Earth Sky Walk Books & DVDs
  Crop Circles & the Spirit of Place: A new look at old ideas
Anthony Thorley


Drawing on over thirty years' personal research into crop circles and other Earth Mysteries, Anthony presents a set of radical ideas that explore the ancient principle that the land is the repository of information, knowledge and even deep wisdom, but that its expression, breaking all boundaries of time and space, also requires our own human consciousness and sense of responsibility in order to enter into a creative dialogue, which we then find evidenced in the annual harvest in the fields.
An illustrated presentation
Filmed at the Circles of Knowledge Conference 2012
Crop Circles & the Spirit of Place: A new look at old ideas
Anthony Thorley
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Total running time: 65 mins
UK £12.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £14.00 (incl. p&p)
  Apollo's Arrow & the Secret Knowledge of the Bronze Age
Anthony Thorley

Anthony demonstrates how, although they had no written language, people living in Western Europe four thousand years ago seem to have left evidence of considerable mathematical and astonomical knowledge which challenges our modern thinking about their culture and cosmology, and their contribution to our contemporary world.
An illustrated presentation

Filmed at the Eternal Knowledge Festival April 2012
Apollo's Arrow & the Secret Knowledge of the Bronze Age DVD
Anthony Thorley
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Total running time: 60 mins
UK £12.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £14.00 (incl. p&p)
  The Great God Lugh & the Enchantment of Olympic London 2012
Anthony Thorley

This illustrated presentation traces the geomantic and mythical history leading to the siting of the London Olympic Games of 2012 on the Galactic Centre of the traditional Gypsy Switch English landscape zodiac. The emphasis here is on the spirit of the ancient harvest god Lugh and his role as guardian of the sovereignty of the land and how this relates to our annual gift of crop circles, and the origins of the great gatherings that have emerged as the Lughnasa harvest festival, which sacred event has come to be uncannily and significantly enacted in the Olympic Games of August 2012.

Filmed at the Circles of Knowledge Conference 2011
The Great God Lugh & the Enchantment of Olympic London 2012
[Circles of Knowledge Version]
Anthony Thorley
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Total running time: 65 mins
UK £12.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £14.00 (incl. p&p)
 

The Great God Lugh & the Enchantment of Olympic London 2012
Anthony Thorley

Based on several years of original research into the British landscape, this illustrated presentation traces the geomantic and mythical history of the Olympic Games of 2012.
Exploring the Galactic Centre of the Gypsy Switch landscape zodiac and its significance to the Olympic Park, the tale of the spirit of Lugh and his role of guardian of the sovereignty of the land, and the origins of the Europe-wide celebration of great gatherings and sacred games dedicated to this elusive, Mercurial sky-god of pre-Roman Europe, Anthony demonstrates how these traditions have merged as the Lughnasa August harvest festival, uncannily and significantly echoed in Olympic London in August 2012.
DVD content:
The Great God Lugh & the Enchantment of Olympic London 2012 1:20:59
In Conversation: an interview with Anthony Thorley 27:01
Filmed at the Stars & Stones Forum 2010

The Great God Lugh & the Enchantment of Olympic London 2012
[Stars & Stones Version]
Anthony Thorley
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Total running time: 1:48:00
UK £12.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £14.00 (incl. p&p)
 

Legendary London

 

NOTE: The authors are taking no fees or royalties; all proceeds go to the Gatekeeper Trust.

The Trust will benefit most from your making a direct purchase from the Trust itself.

Legendary London and the Spirit of Place
New Light on the Great Changes of our Times
Edited by Anthony Thorley
With contributions from:
Louise Coe, Peter Dawkins, Chris Street and Anthony Thorley

How does the energy of a great city like London respond to the challenging times we are all facing in the early years of the twenty-first century? Why should London be the city that hosts the Olympic Games in the pivotal year of 2012?
In this book you will discover a host of subtle and secret processes born out of myth and legend which challenge our ideas of history in the making.
London is shown to be a living sacred landscape which expresses its own genius loci or spirit of place. A spirit nurtured by its rivers and ancient hills, influenced by its traditional gods and goddesses and strengthened in history by personalities as diverse as William Shakespeare and Sir Christopher Wren. After centuries of development and preparation, the essential folk-soul of London as a great international city has reached out and called the global family to come and experience the warmth of our welcome and the richness of our culture, and offer the world real hope for the future.
If the spirit of London can have its own dream time, dreaming great festivals into reality, then these are the times of the Olympic Dream.
After reading this book you will never experience London in the same way again.

Intriguing and insightful, this book presents London as a profoundly multi-layered experience, not only historically and mythically but also as an architectural vision. We may shape the land, but how much does the land shape us? Resident and visitor alike will be inspired and rewarded by a deeper understanding of an extraordinary city which appears - through human intervention and the subtle influence of spirit of place - to have a key role in these pivotal times.
- Celia M Gunn, author of A Twist in Coyote's Tale and Simply Totem Animals

The authors present a powerful and enchanting vision of London that is profoundly relevant for our times. Amid the tumult of a rapidly-changing world, this book provides a compelling and coherent imaginal map through which we might penetrate the mysteries of time and place, and better understand how this great capital has a part to play in human destiny.
- John Wadsworth, founder of Kairos Education and The Alchemical Journey

Published by Archive Publishing, Wimborne, Dorset, England.
ISBN 978-1-906289-22-5 (paperback) 10 in x 8 in; 147 pages
Cost: £15.00
Available from: www.gatekeeper.org.uk or on Amazon

 

From Sinix't to Somerset DVD

In this powerful and emotive presentation, Celia Gunn shares her heart-warming story and the vital relevance of traditional Native American wisdom.
An enigmatic encounter with a Native American visionary drew Celia into the rebirth of his nation, a people falsely declared extinct by the Canadian government. As the Sinixt were called back to their ancestral lands, Celia walked a path few have followed: for six years her life was entwined with the great wisdom of the Native American way of life. The book about her experience, 'A Twist in Coyote's Tale' has been adapted into a film, 'The Sinix't: Bringing Home the Bones'.

DVD Content:
From Sinix't to Somerset: 1:30:55
In conversation: An Interview with Celia Gunn: 27:19
The Gifting of the Axehead: 08:10
'Bringing Home the Bones' theatrical trailer :02:29
Total running time: 2:08:03

This presentation was filmed at the last ever Stars & Stones Forum at the home of Sir John Agnew, founder of the forum. John moved on to the stars on the Summer Solstice 2010 and it is to him that the filmed series of presentations is lovingly dedicated.
[Watch a 10min clip on youtube here]

More information: www.pentosfilms.com

From Sinix't to Somerset DVD 
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UK £12.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £14.00 (incl. p&p)
 
  The Sinix't: Bringing Home the Bones DVD
A prophecy fulfilled
The extraordinary true story of how a Mother Tribe, falsely declared extinct by the Canadian government, was called home to their ancestral lands.
Based on English author Celia M Gunn's memoir, 'A Twist in Coyote's Tale', this award-winning docudrama traces the epic return of the Sinix't people to their homeland. Setting a historical precedent in Canada as the first Native American tribe to successfully repatriate ancestral remains, the Sinix't continue their ongoing struggle for official recognition of their right to exist to this day, while conducting the longest and most peaceful occupation of Crown Land in Canadian history.
Sinix't spiritual leader Bob Campbell with author Celia Gunn SInixt ancestor c 1880
The Sinix't: Bringing Home the Bones DVD
A prophecy fulfilled
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Frog Mountain Films presents a Screaming Squid Ltd Production 2010
Running time 99 minutes.
GB £12.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £14.00 (incl. p&p)
All proceeds from the sale of this DVD go to support the Sinixt
  Simply Totem Animals
by Celia M Gunn
The tradition of spirit guides speaking to and assisting humans through animals, birds and other creatures can be found all over the world, and dates back to ancient times. Today, if we are open to watching and listening to our totem animals, we can develop beneficial relationships with them. We can also recognise that when a totem animal appears to us in a special way, it is offering insight into what is happening in our lives.

Celia learned about the tradition of totem animals directly from Native Americans, with whom she worked on cultural preservation for several years (see A Twist in Coyote's Tale). This inspiring and beautifully-illustrated book suggests ways to find, honour and work with your totems, and provides a rich list of creatures from all around the world and their unique meanings.

Simply Totem Animals
Sterling/Zambezi
ISBN 978-1-4027-5459-3
148 pages
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Direct from the author and signed:
UK £10.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £14.00 (incl. p&p)
  'Landscape Zodiacs of Britain'
by Anthony Thorley
A richly-illustrated Megalithomania conference presentation of this mysterious and intriguing subject, May 9th, 2010.
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A 10min clip of the talk is available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NccW6SW24is
'Landscape Zodiacs of Britain' DVD
Running time: 1 hour
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UK £12.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £14.00 (incl. p&p)
 
  A Dark Wind
By Celia M Gunn
Drawn by the faint, meandering sound of a Native North American flute from deep in misty English woodland, Kathy, a young bank-clerk in a northern provincial town, discovers Joe, a middle-aged Navajo Indian with a life-hardened experience of failed marriages and addictions. Their unlikely meeting, challenging both age and culture, kindles an edgy yet mutual passion, entwined with the acting-out of a contemporary Arthurian drama set against a wild Northumbrian landscape of myth and legend, leading to fateful consequences for both their lives.
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A Dark Wind (RRP £8.95)
Archive Publishing
ISBN 978-1-906289-11-9
148 pages
Price & Shipping
Direct from the author and signed:
UK £8.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £10.00 (incl. p&p)
Rest of world £14.00 (incl. p&p)
  Well Below Average
by Anthony Thorley
Anthony Thorley's acclaimed new novel sat in a shoebox for over forty years!
Now, this fine new reprint enables a wider readership to enjoy this unique account of raw life in the 1950s.
Gavin is an ordinary boy growing up on a post-war slum-clearance estate development on the fringe of industrial Tyneside. Although a challenge for his parents, an underachiever at school and socially unacceptable to his peers, he nonetheless carries his own personal mystery.
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Well Below Average (RRP £8.95)
Archive Publishing
ISBN 978-1-906289-16-4
198 pages
Prices & Shipping
Direct from the author and signed:
UK £8.00 (incl. p&p)
EU £10.00 (incl. p&p)
Rest of world £14.00 (incl. p&p)
 

Photo: Spirit of Coyote

WATCH:
'The Sinixt: Bringing Home the Bones'
a docu-drama

(YouTube) ~ Based on
'A Twist in Coyote’s Tale'

A Twist in Coyote’s Tale
By Celia M Gunn
A Twist in Coyote’s Tale is the true account of a young Englishwoman who was drawn into the extraordinary renascence of a Native North American tribe. Fragmented and disinherited, and eventually deemed extinct by the Canadian government some thirty years earlier, the Arrow Lakes people began their long journey back to their roots and their identity as the Sinixt First Nation upon learning of the removal of ancestral remains from an ancient settlement in the beautiful Slocan Valley of British Columbia, Canada.
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A Twist in Coyote's Tale
Archive Publishing
381pages; photos and maps
large format
Prices are for UK orders only
UK Book Format Price
Paperback (RRP £16.99)
ISBN 978-0-9542712-5-1
£16.00 inc p&p - Direct from the author and signed.
Hardback (RRP £34.99)
ISBN 978-0-9542712-4-4
£25.00 inc p&p - Limited First Edition, direct from the author only; signed & numbered
SAMPLE: First 6 Chapters available as download
  REPORT Sacred Sites: An Overview
by Anthony Thorley and Celia M Gunn
For many years, the Gaia Foundation has worked with partner organizations, local and indigenous communities, to revive cultural identity and ecological practices, and to protect sacred sites.

Download Sacred Sites: An Overview by Anthony Thorley and Celia M Gunn, for an introduction to documented materials and advances on sacred sites and their role in conserving bio-cultural diversity.

http://www.sacredland.org/media/Sacred-Sites-an-Overview.pdf

At the recent IUCN World Conservation Congress, Gaia and partners joined the call to "recognize the rights, the skills and the knowledge that local and indigenous custodians and mainstream faith communities have in managing the resources and ecosystems associated with sacred natural sites".
 

Ghost Peoples
The Sinixt: Recovering from Extinction
by Cliff Woffenden

Ghost Peoples is the story of the Sinixt First Nation: their origins, their culture, their history and their present situation.
'This well researched account of the recovery of the Sinixt/Arrow Lakes people from supposed "extinction" unveils their rich history and is educational, passionate and encouraging.'
- Sharon Montgomery, curator Nakusp Museum

Copies may be ordered through the printer's website:
www.lulu.com/content/4819679
Delivery 2-3 days