The Dolmen Arch Volume II Available for Preorder

[ecosophia]

I'm delighted to announce that Miskatonic Books is now accepting preorders for the second volume of The Dolmen Arch, my reconstruction of an early 20th century correspondence course in Druid occultism. This volume contains the three grades of the Greater Mysteries, the Gradd y Gwyddon y Ffordd (Grade of the Loremaster of the Path), the Gradd y Gwyddon y Cylch (Grade of the Loremaster of the Circle), and Gradd y Gwyddon Rhydd (Grade of the Free Loremaster). Here's the table of contents: 

Gradd y Gwyddon y Ffordd:
Healing, Magic, and Initiation
The Tree of Light
Introduction to the Art of Druid Healing
Introduction to the Art of Druid Enchantment
Introduction to the Art of Druid Initiation
The Mabinogion: Lludd and Llefelys
Druid Philosophy: Non-Human Beings
The Magical Memory: The Laws of Memory
Completion Exercises: The Doctrine of One

Gradd y Gwyddon y Cylch:
The Cycle of the Cantrefs
The Magic of the Grail
The Art of Druid Healing
Practical Enchantment
The Game of the Cantrefs
The Mabinogion: The Dream of Macsen Wledig
Druid Philosophy: The Seven Cosmic Laws
The Magical Memory: A System of Memory
Competion Exercises: Mastering the Opposites

Gradd y Gwyddon Rhydd:
The Cycle of the Cantrefs in History and Initation
A Guide to Initiation in the Dolmen Arch Tradition
The Secret Work of the Grail
The Initiatory Game of the Cantrefs
The Mabinogion: The Tale of Taliesin
Druid Philosophy: The Powers of Mind
Addendum to Druid Philosophy: Practical Mentalism
The Magical Memory: Practical Memory
Completion Exercises: The Way of the Dolmen Arch

It's better than 100,000 words of instruction, covering a vast amount of material -- and if you preorder, there's a discount.  The ordinarily gorgeous illustrated limited hardback edition will be US$65 when it's published, but you can preorder it here for US$60.  The insanely gorgeous leatherbound tray-cased deluxe limited edition with the dolmen on the cover in actual stone -- no, I'm not kidding -- will be US$395 when it's published, but you can preorder it here for US$359. Delivery will be November of this year. (And if you haven't picked up Volume 1 yet, there are still a few copies of the limited hardback edition here, and a very few copies of the deluxe edition here.)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Hi JMG,

On what ailments does the Druid healing method work?

[(Anonymous)]

Wow! I just sat down at my computer and had a feeling that the Dolmen Arch Vol II was available and checked here. Good grief that was weird.
The first volume is gorgeous. I've been looking forward to Vol. II since the first arrived earlier this year. I'll be putting in my pre order in a little bit.
Thank you JMG!

[ecosophia]

It is illegal in the United States for me to answer that question; it counts as "practicing medicine without a license," and people do jail time for that. The medical industry defends its monopoly with utmost rigor!

[ecosophia]

If you've been practicing the exercises and rituals in Volume I, that doesn't surprise me at all. You're most welcome, of course!

[jruss]

Will there be any mass market editions?

[jruss]

It can cost a medical practitioner their license too. The medical industry doesn’t like heretics.

[(Anonymous)]

Wonderful! Just pre-ordered it.

[open_space]

Geez, that’s rough... Does that law count in written format as well? In a book instead of an open forum for example

[lincoln_lynx]

Hmm

Is the Tree of Light related to qaballah or totally different?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi JMG,
Congratulations on getting this up for sale!

Is this course limited in how far it should be pursued when you have young children?

Thanks

Preordered!

[slclaire]

I ordered the ordinarily gorgeous edition to match the same of Volume 1 that I already have. The insanely gorgeous version sounds like just that. Unfortunately my budget doesn't like it as much as I would. But that leaves a copy for someone else.

Wow, real stone for the dolmen ... I would not have guessed it was possible to do that. What kind of stone is it, if you know?

[(Anonymous)]

What a fine theme for meditation :)

The Spirit and the Sword

[(Anonymous)]

I went to look for Volume one on amazon and didn't find it, but found your other sword manual, The Spirit and the Sword, instead. Now I'll have both sword manuals you are involved in.
I've enjoyed your Weird novels as well.
I will be interested to see your take on Tarot when it eventually arrives.

[(Anonymous)]

Those books are so pretty, but I am on the CGD with at least two more years to go. Is there any cross compatibility our would it be better to wait?

The deluxe editions have me drooling. Those are going to be worth estate money some day.

[ecosophia]

A book can get away with it because they've been less successful at eroding freedom of the press. (The publishing industry still has some political clout, and books on alternative medicine make money.)

[ecosophia]

Not until at least a year after all copies of the limited editions have been sold.

[ecosophia]

Thank you!

[ecosophia]

Hey, that's my line! ;-)

[ecosophia]

It's unrelated. It's a specific energy exercise using the subtle currents within and around the body.

[ecosophia]

The ritual component of the work consists of the Sphere of Protection and a series of energy workings deriving from it. You should not practice these in the same room where children under the age of 3 spend a lot of time, and especially not if they sleep there, but so long as you do it in a different room it's entirely safe.

Re: Preordered!

[ecosophia]

I'm not sure what kind of stone it is. It's very thin slices of a black stone with light gray veins running through it, set into the cover.

Re: The Spirit and the Sword

[ecosophia]

Neither volume is available on Amazon. If you click on the links I gave in the post for Volume 1, that'll take you to the one place where you can buy it.

[ecosophia]

There's no cross compatibility -- they're very different systems of magic, and everybody I know who's tried to do both has ended up dropping the attempt and focusing on just one.

[(Anonymous)]

Joke aside, it would be a good practice to study and meditate on the similarities and differences of tree motifs in two different traditions.

[ecosophia]

That would be a good couple of months of meditation and study, yes.

[(Anonymous)]

Wonderful! Just pre-ordered it.

This was one of those "Shut up and take my money!" situations. :)

[(Anonymous)]

It sure was! :)

Dolmen Arch

[(Anonymous)]

Dear Archdruid,

I'm so, so glad you've released this course in book form. I loved the first part and am much looking forward to the second. I'm amazed at the Dolmen Arch, I have read many books on Druidry and I haven't quite found anything like it. Thank you so much!

Sadly, for reasons beyond my understanding, the shipping costs have doubled since I ordered the first part! Owning this set in hardcover is definitely worth it for me, but it looks like I won't be able to afford ordering anything shipped from the USA any more in the future... By now I'm paying a lot more for shipping than for the book itself! I wonder what's going on?

Yours in Druidry,
Brigyn

[(Anonymous)]

Will stick with what I know then so my results do not get interrupted. Also my CGD book is well worn at this point and it would be heartbreaking for me to mess up such good looking volumes.

[amritarosa]

Hooray!

Bonnie

Re: Dolmen Arch

[(Anonymous)]

Not JMG, but I can answer about the shipping: the US POst Office has made huge increases in overseas shipping prices over the last several years. When I send Christmas presents to friends in Europe now, I routinely pay more for shipping than the presents cost --- sometimes half again as much --- and the presents aren't cheap ones!

Happy birthday to ME!

[weirdtales]

Wow, I'm in love with the OMG over-the-top deluxe edition! So I've just decided I'm going to duck out of the fishing trip I had planned for my birthday later this month and buy this instead...

Definitely a gift that will keep on giving!
Well done.
Grover

[ecosophian]

"Competion Exercises: Mastering the Opposites"

Is "Competion" a word I don't know or is it a typo?

[ecosophia]

It's a typo, of course. You'll find the same heading correctly spelled under the other two grades.

[ecosophian]

My mistake that I didn't notice it and sorry if it came off as a snark, that wasn't my intention. I'll order both volumes this year. And I'll start practicing too!

[ecosophia]

No prob.