My new book History and Myth is now available in paperback form on Amazon UK. 169 pages. £12.99.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1838002707/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i14
And on Kindle, where there is a good Look Inside sample.
From the back cover:
HISTORY AND MYTH
The writings of historians reflect the trends of the times in which they were written. This in turn can make a difference to how a society understands itself and the events it experiences and the responses it makes to them.
Here is a Glastonbury-centred consideration of history from the perspectives of Arnold Toynbee and Titus Livius, of mystical experiences, cycles, portents, and of astrology.
Includes:
The Oddity of British Prime Ministers.
The Great Conjunction Cycle 1284-1518-2020:
Capricorn Pan, Cronos Saturn, Pluto Hades.
Glastonbury Abbey.
Henry VIII, William Rufus, Edward I, Edward III, Richard III. Richard Whiting, St Dunstan, Frederick Bligh Bond.
Joseph of Arimathea King Arthur, Virgin Mary, the Holy Grail. Lord of Misrule, the Fisher King.
The Pursuit of the Millennium and Extinction Rebellion. Book of Revelation template, Romance of the Golden Age, Age of the Holy Spirit.
Dissolution of the Monasteries, Pilgrimage of Grace, Peasant’s Revolt, Anabaptist Munster Rebellion, Gordon Riots, Brexit.
Glastonbury Plague Diary.
The Victoria Park Lughnasadh 2012 Olympic Caper: a Psychogeographical Feast.
Featuring:
Boris Johnson, Jan Bockelson, William Blake, James Joyce, Joachim of Fiore, Frances Yates, Marsilio Ficino, Margaret Murray, Albrecht Durer, Scipio Aemelianus, Marguerite Porete.
Tried sending this via the Contact page, but the spinny thing just goes round and around. I’ll try here instead.
I’m sure you’ve noticed yourself, but in Boris’ conference speech he is talking about building the ‘new Jerusalem.’ Having read your “History and Myth” it seems quite striking that he is appearing to invoke the Blakean prophecy.
It is indeed quite striking. I see little hope currently that he stands much of a chance of in any way fulfilling it!