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Geoffrey
Ashe is an internationally known historian, author and
lecturer who writes extensively in the areas of British history
and mythology. He was the co-founder and secretary of the Camelot
Research Committee, the group responsible for the 1966-70 excavation
of Cadbury Castle, a strong candidate for the site of King Arthur's
Camelot. Mr. Ashe enjoys wide public recognition and acceptance
of his works and is arguably the pre-eminent popularizer of
the history and legends of King Arthur in the world, today.
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Philip
Carr-Gomm is Chief of The Order of Bards, Ovates and
Druids one of the largest international Druid groups. Living
in England, he lectures and gives workshops on Druidry in the
UK, Europe, and the USA. He is author of The Druid Way ,The
Elements of the Druid Tradition, The Druid Animal Oracle (co-authored
with Stephanie Carr-Gomm) and editor of The Book of Druidry
and The Druid Renaissance, to be published soon. He is also
the creator of The Timeless Quest, a unique course in life alchemy
in six parts. Philip studied with the Chief Druid, Philip Ross
Nichols (Nuinn), from the age of fifteen. After taking a degree
in psychology, he trained in psychosynthesis, psychotherapy
for adults and play therapy for children. He has four children
and one grandchild
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Professor
Ronald Hutton is Professor of History at the University
of Bristol and is an occasional commentator on British television
and radio on the history of paganism in the British Isles. In
three books, he studied the development of the ritual year in
Britain, exploring many myths about the antiquity of festivals
and practices.
His
latest work is on the origins of modern Druidry and how the
modern Druid movement emerged in history, which revises the
older historical accounts sympathetically, explaining why
modern druidry was so important to its founders, and is still
popular today. Part of this material was given as the first
lecture of the Mount Haemus Award series.
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Jean
Markale Poet, philosopher, historian, and storyteller,
Jean Markale has spent a lifetime researching pre-Christian
and medieval culture and spirituality. He is the author of more
than 40 books, including Montségur and the Mystery of
the Cathars, The Church of Mary Magdalene, The Druids, The Celts,
Merlin, and Women of the Celts. A former specialist in Celtic
studies at the Sorbonne, he lives in the Brittany region of
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John
Matthews is a freelance historian and writer, born in
the north of England in 1948. He has been a professional writer
and researcher since 1980 and has produced over eighty books
on the Arthurian legends, the history of Britain and Grail Studies,
as well as numerous short stories, children's books and a volume
of poetry. His best known and most widely read works are King
Arthur (Carlton, 2004), The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom (Element,
1994) and The Winter Solstice (Quest Books, 1999) which won
the Benjamin Franklin Award for that year. He was recently historical
advisor to the Jerry Bruckheimer movie, King Arthur, and has
made appearances on both the History Channel and the Discovery
Channel specials on Arthur and the Holy Grail. He is currently
working on several new projects, including a book about the
real King Arthur and a children's adventure about the Grail.
His most recent publication, Piratology, is a book about pirates. |
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