Deborah Benstead

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Deborah Benstead (b. 1968) in Essex is an author and self-proclaimed psychic. She worked with Psychic Questing author Andrew Collins on various quests during the early 1990s, which included the search for The Seventh Sword. They also provided inspiration for Collins's books The Circlemakers and The Second Coming (the sequel to The Black Alchemist). Deborah provided some key ideas for From the Ashes of Angels, which features the historical reality of the Watchers and Nephilim as a real lost race. During the completion of this work, she and Collins finally split as partners.^[1]

Benstead was a key figure in the psychic questing community in the 1990s, and helped in its promotion following the new interest shown in this subject in the wake of the appearance of Collins's seminal work The Black Alchemist at the end of 1988.

She also worked extensively on the Rosslyn Chapel project between 1992 and 1994 with Niven Sinclair, author Stephen Prior, historian Robert Brydon and the then-curator Judith Fiskin covering the mystical beliefs and practices of the Knights Templar in Rosslyn, Scotland.

After working with Collins, she obtained her honours degree in Modern Continental Philosophy and studied esoteric psychology through the Theosophical Society. It was these combined studies that led to her non-fiction work The Inward Revolution which stands as a unique perspective of alternative psychology and modern existentialism.

She remains a popular figure in the Psychic Questing movement and is now working out in the landscape once more, with best-selling author and historical detective, Graham Phillips, discovering hidden clues and deconstructing so-called historical truths.

Deborah Benstead is also responsible for helping with the cover artwork for "dumuzi awakens" - Cries of Tammuz along with Paul Nemeth - Vocals and lyrics writer.