Journal of Geomancy vol. 1 no. 2, January 1977

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The Journal of Geomancy welcomes articles, letters, notes and comment on any relevant topic concerning the Journal’s contents, current research, information needs and any other information which may prove of use and interest to geomantic researchers.  The Journal is a forum for new ideas and discoveries, as well as obscure and ‘lost’ works of the past, which the Institute of Geomantic Research is still recovering from archives, so anything is welcome. 

The fold-out is a reproduction of Stukeley’s engraving of Avebury, or Abury as it was then spelt, the largest stone-circle complex in Britain.  Stukeley saw it when most of the stones’ positions were still known, as Stonekiller Robinson and his philistinic friends had only just begun to lever out the megaliths and bury them.  Many still remain buried to-day, and a few thousand pounds could see their exhumation and re-erection, but the relevant authorities refuse to countenance this restoration of the greatest monument of the megalithic age. 

The I.G.R.  has applied to the Maltwood Fund, ‘administered’ by the Royal Society of Arts, for a grant to further the zodiacal researches of this seminal figure.  Zodiacal researchers are requested to apply for a grant (£1000 annually) to: J.S. Skidmore, Maltwood Fund, Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, Adelphi, London WC2N 6EZ, mentioning Maltwood’s research at Glastonbury.  Zodiacal research is on the increase, and any furthering of this important aspect of geomancy can only be of benefit. 

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INSTITUTE OF GEOMANTIC RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE JANUARY 1977

OCCASIONAL PAPERS

1.  The Landscape Geometry of Southern Britain by Michael Behrend.
M. Behrend’s discoveries of alignments and geometrical figures in the geomancy of South Britain.  With diagrams and maps 75p. 

2.  Ancient Hill Figures of England by Nigel Pennick.
The chalk-cut hill figures of England, their history and modifications.  Illustrated 60p

3.  Central European Geomancy by Kurt Gerlach and Josef Heinsch.
Rare German geomantic works 1937–43, translated by Michael Behrend and Prudence Jones.  Illustrated 75p. 
<On this website.>

4.  W.H. Black, Pioneer Geomantic Researcher.
The works of W.H. Black, nineteenth-century rediscoverer of landscape geometry.  With notes and illustrations 40p
<Later included in British Geomantic Pioneers.>

5.  Stanton Drew by C.W. Dymond.
The third largest stone-circle complex in Britain, by the famous nineteenth-century antiquary C.W. Dymond.  Illustrated 40p

6.  The Round Church of Orphir.  Orkney by Ian Worden.
The ruined round church of Orphir, geomantically analyzed, with diagrams and plans 35p

Forthcoming Occasional Paper

A Forgotten Researcher: Ludovic McLellan Mann.
With an introduction by Michael Behrend.  Includes chapters from Mann’s unpublished 1927 book  ‘A lost civilization’, never before available, and until recently believed lost.  75p

Also forthcoming: The Geomancy of Cambridge.  A comprehensive survey of Cambridge’s sacred sites, terrestrial geometry and mystical architecture.  With contributions from Michael Behrend, John Cann, Prudence Jones, Ann and Nigel Pennick. 

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Fold out: Stukeley’s plan of Avebury

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OTHER JOURNALS CONCERNING GEOMANCY AND ALLIED SUBJECTS.

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THE JOURNAL OF GEOMANCY.
Printed by the Wapentake of Exegesis Press, Bar Hill
and Cambridge Aids to Learning Limited, King Street, Cambridge
Stencil Production: Nigel Pennick.
Copyright The Institute of Geomantic Research, 1977. 

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Acknowledgements for this issue to Ivan Bunn for the Hudson article and Ian Worden for the Stukeley print production. 

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