamic group of historians, writers, podcasters and filmmakers will be exploring Boleskine House separating historical facts from modern pop-culture and fiction. We will of course be …
New Release: The Green Book of the Élus Coëns
Very pleased to announce the release of my new book with Lewis Masonic Publishing - The Green Book of the Élus Coëns. This is the most fascinating insight yet into the secrets and mysteries of the eighteenth century's most esoteric of masonic societies - The Order of Knight-Mason Elect-Cohens of the Universe. This pioneering English …
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NEW Discovery: ‘Green Book’ featured by scholar Dominique Clairembault
It is an absolute honour to be featured by scholar Dominique Clairembault on our discovery of the oldest known letter of Martinez de Pasqually's - changing perhaps forever the history of the Ordre of Elus Coens. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3748153795290818&id=163704007069166
Forthcoming: Rejected Religion
Had a great discussion last month with Stephanie from the excellent Rejected Religion podcast about Freemasonry! This will be coming up in Episode 14/August. https://www.facebook.com/RejectedReligion/posts/288791129523510
Book Review: Frater Acher; Rosicrucian Magic: A Reader on Becoming Alike to the Angelic Mind
Exeter: TaDehent Books, 2021, ISBN 978-1-911134-57-2 Stewart Clelland https://www.facebook.com/paralibrum/posts/327242109033656
Poem to Péladan: From Bucharest with Love
Joseph-Aimé (Joséphin) Péladan (1858 -1918) was a French novelist and Martinist. He was an artist, an eccentric and claimed to be the successor to a Toulouse branch of the Rose-Croix.
Eighth Biannual Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE)(Cork 2022)
I am very pleased to receive word of my acceptance on the programme of the Eighth Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (Cork 2022). I will discussing the l'Ordre des Chevaliers Maçons Élus Coëns de l'Univers. ESSWE8 is the 8th Biannual Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism …
Ozymandias! The Rite of Misraïm in Scotland.
Between the formation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Scotland on the 4th August 1846 and the present day, a total of thirteen eminent Scottish freemasons have led the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Scotland, the first of these Sovereign Grand Commanders was Dr Charles Morison of Greenfield …
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Clara of the Golden Hair That Went Wild With the Deer
An ancient Gaelic tale found in the unpublished notebooks of Alexander Carmichael (1832-1912)
Rwanda and Uganda with GLP
ANNOUNCEMENT: Very pleased at receiving word of my selection to join the Global Learning Partnership network in 2020. I will be spending a month in Rwanda and Uganda this summer. In partnership with Redearth Education Uganda and Inspire Educate and Empower Rwanda (IEE), I will be training local educators through professional learning reflecting local context.