
Since so many of us are spending long hours at home these days, waiting for the coronavirus to finish up its fifteen minutes of fame, I'm pleased to say that there's some new reading material forthcoming. First of all, I'm delighted to announce that
Love In The Ruins, the world's first anthology of deindustrial romance stories, is now
available for preorder. Admit it, you've always wanted to read heartwarming stories of true love in the midst of a collapsing industrial civilization, and here's your chance. Readers of the
After Oil series will recognize many of the authors of these tales, by the way; like the volumes in that series, it's another fine collection of short pieces about the future we're actually going to get -- this time, with romantic music playing in the background.

Second, I'm very pleased to say that one of the books I consider my best work is going into print again in a new, updated, and revised edition.
Inside a Magical Lodge remains the only significant book in print on the traditional lodge system, the toolkit of social and ritual organization shared by fraternal lodges such as the Masons and the Elks, on the one hand, and magical lodges such as the Golden Dawn and the Martinists on the other. This is a how-to volume, not simply a history or an overview, and it's set up to show readers how to participate in a magical lodge -- or design and start one from scratch. You can preorder a copy
here.

Finally, the third and (for the time being) last volume of my collected short essays and talks,
Beyond the Narratives, is also
available for preorder. Like the two older volumes,
A Magical Education and
The City of Hermes, this one covers a very diverse range of themes and subjects -- Druidry, Jungian psychology, magic, politics, history, warfare, and of course the future of industrial society. Just the thing to fill all those hours of free time you weren't expecting to have...
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Date: 2020-03-19 11:06 pm (UTC)Just a note to pass on to your publishers - anything you have written that comes out in hardback, I will buy. Even if I already own the paperback version.
AV
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Date: 2020-03-19 11:36 pm (UTC)Congratulations!
And here I was wondering if my 900-pager is too long... People will NEED 900-pagers! I predict new popularity for Russian novels.
I’d been wondering why there was no news about Coronavirus in Africa, I just saw a news story about same.
—Lady Cutekitten
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Date: 2020-03-20 03:56 am (UTC)Did you see where, now that George RR Martin is stuck in the house, he’s FINALLY going to work on his book? 🙄
Fat novels as trilogies
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Date: 2020-03-22 11:35 pm (UTC)One thing I've found interesting since I noticed it is that where LotR was set in Earth's distant past, and the Shannara novels (the other great Tolkien rip-offs) are set in Earth's distant future, the WoT makes the distinction irrelevant.
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Date: 2020-03-20 07:27 pm (UTC)what's different?
Date: 2020-03-20 09:18 am (UTC)What is different in the new Inside A Magical Lodge?
Much Thanks - Chris
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Date: 2020-03-20 04:41 pm (UTC)Any word on "Sacred Geometry"? It was due out this month. Given the state of the world, unless it's already in their hands could be awhile.
I wonder how the PO is holding up? A priority shipment of baby chicks for a local store is already overdue.
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Date: 2020-03-20 09:17 pm (UTC)Is Providence starting to resemble the WoH version after the Great Conjuration? Some of the news makes you wonder....
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Date: 2020-03-20 04:46 pm (UTC)So... sadly no books for a good while, and this includes The Dolmen Arch. Now I must concentrate on surviving this step of The Long Descent.
Everyone will be burning reserves for a long time, to get past the virus.
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Date: 2020-03-20 07:43 pm (UTC)Book list on Ecosophia
Date: 2020-03-20 05:29 pm (UTC)I notice that not all your books are listed on the Ecosphia site. Is there a reason for this? Are you just listing the ones in print, or just the ones you still stand by / like ?
I will definitely be buying more of them as funds permit.
Christine S
Re: Book list on Ecosophia
Date: 2020-03-20 07:44 pm (UTC)Occultism 101
Date: 2020-03-20 05:48 pm (UTC)My 18-year-old nephew has expressed an interest in occultism. I expect that "A Magical Education" and "Beyond the Narratives" might be good beginners books, but can you suggest other good basic entry-level books that might be good for him?
Thanks
Will1000
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Date: 2020-03-20 07:46 pm (UTC)Re: Occultism 101
Date: 2020-03-20 09:52 pm (UTC)Do you have any suggestions just for basic background knowledge on the occult? A book that might provide information about what the occult is, what it is used for, historical information, key historical figures, etc.
My nephew is rather bright, focused, and detail-oriented, and I expect that he will want to know all the contextual particulars.
Or, would it be better for him to just select one of the books you recommend and take it a step at a time?
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Date: 2020-03-21 04:01 pm (UTC)Re: Occultism 101
Date: 2020-03-21 10:29 pm (UTC)I hope you do write that book. I will definitely order more than one copy.
Will1000
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Date: 2020-03-21 05:03 pm (UTC)Haiku
Date: 2020-03-21 01:43 am (UTC)A little bit of
Ribonucleic acid
The end of hubris
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Date: 2020-03-21 04:05 pm (UTC)The Love in the Ruins cover -
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