Nigel Pennick

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Nigel Campbell Pennick, born 1946 in Guildford, Surrey, England in the United Kingdom, an author publishing on Occultism, or Odinic Runosophy, Magick and Natural Magic.

He is a writer on marine species and illustrator as well as an occultist and astrologer. He also writes on European arts and crafts, buildings, landscape, customs, games and spiritual traditions. He is best known for his revivalism in Germanic Runic studies.

He has written many books in German and has over two dozen published books and hundreds of published papers on a disparate range of subjects.

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[edit] Biography

He lived most of his childhood in post-war London. He has travelled extensively in Europe and North America, researching, lecturing and conducting 'workshops', creating shrines and labyrinths.

His Celtic artwork appeared in New Visions in Celtic Art. In 2002 his Celtic artwork was on show in Birmingham in the Celtic Art and Design exhibition at the Central Library.

He founded the Institute of Geomantic Research and later The Library of the European Tradition.

[edit] Scientific career

Trained in biology, for 15 years he was a researcher in algal taxonomy for a government institute in Cambridge. During this time, he published 29 scientific research papers on utrastructure and taxonomy of marine microorganisms including descriptions of 8 new species of marine algae and protozoa previously unknown to science before moving on to become a writer and illustrator.

[edit] Written Works

[edit] Runic Astrology and Geomancy

  • Runic Astrology: Starcraft and Timekeeping in the Northern Tradition (1995) ISBN 1898307458
  • Beginnings: Geomancy, Builders' Rites and Electional Astrology in the European Tradition
  • Sacred Geometry: Symbolism and Purpose in Religious Structures
  • The Ancient Science of Geomancy: Living in Harmony with the Earth
  • The Sacred Art of Geometry: Temples of the Phoenix
  • The Oracle of Geomancy
  • The Ancient Science of Geomancy: Man in Harmony with the Earth

[edit] Celts

  • Ogham and Coelbren: Mystic Signs and Symbols of the Celtic Druids
  • Celtic Sacred Landscapes
  • The Celtic Cross
  • The New Celtic Oracle
  • The Celtic Oracle: New Approach to the Magical Acts of the Ancient Druids
  • The Celtic Saints: An Illustrated and Authoritative Guide to These Extraordinary Men and Women
  • The Sacred World of the Celts: An Illustrated Guide to Celtic Spirituality and Mythology

[edit] Runes and Northern Tradition

  • The Eldritch World
  • Rune Magic (1993) ISBN 1855381052
  • Runes: How to Interpret the Ancient System of the Runes (Complete Illustrated Guide S.)
  • Secrets of the Runes
  • The Pagan Book of Days: A Guide to the Festivals, Traditions, and Sacred Days of the Year
  • A History of Pagan Europe
  • Crossing the Borderlines: Guising, Masking and Ritual Animal Disguises in the European Tradition
  • Secret Signs, Symbols and Sigils
  • Magical Alphabets: The Secrets and Significance of Ancient Scripts - Including Runes, Greek, Hebrew and Alchemical Alphabets (1992) ISBN 0877287473
  • Practical Magic in the Northern Tradition (1994) ISBN 1870450167
  • The Power Within: The Way of the Warrior and the Martial Arts in the European Tradition
  • Natural Magic (2001) ISBN 0722540388
  • Secrets of East Anglian Magic
  • The Goddess Year
  • The God Year
  • Games of the Gods: The Origin of Board Games in Magic and Divination
  • Secret Games of the Gods
  • Inner Mysteries of the Goths: Rune-lore and Secret Wisdom of the Northern Tradition

Magical Alphabets

  • Masterworks: The Arts and Crafts of Traditional Buildings in Northern Europe

[edit] Other

  • Heathen Holy Places in Northern Europe: A Cultural Overview featured in the Tyr (journal)
  • The Spiritual Arts and Crafts
  • Mazes and Labyrinths
  • The Early Tube Railways of London
  • Dragons of the West (1997) ISBN 1861630077
  • Muses and Fates
  • Earth Harmony: Places of Power, Holiness and Healing
  • The Subterranean Kingdom: A Survey of Man-made Structures Beneath the Earth
  • The Haindl Rune Oracle
  • A Book of Beasts
  • The Mysteries of King's College Chapel by Nigel Pennick (Hardcover - Dec 1982)
  • King's College Chapel (Churches of Cambridge S)
  • Lost Lands and Sunken Cities

[edit] In German

  • Handbuch der angewandten Geomantie
  • Einst War Uns Die Erde Heilig
  • Heidnisches Europa

[edit] References

  • Biography - Pennick, Nigel Campbell (1946-): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team

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